HackIllinois Prizes

Overview

This year, HackIllinois has $75K+ in prizes!

PATH PRIZES

Awarded to the entire winning team, not per member.

  • BEST VOYAGER HACK: $5000
  • BEST GENERAL HACK: $2500

TRACK PRIZES

Designed by our sponsors to provide a specialized topic to center your project around. Each team can only compete in ONE track. Each track winning team will also receive a $2500 cash prize.

BEST WEB API

  • 1st place: $2000 for the team, JBL Tour One M2 Headphones for each team member
  • Honorable Mention: $500 for the team, $100 Amazon gift card for each team member

BEST AI INFERENCE

  • 1st place: $2000 for the team, $5K in Modal Credits per person, a visit to SF or NY Modal Office with lunch with the Modal team
  • 2nd place: $500 for the team, $1K in Modal Credits and Airpods for each team member
  • 3rd place: $1K in Modal Credits and Airpods for each team member

BEST HARDWARE HACK

  • $2500 prize
  • Ride Along at Coal Valley Ranch Demo Site on May 15th
  • Conference call with leadership (on coordinated date)

BEST AI INSPECTION

  • 1st place: $1500 for the team, Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses for each member, Cat swag and a pitch presentation to a Caterpillar Executive team member
  • 2nd place: $700 for the team, gaming keyboard for each member, Cat swag and a pitch presentation to a Caterpillar Executive team member
  • 3rd place: $300 for the team, gaming keyboard for each member, Cat swag and sharing the hack with a Caterpillar Executive team member

COMPANY PRIZES

BEST USE OF SOLANA

$5K in Crypto for the team and Ledger Nano S Plus

BEST USE OF SUPERMEMORY

Pair of Meta Raybans for each member

BEST USE OF OPENAI API

$5k of OpenAI API credits for each member

BEST USE OF CAPITAL ONE NESSIE (HACKATHON API)

$300 gift card for each member

BEST USE OF ACTIAN VectorAI DB

  • 1st place: $300 in prepaid AmEx gift cards for the team
  • 2nd place: $120 in prepaid AmEx gift cards for the team
  • 3rd place: Anker USB-C Hubs for each team member

BEST USE OF CLOUDFLARE DEVELOPER PLATFORM

$5K Cloudflare credits for each member

BEST DEPLOYED ON AEDIFY

  • $300 in platform credits per member
  • 5 months free of OpenClaw ($100 value) per member

EXTRA HACK PRIZES

Awarded to each member of the winning team.

BEST BEGINNER HACK

  • More info: EPOMAKER Mechanical Keyboard

BEST UI/UX DESIGN

  • FUJIFILM Camera Package

BEST SOCIAL IMPACT

  • More info: $50 Donation to charity of choice

MOST POPULAR

  • More info: SONY Headphones

MOST CREATIVE

  • NINJA Coffee Machine

MOST USELESS

  • More info: NERF gun + Walkie-Talkie

ATTENDEE GUIDE
PRIZE INFO GUIDE
HOW TO HACK (BEGINNER)