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AI Tinkerers Vertical Agents Hackathon - with Google Cloud @ Weights & Biases
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AI Tinkerers Vertical Agents Hackathon - with Google Cloud @ Weights & Biases
Join Us for an Exciting Weekend of Innovation!
Announcing the AI Tinkerers Vertical Agents Hackathon, sponsored by Google Cloud and hosted by Weights & Biases in collaboration with Copilot Kit and community sponsors with founders and experts on hand including E2B, HumanLayer, Daily.co, Payman and Browserbase.
This hackathon invites you to build cutting-edge vertical agen and humans-in-the-loop AI agents systems. Earn bragging rights and fabulous prizes! 🤖 🔄 🙆
As much of the industry is realizing; getting AI agents from cool demos to useful tools requires new architecture for human 🤝 agent collaboration.
Imagine applications where AI agents do 70%, 80%, even 90% of the work, yet a human is easily able to correct parts of the agent output and the agent adjusts accordingly.
Join the builders of the most cutting edge human-in-the-loop frameworks in the ecosystem to build projects that illuminate and guide the future of human-agent systems. Build demos that highlight the power of what human-in-loop AI systems can achieve.
➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Space is limited! Register above! If you’re excited about this event please reshare our Tweet or LinkedIn post ⬅️ ⬅️ ⬅️
👑 Premier Sponsor
As our Marquee Sponsor, Google Cloud is powering this hackathon with cutting-edge AI tools and expertise.
Google Cloud - Want more than the status quo? Only Google Cloud brings together innovations from across Google to help customers digitally transform with AI that’s ready for what’s next, data insights that speed innovation, infrastructure that’s designed to meet industry needs, collaboration tools that help teams do their best work, and security that can proactively stop threats.
🤖🔁👤 Theme: Vertical Agents
The hackathon focuses on the exciting theme of “humans-in-the-loop agents,” driven by Copilot Kit’s expertise in this area. We’re exploring how AI can work collaboratively with humans to solve complex problems. Copilot Kit will be showcasing their Coagents framework, which enables:
- End-users to correct agent steps in-app
- Streaming of intermediate agent states
- Exposing LangGraph agents as specialized skills for an app’s copilot
🛠️ Hackathon Platform
Participants will leverage Google Cloud’s Vertex AI & AI Studio for their projects, and will receive credits and support prior to the event. Build and collaborate with experts and founders from the community sponsors who will be on hand to support you to build and deploy state-of-the-art Agent systems easily.
🎪 Host Sponsor
Weights & Biases - This event is sponsored by Weights & Biases Weave. When you’re ready to take your tinkering to production, you’ll need reliable logging and tracing, Weave will get you there with 3 lines of code, and you’ll get a beautiful dashboard you can share with even the non technical folks! Plus, once you’re ready to upgrade to o1 or gpt-next, Weave offers a robust LLM evaluation pipeline so you’ll always know which LLM works best for your use-case.
🏋️ Judging Criteria
This is the judging criteria we’ll use to evaluate projects:
| Criteria | Description | Score Definitions |
|---|---|---|
| Running Code | All teams must produce real working code and prototypes, not mockups and concept pitch decks. | 1: Doesn’t run at all 2: Major issues 4: Minor bugs 5: Flawless execution |
| Innovation & Creativity | We strive for true innovation and groundbreaking ideas that push the boundaries of the field. | 1: Unoriginal ideas 2: Previously attempted ideas 4: Novel concept or creative solution 5: Groundbreaking idea and implementation |
| Real-world Impact | We value work that is ambitious and has the potential to make a significant dent in the world. | 1: Limited real-world use 2: Future potential but not current impact 4: Solves a significant need 5: Life-changing potential |
| Theme Alignment | How well the project aligns with and exemplifies the hackathon’s specific theme. | 1: Barely relates to the theme 2: Superficial connection 4: Clear incorporation of the theme 5: Perfectly embodies and elevates the theme |
Participants are expected to use Vertex AI as a component in their projects, for example, for their LLM inference. Google Cloud will provide credits to all participants prior to the event to support Vertex AI usage.
🧑⚖️ Judges
| Atai Barkai CEO - CopilotKit | Joe Heitzeberg Founder - AI Tinkerers | Sara Kaandorp Head of Product and Design - Appwrite |
| Paul Klein Founder - Browserbase | Kwindla Kramer CEO - Daily | rahul Sonwalkar CEO - Julius.ai |
| Alex Volkov AI Evangelist - Weights & Biases |
🏆 Prizes
| Prize Category | Description |
|---|---|
| 🥇 Grand Prize | Ultimate recognition for innovation, including cash and cloud credits. |
| 🥈 Runner-Up | A fantastic package for the second-place team with valuable prizes. |
| 🏆 Community Pick | Voted by attendees, celebrating the project that resonates most with all. |
| 🎉 Social Buzz Award | Win by generating the most social media buzz! |
Join us for a chance to showcase your skills and earn bragging rights among industry leaders!
🗓️ Schedule
Saturday, November 2nd
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Registration and breakfast |
| 9:30 AM | Opening ceremony |
| 9:35 AM | Welcome remarks by Google Cloud and Weights & Biases (2 min each) |
| 10:00 AM | Presentation on human-in-the-loop concept by CoPilotKit |
| 10:30 AM | Team Formation Deadline |
| 12:15 PM | Lunch with demos: |
| - Google Cloud / Vertex Demo (20 min) | |
| - e2b Demo (20 min) | |
| 6:30 PM | Dinner with HumanLayer Demo |
| 9:30 PM | End of Day 1 |
Sunday, November 3rd
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | Day 2 kickoff and Weights & Biases demo |
| 1:30 PM | Entry Submission Deadline |
| 2:30 PM | Round One Judging Complete (Finalists Announced) |
| 3:00 PM | Finalists presentations |
| 4:00 PM | Closing ceremony (awards, prizes, pictures) |
| 4:30 PM | Networking |
| 5:30 PM | End of hackathon |
🤖 Who is this for?
This hackathon is aimed at developers interested in getting their hands dirty learning and building AI tech together. You should know how to code, but you don’t need to be an AI expert!
All participants must be in-person. No remote participation at this event. Organizers will be screening participants.
🗓️ When & Where
This is an in-person hackathon taking place in San Francisco on November 2nd from 8:00 AM to November 3rd at 5:30 PM. The venue will be Weights & Biases Headquarters. Bring a team of your own or form a team at the outset of the event.
☝️☝️There is no fee to enter but space is limited and we will be screening attendance, so please register ASAP☝️☝️
🧩 Community Sponsors
Community Sponsors enhance your hackathon experience by bringing their expertise on-site. Founders and technical experts from these innovative companies will be participating alongside you, offering guidance and support to teams using their cutting-edge tools.
Copilot Kit - CopilotKit is an open-source platform enabling rapid integration of AI copilots into applications. It provides ready-to-use components for adding context-aware chatbots and AI-powered features, making it an ideal tool for AI Tinkerers to enhance their projects with cutting-edge capabilities in just hours.
HumanLayer - Bridging AI and human intelligence. This innovative platform enables seamless human-in-the-loop interactions for AI agents, ensuring oversight for high-stakes decisions. With support for major frameworks and LLMs, HumanLayer helps create safer, more accountable AI systems. Perfect for hackathon participants aiming to build responsible and effective AI solutions that keep humans in the loop.
E2B - E2B is an open-source runtime for executing AI-generated code in secure cloud sandboxes. With features tailored for AI use cases, E2B enables developers to run code from various languages and frameworks in a safe environment. Its quick-start capabilities, LLM-agnostic design, and security measures make it an ideal platform for hackathon participants looking to build and deploy state-of-the-art AI agent systems.
Daily - Daily provides real-time voice, video, and AI capabilities for developers. With cross-platform libraries and open-source SDKs, Daily enables the creation of state-of-the-art conversations and AI-powered experiences. Their battle-tested global infrastructure and features like Daily Bots and Pipecat make it perfect for hackathon teams looking to integrate cutting-edge real-time communication and AI features into their projects.
Browserbase - Cloud-based headless browser infrastructure for scalable, stealthy web automation. Offering auto-scaled browser instances, advanced stealth features, and Chrome DevTools integration, Browserbase empowers developers to build robust scraping tools, testing suites, and web-enabled AI agents without the complexity of managing browser infrastructure. Ideal for hackathon participants working on AI agents that need to interact with web content reliably and at scale.
Payman - Payman is pioneering the future of AI-to-Human payments. As the first AI-to-Human payment platform, Payman allows AI agents to pay humans for tasks they need completed. With easy API integration, flexible task posting, and support for multiple payment rails, Payman enables hackathon participants to create AI agents that can effectively collaborate with humans, opening up new possibilities for human-in-the-loop AI systems and innovative use cases in product management, interviewing, marketing, and more.
🚀 More Information
If you are new to the group, please be sure to read the AI Tinkerers FAQ.
Join us for an incredible weekend of collaboration, innovation, and fun! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to connect with fellow builders and showcase your skills in human-AI collaboration.