Resources & Tools

Everything you need to move fast and build something real. APIs, credits, frameworks, and documentation — curated for hackathon speed. Click any sponsor card below for full details.

Quick Start Tips

Start with one user and one clear problem. Scope kills more hackathon projects than bad code does.
Design for flow, not flash — think like a helpful assistant, not a feature factory.
Use the perception + planning + action loop when building agents. Sense the world, decide what to do, then do it.
Don't over-engineer. Mock what you must, make your demo count. Judges remember the story, not the architecture.

Sponsor Tools & Credits

Google Cloud + Gemini Sponsor

$5 per person ($40/team) in GCP credits. Gemini API, AI Studio, Vertex AI, and full Google Cloud access. View details →

ElevenLabs Voice AI Partner

Free access for all participants. Text-to-speech, voice cloning, and conversational AI agents across 29 languages. View details →

Luxonis Spatial AI Sponsor

OAK cameras for spatial AI. Stereo depth, neural inference, and object tracking running on-device at the edge. View details →

Braynr EdTech Sponsor

Adaptive learning platform powering the EdTech track. API details coming soon. View details →

Frameworks & Tools

AI & LLM Frameworks

Gemini API

Google's multimodal model. Text, images, code, and reasoning — all via one API.

LangGraph

Agent graphs with memory, branching, and human-in-the-loop control.

LangChain

Modular LLM chaining. Connect models, tools, and data sources with minimal glue.

Computer Vision & Spatial AI

DepthAI

Luxonis SDK for OAK cameras. Depth estimation, neural inference, and object tracking on-device.

OpenCV

The standard library for computer vision. Image processing, feature detection, and real-time video.

MediaPipe

Google's on-device ML toolkit. Pose, hand, face detection, and object tracking out of the box.

On-Device & Edge AI

Ollama

Run LLMs locally. One-command setup for Llama, Gemma, Mistral, and more.

ONNX Runtime

Cross-platform inference engine. Run ML models on CPU, GPU, or NPU with hardware acceleration.

Prototyping & UI

Streamlit

Python dashboards and rapid prototyping. Demo-ready interfaces in minutes, not hours.

Gradio

Build ML demos with a few lines of Python. Great for model interfaces and quick testing.

Learning & Tutorials

Gemini API Quickstart
Official Google guide. Set up your API key, send your first request, and explore multimodal capabilities.
DepthAI Examples
Luxonis code examples for OAK cameras — depth estimation, object detection, and neural inference pipelines.
ElevenLabs Developer Quickstart
Get started with ElevenLabs voice AI — text-to-speech, voice cloning, and conversational agents in Python or TypeScript.
Understanding and Applying Text Embeddings
DeepLearning.AI short course with Google Cloud. Practical use of text embeddings for search, clustering, and classification.
Getting Started with Ollama
Run large language models locally. Install, pull a model, and start generating — no cloud account needed.