Agent Creativity Hackathon for Autism Charity
Build AI for Good—and Compete for US$3,000 in Cash Prizes 🏆 Ready to turn your AI skills into something that can make a real difference? Join AI Builders and Tencent Cloud in Hong Kong for a high-energy, half-day Agent Creativity Hackathon for Autism Charity, organized in partnership with Hong Kong Children & Youth Services. Connect with 80 developers, designers, hackers, and AI builders to create practical, innovative solutions supporting the autism community. Compete across three exciting tracks for US$3,000 in total cash prizes—US$1,000 for the winning team in each track—plus the opportunity to advance to the Shenzhen Global Finals. CodeBuddy Track Step 1. Download CodeBuddy here Step 2. Build a web-based game related to autism charity Step 3. Deploy on Cloud Studio based on this doc here Step 4: Submit your project using the link below https://tinyurl.com/codebuddytrack WorkBuddy Track Step 1. Download WorkBuddy here Step 2. Build your Custom Agent Skill related to autism charity based on this doc here Step 3: Submit your project using the link below https://tinyurl.com/workbuddytrack Miora Track Step 1. Download Miora here Step 2. Create an animation related to autism charity Step 3: Upload your project using the link below https://tinyurl.com/mioratrack The event runs in three stages: 1. online pre-registration 2. an online early bird submission 3. an offline final presentation. At the in-person event, judges select the top 1 project from each track (3 winning teams in total), each team will get 1000 USD Cash prize 🏆 and move on to the Shenzhen Global Finals. Timeline Project submission opening: July 9th Early bird submission: August 11th, 12pm (extra points for early bird submissions). Participants continue to build on event day Final project submission ends on event day Best team of each of the 3 tracks announced; 1000 USD Cash Prize per team 🏆 Early Bird Submission Early bird submission: August 11th, 12pm (extra points for early bird submissions). We will announce the top three projects per track during the event. Judging Criteria Hackathon theme alignment: Did the project solve any problem about autism? Completeness: Whether the participant finished at least a minimum viable product. Innovation: Is the product idea innovative? Sponsored Product Usage: Did the team use sponsored products? Early Bird Bonus: Was the final project submitted before August 11th, 12 p.m. Hong Kong time? Who should join - Developers\, hackers\, designers\, product builders\, and - AI practitioners in Hong Kong and the surrounding region who want to build AI agent projects for a good cause. - We also have an online chat group for attendees to find other team members\, as well as ask any questions regarding the hackathon. Feel free to join now: https://tinyurl.com/tencenthackathonchat What to expect Hands-on guidance across three Tencent Cloud products: CodeBuddy, WorkBuddy, and Miora Three tracks: build a game, build an agent, create an animation Online first-round selection followed by an offline final presentation 2,000 free product credits per product as participation incentives On-site judging and awards, with 9 teams presenting live Global Finals slots in Shenzhen for the top 1 team from each track (3 winning teams) Organizers - AI Builders is an AI community of founders\, engineers\, and designers across Asia\, building and shipping real AI products together. - Tencent Cloud is the global cloud arm of Tencent\, offering computing\, AI\, and productivity infrastructure trusted by millions of developers and enterprises. - Hong Kong Children & Youth Services is a long-standing Hong Kong non-profit delivering children\, youth\, and family welfare programs\, including services that support neurodiverse children and their families. - HKPC Academy is the training arm of the Hong Kong Productivity Council\, providing FutureSkills courses that help professionals and organisations upskill in AI\, digital\, and Industry 4.0 technologies.
