GRAND PRIZE

Win a Trip to Tokyo

Enjoy an unforgettable experience in Tokyo as the grand prize winner of the hackathon. We’ll work directly with you to arrange round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations, with a total prize value of up to $5,000.

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Top Projects

WINNER

Mell

Josh Mack & Colin Williams

Mel is a community reporting app that lets you snap photos of local issues—like potholes, blocked sidewalks, or code violations—and send them directly to your city. Track progress, get updates, and see your neighborhood improve with every report.

https://github.com/VoxelPenguin/mell

A woman sits at a desk in front of a computer webcam, demonstrating hand gestures to control virtual lights. The interface shows the title “Gesture control with live gestures,” explaining how gestures can be used to control lights via AI. Two lightbulb icons appear on either side of the frame, and a button labeled “Predict” is visible below the video feed.

RUNNER-UP

Gesture Control with GenAI

Charlie Gerard

This project lets users record custom hand gestures stored as vector embeddings in Harper and then perform similarity search with live gesture data to control lights using GenAI with Gemini.

https://github.com/charliegerard/harper-hackathon

RUNNER-UP

ConvoIQ

Trent Ballard

ConvoIQ is an AI conversation intelligence platform that builds custom dashboards for any call. Helping you track performance, surface insights, and get personalized coaching in real time.

https://github.com/tballard34/ConvoIQ

Events

Ended — October 21

Opening Event

See how to deploy on Fabric, create your first instance, meet the judges, and learn how you could win a trip to Tokyo!

Ended — October 28

Office Hours #1

Ended — October 29

Office Hours #2

CLOSED

Submission Deadline
November 6th

Ended — November 11th

Closing Event

Celebrate the open source tech, check out standout projects, and see who’s heading to Tokyo as the winners are announced!

Sample Repos

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How to Win

Use Harper at the Core

Your project must showcase Harper as the foundation of your solution, driving performance, distribution, and application logic.

Integrate with AI

Enhance your build by integrating Harper with AI frameworks like chatbots, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or using Harper's native semantic search just to name a few.

Showcase Real Impact

Demonstrate how Harper powers practical AI scenarios like recommendation engines, language learning tools, or real-time assistants.

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