Build AI for Good

​Combine DeepSeek or any LLM with next-generation reinforcement learning to create smarter and more efficient applications—on any platform.

​At Genius DevCamp, hundreds of engineers, designers and entrepreneurs will gather to explore the frontiers of machine learning. During our 48-hour idea competition, attendees will learn about the latest advancements in machine learning from the world's foremost experts in the field.

Genius DevCamp follows the tradition of past events, highlighting inclusion, diversity and empowerment in the developer community. Attendees are encouraged to develop native and web applications during this exciting, cooperative, hackathon-style event.

We are thrilled to announce that Google, NYSE and UC Santa Cruz will sponsor us in-person and online, to connect developers around the world.

Now is the time to register if you plan to attend. Space online is not capped this year but only those who have registered in advance will be able to attend.

About the Event

​Unique to our event is early access to the Genius Platform, billed as "foundational AI that performs experiments." It is unique—and years ahead of the market.

This provides compute-efficient and accurate matchmaking and recommendations for things like:

  • ​Product marketplaces
  • ​Person to person matchmaking
  • ​Commercial real-estate property recommendations
  • ​Hotel room and tourist activity booking
  • ​Video, news or other content recommendations
  • ​Music recommendations for listening or practice
  • ​Artwork or craft recommendations
  • ​Social media post feeds
  • ​Job candidate suggestions or jobs listings
  • ​Stock recommendations
  • ​Startup company ideas
  • ​Work task suggestions or summaries
  • ​Robotics and biotech experiments

​Event schedule will include educational sessions on topics such as:

  • ​AI / ML
  • ​Software Engineering
  • ​Product Design
  • ​Security Engineering
  • ​Open Source Toolchains
  • ​Design Thinking
  • ​Apple Intelligence
  • ​Google Gemini

​Our event is open to developers and entrepreneurs with a range of experience and skills. We hope you will join us for this revolutionary experience.

Note: Ticket price includes six (6) full meals, plus snacks and non-alcoholic drinks throughout the weekend.

About the Organizer

 

Dom Sagolla

Dom is cofounder of the cybersecurity firm Archipelo & cofounder of Developer Camp. He has produced dozens of events, advising many hackathon winners in their journey of success.

About the Judges

 

Bill Tai

Bill has been funding startups as a VC since 1991 and has had 23 of his startups become listed companies. Personal Angel backer of 3 of the top 10 on "CNBC's 50 Top Disruptor List for 2022" (#3 Lineage Logistics, #4 Canva, #9 Dapper Labs). Companies he's been involved with at their starts surpassed $1 Trillion in aggregate market value in 2021.

Brian J. Baumann

Brian is Director of Capital Markets for the New York Stock Exchange. He leads technology initiatives for their global capital markets business, with expertise in futures, low latency, and big data. His goal is to advance the technology strategy and vision of the NYSE, and to contribute to its growth and leadership in the capital markets space.

Ben Vigoda

Ben is CEO and Chief Scientist at Product Genius. He co-founded Lyric Semiconductor, which created the world's first tensor processor units (TPUs) and the first commercial processor architectures for AI/ML. He works on next generation AI architectures with collaborators at his alma mater MIT, and contributes to DARPA's AI strategy.

About the Venue

 

UCSC Extension

​The University of California Santa Cruz hosted VisionDevCamp last year, for our most successful idea-per-attendee hackathon yet.

​Currently in its 18th yearDeveloper Camp is an open source community that operates on the principles of inclusion, diversity, and empowerment. Genius DevCamp is a new experience, with a special format to shortcut the path to success.

Requirements

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

1 non-cash prize
Physical Prizes — as well as follow up meetings with our VC Judges
10 winners

Prize categories and titles will be determined based on participants and projects. Top three demos will be awarded follow up meetings with our VC judges. Additional prizes such as Apple Store items and other useful gear to be announced.

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Bill Tai

Bill Tai
Legendary Angel Investor

Brian Baumann

Brian Baumann
Director of Capital Markets, NYSE

Patrick Chang

Patrick Chang
Founder, Dispersion Capital

Amanda Terry

Amanda Terry
Cofounder, ACTAI Ventures

Ben Vigoda

Ben Vigoda
Founder, Product Genius

Judging Criteria

  • Grand Champion
    Person who helps the most number of people during the event, as voted by the participants.

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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