About the challenge

SteelHacks is a weekend-long event where students from around the nation work together to build innovative technology products. For over a decade, SteelHacks has been the center of innovation and builder culture for 3000+ talented students. This year, SteelHacks will take place September 19-20. Participants will have the opportunity to dream, design, and deliver technology products from scratch. In addition, we will offer mini-games, mentorship, and meals for students to take a break from coding.

Hosted by the Computer Science Club at Pitt in partnership with the School of Computing and Information.

Requirements

What to Submit

  • Your project code in the form of a Github with detailed ReadMe, or an accessible Google Drive link if making something without code
  • Team member information on your ReadMe (full name, email address) 
  • Demo video / pitch slides (in the form of a Google Drive, Canva, Figma, or PowerPoint link) 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

8 non-cash prizes
[NVIDIA] Beyond the Chatbot
3 winners

Each Winning Team:
4 Jetson Orin Nano Supers, 4 $50 Brev.dev Credit Vouchers, 4 NVIDIA Hats

[PNC] Compound
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives $150 in cash or credits.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives 1 JBL Flip 5.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives 1 YETI Tumbler.

[LANXESS] Xtract
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives 1 pair of Bose QuietComfort headphones.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives 1 power bank.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives 1 JBL Go 5.

[Pear VC and Afore Capital] Seed Round
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives an interview or office-hours opportunity.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives an interview or office-hours opportunity.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives API credits.

No Wrapper
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives 1 pair of AirPods 4.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives 1 mechanical keyboard.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives 1 Owala water bottle.

Press Start
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives 1 Nintendo Switch Lite.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives 1 LEGO Game Boy set.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives 1 Logitech G305 LIGHTSPEED mouse.

Cold Start
3 winners

1st Place:
Each team member receives 1 pair of Bose QuietComfort headphones.

2nd Place:
Each team member receives 1 mini projector.

3rd Place:
Each team member receives 1 Apple AirTag.

[ElevenLabs] Out Loud!
2 winners

Every participant gets one month of ElevenLabs’ Creator tier free (normally $22/month, with 131k credits).

Each member of the team that wins the ElevenLabs track gets three months of the Scale tier (1.8M credits per month — an $897 value per person).

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

TBD

TBD

Judging Criteria

  • TBD

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