Just as a chef artfully combines sight, taste, sound, and smell to create a dish that delights all senses, you’ll craft a multimodal app that engages users through sight, sound, and touch. Each line of code is a recipe ingredient, each user interaction a spice, and Microsoft Azure’s Responsible AI tools are your utensils. Together, they create a feast for the senses, serving up an experience that’s more than the sum of its parts.

Are you a developer who loves to create innovative and impactful solutions using AI? Do you want to learn how to use Azure AI and GitHub Copilot to build multimodal apps that combine text, image, video, or voice inputs and outputs? Do you want to win cash prizes, Azure credits, and recognition for your work? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should join us for the Microsoft Generative AI Hackathon, an online challenge where you can use your skills to create exciting Generative AI solutions. You can review resources to get started here, join the Microsoft Azure AI Community Discord to get help, and the Devpost Discord to collaborate and team up with other developers. 

So put on your chef’s hat, fire up Azure AI, and prepare to cook a technological banquet that’s as multifaceted as the finest gourmet meal. So tie on your apron and get set to develop an app that leads the way in multimodal technology!  

Requirements

What to Build:

Build your multimodal app that features at least 2 or more modes from the categories of image, video/motion, voice/audio, or text using Azure AI. Leverage Microsoft’s Responsible AI tools and/or principles. 

Bonus: Use Visual Studio Code Extensions 

What to Submit

 Provide a URL for your working app and testing instructions for the judges to review and test your project.  

 Provide a URL to your GitHub code repository. The repository must be public and have an open-source license from one of the following: 

Include a 3 minute video that demonstrates your project in action (hosted on YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public). The video should include an explanation of how your project uses Azure AI while highlighting the impact and category chosen. 

 Your complete submission form on Devpost before the final deadline.

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Prizes

$32,400 in prizes

First Place

* $8,000 USD

* Azure credits equivalent to $1,000 (total, not per teammate)

* Featured in blog post

*Special recognition at Microsoft Build

* Meeting with Microsoft AI team

* Up to 3 teammates will receive additional cash prizes of $2,000 each to support optional travel to Microsoft Build 2024 flagship conference in Seattle, WA

Second Place

* $4,000 USD

* Azure credits equivalent to $1,000 (total, not per teammate)

* Featured in blog post

* Special recognition at Microsoft Build

* Meeting with Microsoft AI team

Third Place

* $3,000 USD

* Azure credits equivalent to $1,000 (total, not per teammate)

* Featured in blog post

* Special recognition at Microsoft Build

* Meeting with Microsoft AI team

Honorable Mention (5)

* Featured in blog post

* Swag valued at $100 (1 team of up to 5 people)

Best Use of VS Code Extension Bonus Prize (5)

* Featured in blog post

* Swag valued at $100 (1 team of up to 5 people)

Eligible Submitter Bonus Prize

* Digital badge for the first 100 eligible submissions

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Marco Casalaina

Marco Casalaina
VP Products of Azure AI Services, Microsoft

John Maeda

John Maeda
VP of Design & AI, Microsoft

Aishwarya Srinivasan

Aishwarya Srinivasan
Senior AI Advocate, Microsoft for Startups

Christopher Harrison

Christopher Harrison
Senior Developer Advocate, GitHub

Noelle Russell

Noelle Russell
Chief AI Officer, AI Leadership Institute

Miro Enev

Miro Enev
Manager of Solution Architecture & Data Science, NVIDIA

Jay Emery

Jay Emery
Director of Technical Sales & Solution Architecture, Microsoft

Korey Stegared-Pace

Korey Stegared-Pace
Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

David Seda

David Seda
GM of AI Marketing, Microsoft

Rob Ferguson

Rob Ferguson
Head of AI, Microsoft for Startups

Zion Brewer

Zion Brewer
Technical Partner Development Manager, NVIDIA

Gabriela de Queiroz

Gabriela de Queiroz
Principal Cloud Advocate, Microsoft

Judging Criteria

  • Technological Implementation
    Does the project demonstrate quality software development? Did the developers go above and beyond by using Azure AI features?
  • Potential Impact
    How big of an impact could the project have on the AI community? How big of an impact could it have beyond the target community?
  • Quality of the Idea
    How creative and unique is the project? Does the concept exist already? If so, how much does the project improve on it?
  • Multimodal Functionality
    Does the project make interesting use of the required multimodal functionality? How well do 2 or more multimodal features (image, video/motion, voice/audio, text) add value to the overall project?
  • Bonus VS Code Extensions
    Does the project use VS Code Extensions? How well do they add value to the overall project?

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