The DeAI Hackathon 2024 online demo day is open for registration↓
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The DeAI Hackathon 2024, launched by EMC (Edge Matrix Computing), is a worldwide online Hackathon focused on fostering innovation and integration of AI applications with web3 technology.
Offering up to $1 million in prizes and financial support, the hackathon aims to advance the development and implementation of AI applications and products within the EMC ecosystem. For those looking to merge AI technology with web3, the DeAI Hackathon serves as an ideal platform and partner.
The hackathon will primarily cover tracks as Text-based, Visual apps, and Generative AI.
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Grand Awards
1st award
35,000 USDT
x1
2nd award
20,000 USDT
x1
3rd award
10,000 USDT
x1
Special Awards
Innovation Award
5,000 USDT
x1
Community Choice Award
5,000 USDT
x1
Best User Experience Award
5,000 USDT
x1
Best Technical Implementation Award
5,000 USDT
x1
Core Sponsors
Alex Goh
Founder | Chairman of EMC Foundation
More than 20 years of Global Market development Formerly GM of Improbable.io Greater China Formerly GM of Amazon Web Service, Global Account Formerly MD & GM of Fosun South East Asia
Harry Guo
CTO of Jarvis | AI lead of EMC Lab
15+ years experience in audio-video and AI product R&D Specialized in algorithms, GPGPU computing, and AI inference engine design and development
Allen Foo
Board member of EMC foundation | Advisor, Product & Technical
Founder & CEO of UCCVR Early Stage VC fund and VooX Formerly Head of Unity Greater China Formerly Head of Microsoft’s Greater China Server business (included the current Azure Cloud business)
Robert Lee
Professor, Ph.D. of Economics, senior engineer
Chief Economist, National Center for Technology Transfer Eastern Central Blockchain Industry Center Chief Economist of BM Intelligence Group. Vice Chairman of Australia Blockchain Alliance
Blade Feng
Executive Dean of the Hong Kong Blockchain Investment Application Research Institute
Co-founder of the DeAI Alliance Co-founder of 1783DAO Investor in CEEX LAB
David Xue
Master's in Applied Machine Learning/GEN AI, Duke University.
8 years bridging Computer Vision models for practical applications, including super-resolution technology for Disney's "Frozen" 2 years architecting GEN AI solutions, leveraging LLMs
Khalid MAZOUZ
M55 GP, Co-founder
M55 is a French cryptocurrency fund composed of industry veterans and traditional financial experts, aiming to leverage industry freedom and decentralization to maximize value.
Jesse Xie
Versatile architect, leader, and innovator with experience in Web3 and Web2 technologies
Passionate about architecting and building large-scale distributed systems Expertise in bridging traditional web with blockchain's revolutionary potential Led infra areas at Protocol Labs, fo
John Wu
AI scientist and architect
10+ years experience in AI and distributed computing Specialized in NLP algorithm design and system architecture Now I am more interested in the area of Multi-Modal model
Dr. Duyu
Bestselling Author on Artificial Intelligence
Chairman of the Unknown Technology Group Former Venture Capitalist at Redwood Capital
Jane
Founder of ZC Capital
Involved in investments in unicorn projects like Stability AI and other renowned Web3+AI projects such as Myshell.AI, NFPrompt (NFP), Character X, and more.
Ian Wu
MT Capital Investment Director
Dan B. Mintin
Host of BeyondTheMint Podcast and Creative Director, ENCHANTMINT Labs, Prev. Design at stakefish + f2pool
15+ years in Audio and Video Production and 10+ years in Crypto AI Enthusiast with a deep interest in AI Ethics, AI Content Creation and the intersection of Web3 and AI
Callum
Community Judge From MBlock
EMC Core Contributor 8 years of experience in fintech field Primarily contributing to the AI & Web3 community
Sheldon Leo
Core developer at Huawei PaaS2.0 platform
Founder of the Nim Chinese Community, adept at rapid Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development, Web3 bounty hunter (Developer Grants/Market Demands/Contract Vulnerabilities), experienced in di
Haihan
Holds a Data Science Master's degree from the Tsinghua-UCB Joint Program
Currently works as an algorithm engineer/researcher at a leading internet company in China Specializes in AI for over 6 years, with 4 years of experience at prominent internet firms Proficien
Ashley
Co-founder of AN Universe
Former Product Manager at Google
Shelly
Senior Product Manager at a major internet company for 10 years
Founder of the AI Youth Research Society Successfully raised funding for four startups CEO of an AI startup company
haruki
AI Engineer and ML Researcher
Speclized in finetuning and pretraining language models and diffusion models and involved in projects from Stability AI and Huggignface; Primarily contributing to AI comunity.
Polina S
Travala.com Social Media & Community Lead
Digital Nomad Founder & Host of the Crypto Polination Station Dedicated to helping beginners understand web3
More to be announced
Schedule
Registration: Feb 29 - Mar 31 UTC
Submission: Mar 24 - Mar 31 UTC
Judging Panel Phase 1 : Apr 1 - Apr 7 UTC
Judging Panel Phase 2: Apr 8 - Apr 18 UTC
Final and Winner Announcement: Apr 19 UTC
Submission
When submitting entries, participants should provide the following information:
· Name and contact information of the main team leader
· List of team members and their backgrounds/experiences Team's geographical location
· Product logo, name, and a brief description
· GitHub or GitLab link
· Teams can keep their code repositories private but are welcome to share access with @EMCProtocol-dev during the judging period for review by hackathon organizers and judges.
· Demo Link: Submit slides or video presentations
· Product link and testing instructions
· Links to the project's social media accounts
0 - Project shows 0 creativity, e.g., it is an exact copy of something else.
5 - Project shows some innovation and creativity that distinguishes itself in an interesting way for users.
10 - Project shows extreme creativity, few, if any, other projects in the market are doing anything similar.
0 - Incomplete functionality with low technical proficiency and fine-tuning, lacking strong technical barriers.
5 - Partial functionality with moderate technical proficiency and fine-tuning, but lacking strong technical barriers.
10 - Complete functionality with high technical complexity and fine-tuning, establishing strong technical barriers.
0 - The total addressable market for this project is minimal, and it lacks compatibility with web3 economics.
5 - The total addressable market for this project is moderate, and it demonstrates some compatibility with web3 economics.
10 - The total addressable market for this project is substantial, and it is compatible to web3 economics
0 - Exceptional interface design, smooth interaction, and seamless functionality enhance user experience.
5 - Good interface design, interaction, and functional features facilitate user experience.
10 - Exceptional interface design, smooth interaction, and seamless functionality enhance user experience.
0 - The team lacks relevant expertise and presents unclear project information, with an incomplete or inadequate demo.
5 - The team demonstrates adequate background and expertise, presenting clear project information and a functional demo.
10 - The team exhibits a strong background and expertise relevant to project execution, with clear and comprehensive project information and a fully functional and impressive demo.
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