Philly Innovation Hackathon 2025: Build the Future! 🚀

Ready to innovate, collaborate, and create the next big thing? Join us at the Philly Innovation Hackathon 2025, an exciting multi-day event dedicated to developing cutting-edge solutions in AI, fintech, generative tooling, and more. Connect with fellow innovators, developers, entrepreneurs, and creative minds from across Philadelphia! We'll all be heading to the Samba Steakhouse for an after party as well!

🌟 Theme: Build the Future!

📍 Location:

Wednessday - Lift Labs, Philadelphia
Thursday - CapitalOne Cafe Rittenhouse(Maximum 6 occupancy) + Coffee Shops in Philadelphia
Friday - Friday Founders Event (Maximum of 20 people in the coworking space)
Saturday - WestLofts

🗓️ Schedule:

Kickoff: Wednessday, May 7th, 2025 @ 8:00 AM - 1:00PM EDT
In Person Demo Begins: Friday, May 9th @ 10:00 AM - 1800 PM EDT
Submission Deadline: Saturday, May 10th, 2025 @ 12:00 PM EDT
After party at Samba Steakhouse: Saturday, May 10th, 2025 @ 7:00 PM EDT; (Winners of BYO/other Challenge get free meal with the organizers)

💡 Tracks & Categories: Join one of these exciting areas or pitch your own unique idea:

Generative Game System: Create next-gen generative and interactive gaming systems with AI!
Agentic Systems: Build AI agents or tackle challenges like the ARC-AGI benchmark or Midio agents.
Fintech: Explore decentralized finance (DeFi), Uniswap integrations, or innovative mobile fintech solutions
BYO Idea/Other: Develop Philly-focused apps, powerful webscraping tools, automation solutions, or implement cutting-edge academic research.

Requirements

Submission Requirements:

To be eligible for judging, your submission must include:

Project Title: A clear, concise name.
Team Members: Full names of all contributors (optional: emails).
Submission Category: Select the primary track your project fits into.
Short Description / Elevator Pitch: 1-3 sentences summarizing your project.
Problem & Solution Description: Detail the problem addressed and how your project solves it, including key features.
Technologies Used: List key languages, frameworks, APIs, AI models, etc.
Demo Video Link: URL to a short (max 3 min) video demonstrating your project (YouTube, Loom, etc.).
Code Repository Link: URL to a public repository (GitHub, GitLab, etc.) with a README.
Live Demo/Access Link (If Applicable): URL to a deployed version, if available.
Primary Contact Email: For follow-up and prize notifications.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,300+ in prizes

+ other prizes

Generative Retro Gaming System Challenge

$1,000 in cash

1 winner

Winner takes all!

Midio Agents Challenge!

$300 in cash

1 winner

Winner takes all!

BYO/Other Challenge!

1 winner

One winning team gets to have a free meal at the Samba Steakhouse!

Best Startup oriented project!

1 winner

A free 1 hour Digital Marketing consultation and few months free using A-Pro's SEO content generation platform($600 value) for those that want to start a business from the Hackathon!