🤖 Pixel Forge AI Hackathon

Build something incredible with AI — no matter your skill level.

Pixel Forge AI Hackathon is a 1-week online hackathon where developers, designers, creators, and innovators come together to build something awesome using Artificial Intelligence.

Whether it’s an AI Agent, a chatbot, an automation tool, a creative AI experience, or something completely unexpected — if it incorporates AI, it belongs here.

You’ll have 7 days to turn your idea into reality, experiment with new technologies, collaborate with others, and bring your ideas to life.

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For more info check out our website: Pixel Forge AI Hackathon

Requirements

🎯 The Challenge

Your mission is to engineer a functional AI-powered solution that tackles a real-world challenge.

Build something that solves a problem related to work, personal life, hobbies, productivity, education, creativity, or everyday routines. We want to see how AI can meaningfully improve real experiences and solve practical problems.

Your project must meaningfully incorporate Artificial Intelligence. This can range from a simple chatbot or assistant to a fully autonomous AI agent — what matters most is impact, creativity, and usefulness.

Think beyond prototypes: build something functional that demonstrates how AI can help people in the real world.

📦 What to Submit

Please include the following in your submission:

--> Hosted Project URL
Include a link to your live or hosted project for judges to test.

--> Open-Source Code Repository
Include a link to your public repository for judging and testing.

--> Open Source License
Your repository must include a complete open-source license file. The license should be clearly visible and detectable on the repository page.

--> ~3 Minute Demo Video
Show what your project does, the problem it solves, and how AI is integrated.

--> Completed Devpost Submission
Fill out and complete the Devpost submission form before the deadline.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

6 non-cash prizes

First Place

1 winner

- Up to 4 scholarships of USD 750 on the RISE Research program
- Featherless credits worth $300 for the winning team
- Up to 4 Free 1-year Hawkeye commercial license ($99 Value)
- Up to 4 AoPS Voucher (Worth $25)
- Up to 2, Up to 2, 1 year-long 1Password plan ($48 Value Each)
- Featured on our websites, signed winner certificate, and Discord role

Second Place

1 winner

- Up to 4 scholarships of USD 750 on the RISE Research program
- Upto 4 Free 1-year Hawkeye commercial license ($99 Value)
- Up to 2, Up to 2, 1 year-long 1Password plan ($48 Value Each)
- Featured on our websites, signed winner certificate, and Discord role

Third Place

1 winner

- Up to 4 scholarships of USD 750 on the RISE Research program
- Upto 4 Free 1-year Hawkeye commercial license ($99 Value)
- Up to 1, Up to 2, 1 year-long 1Password plan ($48 Value Each)
- Featured on our websites, signed winner certificate, and Discord role

Runner Ups

3 winners

- Upto 4 Free 1-year Hawkeye commercial license ($99 Value)
- Featured on our websites, signed winner certificate, and Discord role

All Participants

1,000 winners

- 500 free API for YouCam Online Editor ($24 Each)
- $299 in Tin Computer credits (100 Projects Only)
- Free 6-month Hawkeye commercial license ($49 Each)
- All participants also receive a signed participation certificate at the end of the Hackathon

.xyz participant prize! (150 ONLY)

150 winners

- .xyz domains that are free for the first year ($15 Value Each)

Join Discord to claim!!!

Judges

Rishabh Mittal
Organizer | Founder of Pixel Forge

Jayden Lee
Co-organizer

Mayur Jain
Senior Software Engineer @ Bridgestone Americas | 2 x Founding Engineer

Ishan Shah
Staff Software Engineer, PayPal

Gayathri Chilukala
Software Engineer

Kyrylo Sotnykov
Software Engineer at ScreenMeet

Mitchelle Ashley Creado
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Judging Criteria

Originality
How creative and unique is the project?
Design
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out?
Potential Impact
How big of an impact could the project have on target communities?
Technological Implementation
Does the project demonstrate quality software development?