Upgrade "Vibe Coding" to Professional Spec-Driven Development at the Kiro Spark Challenge, a 1-day creative design hackathon for Sun Devils. 

To celebrate ASU's collaboration with Kiro, Enterprise Technology is hosting a Kiro Spark Challenge, a 1-day creative design challenge where teams turn bold ideas into real digital products while showcasing your creative and technical talent. 

The Challenge: turn a mystery prompt into a working app in 24 hours using Kiro, the spec-driven AI IDE that mirrors real-world dev workflows.

 

Work in teams of 3 to design and build an application in just 24 hours using Kiro, tackling a challenge prompt revealed live on April 24. Every participant will receive 1,000 Kiro credits to power their projects. Participants will also gain exclusive access to mentorship from industry experts at Kiro and Toptal—the world’s largest fully remote workforce, powered by a global network of more than 20,000 highly vetted professionals in AI, technology, design, finance, marketing, and strategic consulting.

 

HOW TO REGISTER

REGISTER VIA AIRTABLE: https://airtable.com/appzNHpLL8HIkEFLA/pagqCSlDk5VLGcwAS/form 

Requirements

What to Build

You'll build a Kiro application responding to a mystery prompt revealed at our live event on April 24 at 9:00 a.m. and due April 24 at 11:59 p.m.

What to Submit

  • Include a Project built with Kiro and meets the above Project Requirements.

  • Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.

  • Include a demonstration video of your Project.

  • Provide a URL to your open source code repository for judging and testing.

  • Provide a write up on how Kiro was used. Judges must understand how effectively you used Kiro to develop your project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,500 in prizes
Grand Prize
$4,500 in cash
1 winner

Prizes will be distributed as scholarship awards to winning ASU student accounts.

Build track
$1,500 in cash
1 winner

Technical AI proficiency: How well did you leverage AI to build?

Prizes will be distributed as scholarship awards to winning ASU student accounts.

Collaboration track
$1,500 in cash
1 winner

Cross-functional innovation: How did your team innovate through diverse areas of expertise?

Prizes will be distributed as scholarship awards to winning ASU student accounts.

Impact track
$1,500 in cash
1 winner

Meaningful, realistic solutions: Does this matter in the real world?

Prizes will be distributed as scholarship awards to winning ASU student accounts.

Story track
$1,500 in cash
1 winner

Transparent, scalable workflows: Are you leading others with transparent workflows that scale?

Prizes will be distributed as scholarship awards to winning ASU student accounts.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Kiro

Kiro

Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Toptal

Toptal

Judging Criteria

  • Rubric
    Full rubric will be revealed at our live event on Friday, April 24.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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