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3 months ago

What are you building for? $80,000+ in prizes

Hey Builders,

We are officially half way through the challenge, and the competition is heating up. We want to make sure you know exactly what’s on the line.

Cash, Credits, and a Trip to Las Vegas? See the Prize Pool 🎰

Grand Prize

  • $25,000 in USD

  • $3,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account

  • Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member

  • Social Promo

  • Maximum of two (2) Google Cloud Next 2026 conference tickets for two (2) teammates (April 22-24, 2026) (Value: $2,299 each)

  • Maximum of two (2) travel stipends for airfare and hotel to Google Cloud Next 2026 in Las Vegas, NV for two (2) teammates (maximum of $3,000 USD each)

  • Opportunity to demo your Project in a Google Cloud Next 2026 presentation (additional requirements in Official Rules)

3x Category based Prizes

  • $10,000 in USD

  • $1,000 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account

  • Virtual Coffee with a Google Team Member

  • Social Promo

  • Maximum of two (2) Google Cloud Next 2026 conference tickets for two (2) teammates (April 22-24, 2026) (Value: $2,299 each)

3x Judging Criteria based Prizes

  • $5,000 in USD

  • $500 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing Account

5x Honorable Mentions

  • $2,000 in USD

  • $500 in Google Cloud Credits for use with a Cloud Billing AccountCloud Billing Account

 

Judge’s Tip: We are looking for projects that break the "text box" paradigm. Projects that are so seamless that they feel alive and context aware. Projects are also scored on how effectively they utilize the Google GenAI SDK or ADK and how robustly they are hosted on Google Cloud. Be sure your code handles errors gracefully and avoid hallucinations. Don’t forget about the presentation - 30% of your score is about the Demo & Presentation.

Review the main requirement and full details of the judging criteria in the rules.

We can’t wait to see what you build!