Important: Waitlist Registration Only
All applicants are initially placed on a waitlist. Our team will review applications and send email confirmations with tickets to approved participants.

Attendance Requirement: You must commit to participating in both days to be eligible for approval.
Day 2:

April 11 2026 | All Day AI Hackathon - in-person only

🗓️ Hackathon Event Schedule

The main event is here. Since environment setup was completed during the previous evening's labs, we are hitting the ground running with a day dedicated to pure building and innovation.

9:00 AM: 🚪 Doors Open

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM: 🎤 Opening Remarks & Gemini Live Demo

Kick off with a demo using Gemini Live to inspire the builds.

10:15 AM: 💻 Start Hacking!

Attendees start coding immediately since Labs were completed the night before.

1:00 PM: 🥗 Working Lunch

Food served; hacking continues to keep the momentum.

2:30 PM: 📤 Project Submission Deadline

Final push to get code into the portal.

3:00 PM: 👩‍💻 Judging & Presentations

First Round Judging - every team which submitted a project get 5 mins to pitch

4:30 PM: 👩🏻‍💻 Finalist Presentations

5:30 PM: 🏆 Awards Ceremony

6:00 PM: 🏁 Event Wrap-up

Step out of the traditional "text box" paradigm and build AI that truly connects. This hackathon challenges you to create immersive, multimodal AI agents using Google Cloud and Gemini.

Participants will leverage the speed of the Gemini Live API and the power of Google’s GenAI SDK/ Agent Development Kit to build solutions in one of two categories:

1. The Live Agent: Build real-time, voice-and-vision enabled agents that can converse naturally and handle interruptions (e.g., real-time translators, vision-enabled tutors).

2. The Creative Storyteller: Build agents that generate rich, interleaved outputs—seamlessly mixing text, audio, and visuals into a cohesive narrative flow.

The Mission: Don’t just build a chatbot. Build an experience that sees, hears, speaks, and creates.

Prizes: 

Up to 4 tickets to Google I/O on May 19-20 in Mountain View, CA
The winning team will receive an exclusive, private pitch session with the Deal Team of Google’s AI Futures Fund
$800 at the Google Store in NYC

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