🔥 AWS x Datadog SF GenAI Hackathon — $30K+ in Prizes
Join us for an immersive, hands-on hackathon where builders, developers, and AI enthusiasts come together to create production-ready Generative AI agents using the latest innovations from AWS, Datadog, and ecosystem partners.
This unique challenge invites participants to leverage cutting-edge tools such as Amazon Bedrock, Strands Agents, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore, Datadog MCP, and Kiro Powers, alongside select AWS Partner products, to push the boundaries of Large Language Models (LLMs), AI agent workflows, and real-world AI applications.
💡 The Challenge
Build a functional, production-ready Generative AI application or agent workflow with built-in observability.
To be eligible for the prize pool, all participating teams must meet the following Core Infrastructure Requirements:
✅ Core Infrastructure Requirements
AWS Infrastructure
Your solution must be built and deployed using AWS services, including at least one of the following:
Datadog Observability
Teams must integrate Datadog observability capabilities to monitor system performance, reliability, or LLM behavior, such as:
[New!] Ecosystem Track
Additional technical tracks and challenges powered by our ecosystem partners will be announced soon. Stay tuned!
🏆 Prize Pool & Award Tracks
We are actively scaling the prize pool as new partners join. Current awards include $20K+ in cash prizes, $15,000 in AWS credits, and additional partner benefits, including:
💰 Cash Prizes
🥇 First Place – TBA
🥈 Second Place – TBA
🥉 Third Place – TBA
🎯 Special Awards (Cash Prize)
🔍 Datadog Observability Award – TBA
Neo4j Award – Neo4j cloud service credits, Bose QuietComfort Ultra Bluetooh Headphones, Wireless Headphones, and more!
🤝 Best Use of Partner Product(s) – TBA (per partner track)
☁️ Cloud Credits & Partner Rewards
$15,000 in AWS Credits
Over $10,000 in additional partner credits and benefits
🎁 Swag & Perks
Exclusive Datadog “Data Dog” plushes, AWS gear, and partner-specific perks.
🧩 About the Hosts & Partners
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering scalable infrastructure and advanced AI services such as Amazon Bedrock for building and deploying generative AI applications.
Datadog
A leading monitoring and observability platform for cloud-scale applications, enabling teams to visualize, secure, and optimize modern systems—including AI and LLM-powered workloads.
Anthropic
Anthropic is an AI research and product company focused on building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Known for the Claude family of models, Anthropic enables developers and organizations to build powerful generative AI applications with a strong emphasis on safety, alignment, and real-world usability. Claude is widely used for agentic workflows, reasoning, and enterprise-grade AI applications.
MongoDB
The leading developer data platform, providing flexible and scalable databases optimized for modern, data-intensive and AI-powered applications.
TestSprite
An AI-powered testing and quality engineering platform helping teams ensure reliability, robustness, and performance across modern software systems.
CopilotKit
CopilotKit is the Agentic Application Platform — an open-source framework with cloud or self-hosted services for building AI-powered, user-facing agentic applications.
Neo4j
Neo4j is the graph intelligence platform that transforms data into knowledge to power the next generation of intelligent applications and AI systems. It includes enterprise-ready knowledge graphs for accurate, explainable, and governed AI.
B.E.L.L.E Community
A global nonprofit community in technology, AI, and entrepreneurship, dedicated to breaking boundaries and building futures through events, education, and cross-industry collaboration. Our Impact: We’ve connected over 25,000 people, supported more than 600 startups, and together they have raised $1 billion in funding.
OSS4AI
An open-source community dedicated to advancing AI innovation, collaboration, and real-world adoption through shared tools and knowledge.
📍 Venue Partner
Special thanks to AWS Startup Loft San Francisco
for providing their beautiful SF space and supporting the builder community.
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