Opportunity brief
About the Event
- Build, test, and deploy a functional Minimum Viable Product (MVP) from a problem statement revealed at the event. Teams will use their technical skills, creativity, and approved AI tools to transform an idea into a working product within a limited timeframe.
- Participants can leverage AI tools for prompting, development, testing, and deployment. The focus is on solving the given problem effectively, demonstrating smart prompt engineering, building a usable product, and delivering a successful deployment. The top 8 teams will qualify to present their products through live demonstrations to a panel of judges.
Guidelines
- Eligibility: Open to students from any college.
- Team Formation: Teams must consist of 2–3 participants.
- Problem Statement: The problem statement will be released by the organizers at the beginning of the event. Teams must build their solution based on the given statement.
- Event Duration: The competition will run from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
- AI Tools: Approved AI tools may be used for prompting, development, testing, debugging, and deployment.
- Required Equipment: Participants must bring their own laptop and charger, along with their development tools, GitHub access, AI-tool accounts, and any required API credentials.
- Submission Requirements: Each team must submit:
- A publicly accessible live product URL.
- A GitHub repository containing the event project.
- A README documenting the problem statement, solution, technology stack, implementation, deployment, and limitations.
- Key prompt history demonstrating iteration and debugging.
- A short screen-recorded demonstration of the product.
- Finalist Selection: The top 8 teams will be selected based on the preliminary evaluation and will proceed to the live demonstration round.
- Final Presentation: Each finalist team will deliver a three-minute live demo followed by two minutes of questions from the judges.
Event Schedule
- 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM: Reporting, seating, platform access, and connectivity check.
- 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM: Rulebook briefing, judging criteria, and problem statement release.
- 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Build phase — architecture, prompting, development, and testing.
- 11:30 AM – 11:50 AM: Final submission and preliminary evaluation.
- 11:50 AM – 12:45 PM: Live demonstrations by the top 8 teams, followed by judges' questions.
- 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM: Results announcement and closing.
Rules
- Original Work Only: All projects must be developed during the event in response to the released problem statement. Previously completed projects and project-specific code prepared before the event are prohibited.
- Approved AI Tools: Participants may use AI tools for prompting, coding, debugging, testing, and deployment, subject to the approved tools and restrictions specified by the organizers.
- Mandatory Submission: All required deliverables, including the live product URL, GitHub repository, README, prompt history, and screen-recorded demo, must be submitted before the deadline.
- Deployment: The submitted product must be publicly accessible and functional at the time of evaluation.
- Judging Criteria: Teams will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Problem-solving and innovation — 25%
- Prompt strategy and execution — 25%
- UI/UX and functionality — 20%
- Deployment and completeness — 15%
- Live pitch and demo — 10%
- Documentation — 5%
- Finalist Presentations: The top 8 teams must present a three-minute live demo, followed by two minutes of questions from the judges.
- Fair Play: Plagiarism, misrepresentation of work, and attempts to gain an unfair advantage are prohibited and may result in disqualification.
- Team Participation: All team members must be registered participants and contribute to the development and presentation of their solution.
- Submission Deadline: Late submissions may not be considered for evaluation or finalist selection.
- Final Decisions: Decisions made by the organizers regarding evaluation, finalist selection, scoring disputes, and disqualification will be final.