Rules

  1. Work together. You must collaborate in teams of ~3. No working in isolation.

  2. Complete the challenge. Teams must ideate/prototype and pitch their idea. Both progress and process are important.

  3. Use the tools shared today. For this challenge, please use the tools shared today.

  4. Honor the clock. Pencils down at 11:59 p.m. MST on Friday, April 24.

  5. Be a Sun Devil. Abide by the ASU Student code of conduct.

Dates

  • April 22: Applications close
  • April 24: Hackathon, 9:00 - 11:59 p.m., Tempe campus
  • April 28: Closing ceremony, 4:00 p.m., Zoom

Eligibility

This event is open to students at Arizona State University with some technical experience. To simulate professional tech environments, solo applicants should apply by April 22.  Challenge organizers will match you into teams of three, providing a unique opportunity to network and pair program with new colleagues from across the university. Team lineups will be announced live on the morning of the challenge on April 24.

Project and Submission Requirements

  • 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.

Prizes

We are awarding $10,000 in total scholarship prizes across four distinct categories:

  1. BUILD track -- $1,500 How well did you leverage AI to build? 
  2. COLLABORATION track -- $1,500 How did your team innovate through diverse areas of expertise? 
  3. IMPACT track -- $1,500 Does this matter in the real world?
  4. STORY track -- $1,500 Are you leading others with transparent workflows that scale

 

Grand prize $4,500

In addition to a $4,500 grand prize, the top team win an interview with AWS's Agentic AI team! Top hackathon finishers will earn a guaranteed initial interview—seniors for full-time roles and all other classes for internships—with one of the most innovative teams at Amazon Web Services. To be eligible, candidates must meet basic qualifications including being 18+, having experience with at least one general-purpose programming language (Java, Python, C++, C#, Go, Rust, or TypeScript), and enrollment in a Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or related STEM field.

Awards are issued to ASU student accounts as scholarship awards from Enterprise Technology.

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

Evaluation criteria will be shared at our live event, alongside our full challenge prompt. All submissions will be evaluated for the overall prize and each category prize. Entrants do not need to indicate which categories specifically they want to submit to. Submissions will be evaluated over the weekend from April 25-27.

The winners will be announced at our virtual closing ceremony on Tuesday, April 28 at 4pm on Zoom.