About the Event

​Powerful AI requires more than advanced models—it depends on infrastructure that is reliable, observable, fast, and efficient.

​Spend one day building practical tools for mining infrastructure data, intelligent model routing, or AI reliability. Compete for a share of our $10,000 cash prize pool. Choose one challenge track or combine ideas across multiple tracks.

​We’ll provide APIs📊, inference credits for every participant, public infrastructure datasets🛠️, a starter notebook and a community of builders 🤝 to support you throughout the hackathon.

​After the competition, join the AI Reliability Summit, featuring industry leaders, founders, and investors discussing the future of AI infrastructure and reliability. Wrap up the day with an evening networking reception providing food, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages.

​Timeline

  • ​8:00 AM — Doors Open, Breakfast & Networking

  • ​9:00 AM — Welcome Keynote

  • ​9:30 AM — Hackathon begins

  • ​12:00 PM — Lunch

  • ​3:30 PM — Project Submissions Close

  • ​3:50 PM — Finalist Demos

  • ​4:30 PM — Keynote

  • ​5:00 PM — Awards & Ceremony

  • ​5:30 PM — The Future of AI Infrastructure Panel

  • ​5:50 PM — AI Reliability Beyond the Model Panel

  • ​6:10 PM — Beer & Wine Service Begins

  • ​6:30 PM — Networking Reception

  • ​8:00 PM — Event Concludes

​🏆 Prizes & Opportunities ​Compete across multiple award categories for a $10,000 cash prize pool ​👥 Speakers ​Panel: The Future of AI Infrastructure

​Boris Scholl. VP & Architect, Cloud & AI Engineering at Microsoft.

​Vijay Vusirikala. Distinguished Lead - AI Systems & Networks at Arista.

​Panel: AI Reliability Beyond the Model

​Vijay Krishnan. Founder & CTO of Turing.com.

​Mahesh Ram. Ex-CXO of Zoom.

​Jared Quincy Davis. Founder & CEO of Mithril.

​Featured Keynote

​Muckai Girish. Co-founder & CEO of Rockfish Data.

​William Vambenepe. VP of Product at Mithril.

​❓ Good to know

​Who should join
University students, researchers, developers, founders, and industry professionals

​Team format
Teams up to 5

​What to bring
Laptop and charger

​Food and drinks
Lunch and dinner provided · Non-alcoholic options available
Beer and wine available for guests 21+ with valid ID

​Registration
Free to attend

Requirements

What to Build

Track 1 — Root Cause Analysis

What you’ll get

Real telemetry — metrics, traces, and logs — from multiple clusters, plus labelled incidents with known answers.

Challenge

Build an accurate and efficient agent that finds the root cause of real failures.

Good fit if you like…

Agent frameworks, evals, debugging distributed systems

Track 2 — Cluster Efficiency

What you’ll get

Real telemetry from a large cluster, plus API access to MantisGrid AI insights about performance, uptime, and cost.

Challenge

Build an interactive dashboard to showcase cluster behavior and find inefficiencies.

Good fit if you like…

Data analysis, visualization, turning numbers into business outcomes

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$10,000 in prizes
Best Overall
$4,000 in cash
1 winner

Best Solution - Track 1
$2,000 in cash
1 winner

Best Solution - Track 2
$2,000 in cash
1 winner

Most Innovative - Track 1
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

Most Innovative - Track 2
$1,000 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Sanyogita S

Sanyogita S

Yuan Li

Yuan Li

Randolph Chung

Randolph Chung

Judging Criteria

  • Technical Execution
  • Innovation / Wow Factor
  • Potential Impact
  • Presentation

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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