Perplexity, reasoning, efficiency
Perplexity & accuracy · reasoning performance · training efficiency · innovation · documentation & demo.
Sponsors & judges
13 sponsors, five judges.
GIBC V2’s sponsors put real tools in builders’ hands — and a panel of industry professionals and academic experts judged the work.
(01) Sponsors
Thirteen sponsors, real tools.
What each of the 13 sponsors on Devpost contributed to the GIBC V2 prize pool and perks.
NordVPN
1-year subscriptions for Gold and Silver winners, part of the Nord Security bundle. NordVPN also backed GIBC V1.
VisitFeatherless AI
The Grand Award — $300 in Featherless AI credits for the Grand Champion — plus 1 month of free LLM inference for every participant during the hackathon.
VisitAdaption Labs
$1,000 credits + a 3-month Plus plan for Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, and $700 credits for participants who signed up before September 29.
Visit.xyz Domain Names
1 free .xyz domain per team for the first year — 150 available, first come, first served.
VisitStarbit
The October 17 Jcard Verify × TABEI Cryptocurrency Flow Analysis Workshop (basic class) for Gold winners.
VisitMeDo
A 1-month membership for medal-winning projects built with MeDo, and 300 credits for participants who registered on MeDo during the event.
Visit(02) Judges
The panel.
Judges score each project only against the criteria of its own track, and recuse themselves from any project involving a student they teach, mentor or are related to.
Impact, feasibility, rigor
Innovation & impact · technical feasibility · rigor & validation · presentation.
Creativity, execution, impact
Creativity · execution · impact · presentation.