AI Innovation Challenge

If you are a winner, we will contact you directly via email to arrange the shipment of your prize.

Participants who receive free hardware and do not submit a project may be ineligible for future giveaways unless the hardware is returned.

If you receive free hardware and become unable to submit a project, please contact us at contests@hackster.io and let us know as soon as possible. We may choose to arrange for the hardware to be shipped to another participant.

To be eligible for judging, you must meet ALL of the following requirements unless otherwise stated:

General Requirements

• You must be registered as a participant for this contest.
• You must create a NVIDIA Developer account.
• Your entry must be your own original work.
• Your entry cannot have been selected as a winner in any other Hackster contest.
• Your team is no more than 5 members per entry.*

*By entering a submission to this contest on behalf of a team, you acknowledge that you are the designated representative authorized to act on behalf of your team. (See full rules below for details)

Hardware Application Requirements

Note: If you choose to submit an application for free hardware, you must meet the following requirements. If not, continue to 'Hardware/Software Build Requirements' below.

• Your hardware application must be submitted via the online application form found on the contest page’s “apply for hardware” tab.
• Your hardware application must be written in English.
• Your hardware application must use an NVIDIA Jetson Kit
• Your hardware application must be submitted by 12/08/2023.

Hardware/Software Build Requirements

• Your project must be created using an NVIDIA Jetson Kit
• Your project must be created using the NVIDIA SDKs
• Your project must solve a problem related to 1 of the 3 contest categories

Project Documentation Requirements

• Your project must include a project name, short project description, cover image, bill of materials (BOM), full instructions, images, and relevant resource files (schematics, code, CAD).
• Your project must be written in English.
• Your project must be submitted by 02/16/2024.

Your project will be judged according to the rubric below.

• Project Documentation (30 points)
  Story/Instructions - Show how you created your project, including images, screenshots, and/or a video demonstration of your solution working as intended. Ask yourself: “If I were a beginner reading this project, would I understand how to recreate it?”
• Complete BOM (15 points)
  Detail the hardware, software and/or tools used.
• Code & Contribution (25 points)
  Include working code with helpful comments.
• Creativity (30 points)
  Your idea doesn’t have to be original, but it should be creative (a fresh take on an old idea is often worth as much as a brand new idea)

• 1st Place: Generative AI Applications for the Edge 1st Place ($13,000 value)
• 2nd Place: Generative AI Applications for the Edge 2nd Place ($5,000 value)
• 3rd Place: Generative AI Applications for the Edge 3rd Place ($2,000 value)

• 1st Place: Generative AI Models for the Edge 1st Place ($13,000 value)
• 2nd Place: Generative AI Models for the Edge 2nd Place ($5,000 value)
• 3rd Place: Generative AI Models for the Edge 3rd Place ($2,000 value)

• 1st Place: AI at the Edge Applications (Open Category) 1st Place ($13,000 value)
• 2nd Place: AI at the Edge Applications (Open Category) 2nd Place ($5,000 value)
• 3rd Place: AI at the Edge Applications (Open Category) 3rd Place ($2,000 value)

Step 1: Register for the Contest

• Start by creating a free account on Hackster.io (or sign-in if already a member).
• Register for the contest by clicking “Register as a participant”.

Step 2: Build and Document Your Project

• Build your project according to the submission requirements.
• Document your project build using Hackster’s project template. To create a new project, click “create new project” on the contest page or the “+” symbol in the top right corner of your Hackster page.

Step 3: Review and submit your project

• Review your project and make sure it meets all the submission requirements.
• Upload a previously created project by clicking “add existing project” on the contest page.
• Submit your project by 02/16/2024 by clicking “review and submit project” on the contest page.

Free devices winners will be announced by December 15, 2023. The list of winners will be visible on the Apply for hardware tab.

Contest winners will be announced on April 26, 2024. The list of winners will be visible on the main page (Contest brief).

You are eligible to enter if you meet the following requirements at time of entry:

• You are at least 13 years of age If you are 12 years or younger, you must receive a legal guardian's permission and have them complete Hackster’s contest permission form prior to submitting an entry into this contest. Send any questions to contests@hackster.io.
• You must reside in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec), Croatia (part of EU), Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India (excluding the State of Tamil Nadu), Ireland, Italy, China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau), Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, or United States.
• You are not involved in the execution or administration of this contest.
• You are not an immediate family member or household member of a Hackster employee.