Build with Gemma NYC: On-Device AI for Healthcare
A one-day, in-person hackathon building the next generation of healthcare tools with Google's open Gemma 4 models. Approved and prize-funded by Google's Gemma team, with a $2,000 prize pool distributed via Kaggle.
Healthcare has the hardest privacy constraints in software, and Gemma 4 is built for exactly that: it runs locally, so patient data never has to leave the device. You'll have one day to ship a working prototype and demo it live.
Three tracks:
Voice for Care — scribes, intake, triage, reminders, and accessible, multilingual patient communication.
Agentic Care Copilots — agents that automate healthcare admin like prior auth, referrals, and scheduling.
On-Device Private Health Tools — fully offline tools where patient data never touches the cloud.
Scope: decision-support tools for documentation, navigation, accessibility, triage, and education. Not diagnosis or treatment. Synthetic or public data only.
What to bring: a laptop, and any healthcare problem you're excited to tackle. Beginners welcome, no healthcare background required.
Judges:
Margaux Benoit — Enterprise Sales Director at Nabla, healthcare AI GTM (Judge & Mentor)
Sharon Rao, MD — COO at MedSchoolBro, Medicine x Technology (Judge)
Padam Kataria — Tross, building AI automation for healthcare workflows (Judge & Mentor)
Bonnie Cao — Healthcare Consultant at Trinity Life Sciences (Judge)
Mina Abdulla — Founder at Genee, ex-Google (Judge)
Mentors:
Roshan Sharma — AI Engineer, 6x Agentic AI Hackathon Champion (Mentor)
Margaux Benoit — Enterprise Sales Director at Nabla, healthcare AI GTM (Judge & Mentor)
Meet Shah — Tross, building AI automation for healthcare workflows (Mentor)
Schedule (Saturday, August 1):
10:00 — Doors open, check-in, coffee
10:30 — Kickoff
11:00 — Build begins
1:00 — Lunch
3:00 — Mentor check-ins
3:45 — Submissions lock
4:00 — Live presentations and judging
5:30 — Winners announced
Powered by Gemma 4. Submissions run on Kaggle.
Sponsors:
Tavily — real-time web search and data APIs for AI agents. Providing API credits and a dedicated hacker guide for all participants.
Twilio — APIs for voice, SMS, and patient communication. A natural fit for the Voice for Care track.
Cerebras — the fastest AI inference available. Providing temporary Gemma 4 access on Cerebras for all participants during the event.
Daytona — providing API credits for all participants.
Venue Partner
Celonis — the leader in process intelligence. Hosting Build with Gemma NYC at One World Trade Center.
Want to get involved? We're looking for a few more sponsors to support venue and food for this free, open community event. If you or your company would like to join, email me at chris@ziora-copilot.com.