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HTCJ × PROOF Aviation Futures Challenge

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AI · problem · slack · technology · solution · system · tableau · next · flight · experience · prove · evidence · data · future · boston · building · business · detects · improve · assistant · powered · aerospace · ai-powered · agent · accessibility · infrastructure · identify · emergency · decision · support · operations · process · deploy · video · fully · systems · evtol · airport · cybersecurity · product

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.

  • EcoLafaek — Guarding Timor's Beauty (AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon)
  • RAGIS (Retrieval-Augmented Generation Incident Summary) — Project uses NVIDIA AI Workbench to easily build an assistant to help security analysts quickly identify false positives, reducing manual effort by using a RAG model for accurate predictions. (HackAI - Dell and NVIDIA Challenge)
  • (Tableau) Next Question — Slack is the place to be. (Tableau) Next Question removes barriers to get to your data in that context. Insights from Tableau Next and Tableau Core come to Slack and to each other, seamlessly. (Tableau Next Virtual Hackathon)
  • Precedent - Decision Memory For Slack — Your organization already decided this. Precedent privately finds the decision before your team makes it again. (Slack Agent Builder Challenge)
  • 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)
  • Shower Souls — Ever want to feel how hard it is to get an SF AI Tech Bro to shower? This game will make you experience it. Spray the larper with a hose until he is clean! (Shower Hacks)
  • CaptionForge — Audit, repair, and export accessible captions for online video. (Sound for All)
  • Life Agent OS — Life Agent OS is an AI operating system for understanding cities and coordinating humanitarian action. (AI for Social Good: Hack with MLH & DigitalOcean)
  • Rugged SystEMS — Navigating to the Unreachable. (Esri's Weekend of Innovation 2026)
  • AegisAgent - An insurance-claim app fully developed by Kiro — AegisAgent transforms manual insurance claim reviews into an automated, explainable multi-agent process, combining evidence curation, policy interpretation, and compliance reasoning through AWS-Kiro. (AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon)
  • Txt2App — Txt2App: Turn any idea into a fully functional mobile app, powered by LLM and Nvidia AI Workbench. (HackAI - Dell and NVIDIA Challenge)

Judging criteria

Criteria as listed on the official page; weights are not stated there, so they are drawn equal. source ↗

1. Problem Relevance — 20%16.7%

How clearly does the project define and address a meaningful aviation, aerospace, mobility, airport, logistics, safety, workforce, or passenger problem?

2. Innovation + Differentiation — 15%16.7%

How original is the solution? Judges consider creative technology use, differentiation from existing approaches, and whether it provides a meaningful improvement.

3. Technical Execution — 20%16.7%

How well is the solution built? Judges consider functionality, engineering quality, AI/ML or hardware implementation, integrations, usability, and technical feasibility.

4. PROOF / Demonstration — 20%16.7%

Does the team provide credible proof that the solution works through a prototype, MVP, demo, simulation, test results, model output, research, or other working evidence?

5. Pilot Readiness + Feasibility — 15%16.7%

Could the solution realistically be tested or deployed? Judges consider operational practicality, safety, regulatory awareness, integration needs, scalability, and next steps.

6. Impact + Commercial Potential — 10%16.7%

What could the solution change if implemented? Consider safety, efficiency, accessibility, sustainability, workforce impact, customer value, scalability, and commercial potential.

Timeline

Submission period (from Devpost): Jun 25 - Oct 27, 2026. Deadline: Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 @ 5:00pm PDT.

How a beginner can ship

  1. Read the rules page

    Check eligibility, team rules and what must be submitted.

  2. Pick one idea from the word cloud

    Choose one problem and one user; cut everything else.

  3. Build the smallest working version

    One flow that works end to end beats five half features.

  4. Record the demo early

    Most Devpost judging leans on the video and description.

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