Brainstorm word cloud
Terms mined today from the brief, current gallery submissions, past winning projects in related Devpost hackathons and the discussion board. Bigger = more frequent (brief and winners weigh more). Click a word to see winning projects that mention it.
platform · customer · community · amazon · money · maps · gemini · social · conversation · powered · rcs · data · visual · discover · connecting · information · smart · smarter · friend · customers · improve · agent · solutions · sign language · scale · experience · solution · amazon bedrock · bedrock agentcore · video · speak · real-time · never · recipe · ingredients · costs · creates · digital · immersive · world
Past winners in related hackathons
Winner-badged projects from ended Devpost hackathons that share a theme with this one. Read a few before you pick an idea.
- CaptionForge — Audit, repair, and export accessible captions for online video. (Sound for All)
- ORION - Operating Room Intelligent Orchestration Node — A voice-directed surgical co-pilot for robotic surgery. Surgeons can speak naturally & instantly receive answers, live data on display, and real-time visual assistance - all without breaking scrub. (Gemini Live Agent Challenge)
- Team Discover - EUvsVirus Health & Life Domain Winner — We give nurses SUPERPOWERS! (The European Commission's EUvsVirus Hackathon)
- Enlive — Worldwide Exhibitions to enrich Scenes & Objects through Facebook's Augmented Reality Platform (2018 Developer Circles Community Challenge)
- ReLiving — Rconnecting the pieces of memory that make us who we are. (SYNCS HACK 2026)
- Payout — Discover brands that owe you money through class action settlements. Find the ones you qualify for and get paid what's rightfully yours. The easiest way to make money online with no proof required* (RevenueCat Shipaton 2025)
- Preplo — You saved the video but never made the recipe. Preplo fixes that — paste the link, get ingredients, steps, costs, and a guided cook mode. Done. (RevenueCat Shipyard: Creator Contest )
- Innobrix - The 3D AEC configuration platform — A powerful 3D configuration platform for the Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC) Industries. The SAAS platform creates BIM-based Digital Twins within the immersive world of Google 3D Maps. (Google Maps Platform Awards)
- SafeHer — Not just the fastest route — the safest one (Zero Origin)
- RoofGrid — Turn any rooftop into a practical, data-driven solar plan. (InfinityX Global Hackathon 2K26)
- Meta-Cognitive SignBridge — Medical-grade multimodal AI platform for the DHH community—real-time sign language translation, emergency communication, and legal document accessibility powered by Gemini 3 Pro's reasoning engine. (Sound for All)
- drone-copilot — Voice-controlled drone copilot powered by Gemini Live API and Google Cloud Run (Gemini Live Agent Challenge)
Judging criteria
Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗
What customer problem/process is it solving/improving? What (measurable) impact does it have?
Novelty of problem Novelty of approach
Must use the technology/technologies mentioned in the What to Build section. Is the solution well-architected? Is it reproducible? Are there multiple AWS CDS services utilized, and well integrated into broader AWS services, specific AI services?
Are the AWS CDS services and other AWS services working as expected? Is the solution scalable? Is the solution leveraging AI to improve existing processes or experiences?
Does it include the end-to-end agentic workflow? How is the demo quality and clarity?
Timeline
Submission period (from Devpost): Sep 14 - Oct 28, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Oct 28, 2026 @ 1:00pm PDT.
How a beginner can ship
- Read the rules page
Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.
- Pick one idea from the word cloud
Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.
- Build the smallest working version
One flow that works end to end beats five half features.
- Record the demo early
Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.
From the discussion board
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