Llama Impact Hackathon
Address real-world challenges using Llama 3.2 models!
Hackathon Challenges
Join this hackathon to tackle real-world challenges using Meta’s Llama models
This event is part of the global Llama 3.1 Impact Grant series, giving participants the opportunity to indicate their participation on their Llama 3.1 Impact Grant application. By doing so, you’ll be eligible to compete in an additional specialized "Regional" track within the grant program. If you’re interested in applying for the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, we recommend submitting your application after participating in the event.
For more details on the Llama 3.1 Impact Grants, visit: Llama Impact Grants.
1. Navigating Public Services
📌 Problem Statement: Government services can be complex & difficult to navigate, creating barriers for citizens.
Challenge: Use Llama to develop chatbots or assistants that help users navigate government websites, assist with tax filing, benefit access, and streamline permitting or grant-writing processes for agencies.
2. Reducing Barriers for Llama Developers
🛠️ Problem Statement: Developing with Llama can be complex due to data preparation and evaluation challenges.
Challenge: Build tools that streamline Llama’s development process, including data preparation, prompt engineering, and evaluation.
3. Expanding Low-Resource Languages
🌐 Problem Statement: Many languages lack adequate AI support, limiting accessibility and cultural relevance.
Challenge: Develop models using Llama to support low-resource languages, ensuring culturally sensitive and locally relevant AI solutions.
Prizes
💰 $22,250 cash prize pool for the winners!
⭐ Unlock a regional $100,000 USD opportunity in addition to global grants up to $500,000 USD through the Llama Impact Grants
Prizes Up for Grabs:
On-site Hackers: 🥇 1st Place: $5,000 🥈 2nd Place: $3,000 🥉 3rd Place: $2,000
Online Hackers: 🥇 1st Place: $3,000 🥈 2nd Place: $1,500 🥉 3rd Place: $500
Special Awards:
✨ Best Agentic App built using Llama Stack - 💸 Cash: $1,000 (new!!!)
Best use of Restack - 💸 Cash: $1,000
Best use of LlamaIndex - 💸 Cash: $1,000
Best use of Solo Tech - 💸 Cash: $500
Best use of MindsDB Knowledge Base:
1st Place: 💸 Cash: $1,000
2nd Place: 💸 Cash: $750
3rd Place: 💸 Cash: $500
Best use of Together AI - ☁️ $2500 Together AI credits
Bonus Prizes:
Edge Co-working: 1 month free for the top 3 winning teams (3-5 members each).
Featherless Premium: 1 year free for the top winning team.
Important Info ❗️
Final project submissions will be hosted on lablab.ai platform.
Our Partners
We Partnered with leading tech companies to provide you with the tools and resources needed to build exceptional projects. Using any of these technologies in your project gives you access to exclusive resources and rewards from our partners, including specialized support, and additional prizes!
These are some of our partners:
On-site Speakers
Industry experts from our partner organizations will be on-site to share insights, provide mentorship, and help you make the most of the latest tech tools. Enjoy exclusive talks, workshops, and guidance to elevate your project!
Katie Watson Jordan - Product Strategy & Governance Policy Manager @Meta
Pawel Czech - Co-Founder @NewNative
Laurie Voss - VP of Developer Relations @LlamaIndex
Eric Firnhaber - Senior Director, Global Communications & Marketing @Digital Green
Jorge Torres - CEO @MindsDB
Riandy Riandy - Partner Engineering @Meta
Varun Vontimitta - Partner Engineering @Meta
Philippe Brulé - CTO @Restack
Niki Birkner - Senior Product Manager @TogetherAI
Julian Forero - AI Product Marketing @Snowflake
Mariane Bekker - Founder @Founders Bay
Event Schedule
Day 1 (November 8th)
6:00 PM: Doors open (Registration + Dinner)
6:30 PM: Hackathon Kick-off (On-site and Online)
6:35 PM: lablab.ai Opening words
6:40 PM: Meta AI Opening words
6:45 PM: MindsDB Opening words
7:00 PM: Hackathon walkthrough
7:15 PM: Discussion Panel - Value of Open Source AI
7:45 PM: Quickstart with Restack + TogetherAI + LLama + LlamaIndex
8:00 PM: Edge Foundation Opening words
8:05 PM: Discussion Panel - Open Source AI as a Building Block
8:35 PM: Networking
9:00 PM: Doors close
Day 2 (November 9th)
10:00 AM: Breakfast + coffee is served
10:15 AM: Llama Stack uncovered
11:00 AM: From prototype to go live, building reliable AI workflows
12:00 PM: Lunch
1:00 PM: Workshop: Building GenAI apps with agentic frameworks - Mainframe
1:30 PM: Workshop: Data Cleaning and Rag workshop - The AI Alliance
6:00 PM: Dinner
9:00 PM: Doors close
Day 3 (November 10th)
10:00 AM: Breakfast + coffee is served
4:00 PM: End of submissions
4:00 PM: Judging starts
5:30 PM: Finalists live demo
6:30 PM: Winners announcement