Penn Generative AI Hackathon 2024

Feb 16–17, 2024

Penn

Generative AI
Hackathon

Hosted by

Penn’s first Generative AI Hackathon is a university-wide two day event for students across Penn’s ecosystem to learn, build, and create Gen AI based applications. Sponsored by today’s leading Gen AI companies and backers, join Penn’s top builders in competing across six categories for over $3,000 in prizes.

No AI or hackathon experience is required.

Apply by February 9, 2024 to get involved.

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Schedule

Day One

Friday, February 16

Check In

3:30-4:00PM

3-4PM

Ideation + team formation

Ideate and form teams

4:00-6:00PM

4-6PM

Hacking starts

6:00PM

6PM

Workshops

6:00-9:00PM

6-9PM

Day Two

Saturday, February 17

Hacking ends

5:ooPM

5PM

Presentations

5:00-7:00PM

5-7PM

Judging

7:00-7:30PM

7-7:30PM

Wrap up and prizes

7:30-8:00PM

7:30-8PM

Dinner is provided on Friday. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are provided on Saturday.

Sponsors

Penn's inaugural AI hackathon is made possible through the generous sponsorship of world-class venture and startup companies.

Contrary

Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm.

Contrary

Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm.

Pinecone

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database that makes it easy to add vector search to applications.

Pinecone

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database that makes it easy to add vector search to applications.

Runway ML

Runway is an applied AI research company shaping the next era of art, entertainment and human creativity.

Runway ML

Runway is an applied AI research company shaping the next era of art, entertainment and human creativity.

Nomic

Nomic builds tools that enable everyone to interact with AI scale datasets and run AI models.

Nomic

Nomic builds tools that enable everyone to interact with AI scale datasets and run AI models.

A 3d style W with yellow and green stripes

Weaviate

Weaviate is an open source, AI-native vector database.

Weaviate

Weaviate is an open source, AI-native vector database.

Macro

Macro is an AI-powered word processor and pdf editor.

Macro

Macro is an AI-powered word processor and pdf editor.

Z Fellows

Z Fellows is giving $10,000 to early technical builders to go all in on an idea for one week.

Z Fellows

Z Fellows is giving $10,000 to early technical builders to go all in on an idea for one week.

Bronco AI

Bronco is building an AI operating system for every industrial firm.

Bronco AI

Bronco is building an AI operating system for every industrial firm.

Three green horizontal arches forming a B

Baseten

Baseten is building infrastructure to rapidly deploy and serve machine learning models.

Baseten

Baseten is building infrastructure to rapidly deploy and serve machine learning models.

CommandBar

CommandBar is an AI-power user assistance platform.

CommandBar

CommandBar is an AI-power user assistance platform.

Recurrency

Recurrency is an automation platform for the multi-trillion-dollar distribution industry.

Recurrency

Recurrency is an automation platform for the multi-trillion-dollar distribution industry.

Thank you for your interest in Penn's first AI hackathon. For any questions, please reach out to penn@vp.contrary.com