May 10, 2026. Hacking: 10:30 AM to 6:00 PM PDT. All submissions due by 6:30 PM PDT.

Open to all skill levels. Students, professionals, and hobbyists are welcome. Must be present in person at BCIT Downtown Vancouver on May 10.

Teams of 1 to 4 people. Solo participation allowed. Team formation happens at 9:00 AM on event day.

• All projects must be started from scratch during the hackathon. No pre-built projects.
• Use of open-source libraries, APIs, and boilerplate/starter templates is allowed.
• Projects must be submitted on Devpost before 6:30 PM PDT, May 10.
• Each submission must include: project description, tech stack, demo link or video, and GitHub repo.
• Teams may submit to one Grand Prize track and one or more Sponsor Prize tracks.

Grand Prize (Cursor):

• 1st Place: $1,000 Cursor Credit + Web Summit Vancouver ticket (per team member)
• 2nd Place: $500 Cursor Credit
• 3rd Place: $300 Cursor Credit

Sponsor Prize Tracks:

• Best Use of Greptile: $600 CAD
• Best Use of Nia: $500 CAD
• Best Use of CLōD: $500 CAD
• Best Use of AllScale: $300 CAD
• Best Use of BGA: 300 USDT

All Participants: $50 Cursor Pro credit + $25 USD CLōD API credits

Grand Prize is judged by the organizer panel:

• Creativity and Innovation (30%) - originality, unique problem approach
• Impact and Usefulness (30%) - problem significance, real-world applicability
• Technical Implementation (20%) - code quality, architecture, technical complexity
• Demo and Presentation (20%) - demo quality, storytelling, completeness

Sponsor Prize Tracks are judged independently by each sponsor.

Be respectful, inclusive, and collaborative. Harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.

All projects remain the intellectual property of their creators.