Located in sunny Southern California at USC's campus, SoCal Tech Week is a 24-hour hackathon that combines innovation, creativity, and education. This year’s theme, “For the Audience,” challenges you to build purposeful, impactful tools tailored to real-world communities that are often overlooked in tech. Whether you're a team of beginners or experienced coders, utilize your experiences to help bring their ideas to life.
Requirements
Please submit the Google form found in the Hacker Packet by 1pm. Submit your project on Devpost. This is due at 2:00 pm. Late submissions will not be accepted. The submission form is not short, so do not start a minute before the deadline.
Prizes
For Accessibility
- 4x $200 Amex Giftcards
- Capital Group Merch
For The Artists
- Sony Headphones
- Numark DJ Set
- Lego Architecture Set (Himeji)
- Sony Bluetooth Stereo Bluetooth Record Player
For The Adventurers
- 2x Patagonia Backpacks (30L)
- 2x Patagonia Duffel Bags (70L)
For the Athletes
- 4x Apple watches
Battlepass Winner
- 1st place: $50 Amazon Giftcard
- 2nd place: $25 Amazon Giftcard
- 3rd place: $10 Amazon Giftcard
DAIN Sponsor Challenge
1st: 1000 USDC ($1000 USD)
2nd: 300 USDC ($300 USD)
3rd: 200 USDC ($200 USD)
Helium Sponsor Challenge
- Monthly mobile plan for all hackers + Helium Mobile Hotspot
Anyone Protocol Sponsor Challenge
1x Basic Tier Prize:
Create a basic MVP app - with guidance from the Anyone team, we will help you build a basic chat app going through our network.
Prize: $250 + 100 $ANYONE ($100 USD) tokens
2x Intermediary Tier Prizes:
Incorporate the Anyone network or SDK into your existing project or hackathon submission (e.g., a low-lift way of doing this is posting your http requests through our client, to add network level privacy to your app)
$1500 + 500 $ANYONE ($500 USD) tokens + an Anyone hardware unit
1x Advanced Tier Prize:
Build a dedicated app showcasing the Anyone client and SDK, and collaborate with us to flesh out this MVP
$3500 + 1000 $ANYONE tokens ($1000 USD) + an Anyone hardware unit
2x 'Mystery' Bonus Prizes
$250 + 250 tokens for demonstrating / amplifying anything learnt from our workshop or getting some cool engagement
SolanaU Sponsor Challenge
1st: 500 USDC ($500 USD)
2nd: 300 USDC ($300 USD)
3rd: 200 USDC ($200 USD)
Nosana Sponsor Challenge
1st: 1st: 300 $NOS (~$1000) + Nosana Linked-In Post + 1:1 session with mentors from Nosana team!
2nd: 200 $NOS (~$700)
3rd: 100 $NOS (~$350)
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Judges
Judging Criteria
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Technological complexity
• How challenging was it for the team to complete in the 24-hour window? • Is the project technologically impressive? Complex? Does it seem remarkable that someone could achieve this hack in just a day or two? -
Functionality
• How functional is this hack at the time of the demo? • Completeness - has the team thought through and/or planned how to develop and launch/release their product? • Is the project realistic? -
Feasibility
• How practical and achievable is the hack idea being presented (considering the 24-hour window, technology, and other resources)? Is it scalable? -
“Wow factor”
• Impressiveness - How original is the idea? • Creativity - Has this hack been done before? Does this project make others think this is a really cool idea and question why they didn't think of it before? -
Passion
• How excited and passionate is the team about solving the problem they chose? -
Vertical Alignment
This year, our theme is For the Audience, with four verticals: • For the Artists, For the Adventurers, For the Athletes, For Accessibility
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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