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Modern Stack Hackathon

Modern Stack Hackathon

Sep16

Tuesday, September 1611:00 AM

View event on Luma

Welcome to the Modern Stack Hackathon

Compete for $25k in cash prizes and credits

Join the Modern Stack Hackathon with Convex, [Firecrawl](http:// https://www.firecrawl.dev/), , , , , , and , to build a full-stack app and compete for . Let’s see what you ship!

$25k in cash prizes and credits

How to participate:

1) Register on Luma.

2) Build your new app using all or any of the hackathon co-host's modern stack..

3) Share your app and tag us on Twitter (X) or LinkedIn @convex _dev, @firecrawl _dev, @Vapi _AI, @better _auth, @resend, @autumnpricing, @openai, @inkeep _ai, @scorecardai

4) Submit your app to the Vibe Apps directory and select the modernstack tag before 12 PM PT on October 1st. No localhost submissions are accepted.

Hackathon Timeline

September 16th: Hackathon Starts

October 1st: App submissions are due at 12:00 PM PT

October 7: Hackathon Winners Announced

Prizes:

Overall winner:

$10,000 cash
6 months of Convex Pro
Resend (3 months free)
3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
3 months free of scorecard.io growth plan
Better Auth Merch
Autumn TRMNL e-ink display
$1000 in Vapi credits + swag bag
Convex Swag

Second Place:

$3,000 Cash
Resend( 50% off for 3 months)
3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
3 months free of scorecard.io growth plan
Convex Swag

Third Place:

$2,000 Cash
Resend (20% off for 3 months)
3 months free to the FireCrawl growth plan
3 months free of scorecard.io growth plan
Convex Swag

OpenAI Category Prize:

Best use of OpenAI wins $5k in OpenAI credits

Inkeep Category Prize:

Best use of Inkeep $2,000

Modern Stack Hackathon Cohost

About Convex:

Convex is the backend platform that keeps your app in sync.

About Better-Auth:

Better-Auth is the most comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript.

About Firecrawl:

Firecrawl - Turn websites into LLM-ready data.

Get 20k in Firecrawl Credits with the code MODERNSTACK

About Vapi:

Vapi - Voice AI agents for developers.

About Autum:

Autum - Stripe for AI Startups

About Resend:

Resend - Email for developers

About OpenAI:

Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.

About Inkeep:

Inkeep - Build AI Agents with code or no-code.

About Scorecard:

Scorecard - Evaluate, Optimize, and Ship Enterprise AI Agents.

Judges:

Jamie Turner, Co-Founder and CEO at Convex
Moustafa Elhadary, GTM at OpenAI -
Bereket Engida, Creator of @better-auth
Michael (RasMic) Shimeles, DevX Engineer at Convex
Chris Pennington, Developer Experience Engineer at Resend
[Wayne Sutton](http:// https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynesutton/), Head of Community & Startup Programs at Convex
Gergő Móricz, Software engineer at Firecrawl
Dan Goosewin, DevRel & Partnerships Lead at vapi.ai
Shawn Erquhart, Product Engineer at Convex
Tanvir Ahmed, SWE Intern at Autumn
Darius Emrani, CEO at Scorecard
Gaurav Varma, DevRel Engineer at Inkeep
Abraham Aremu, Product Engineer at Inkeep
George Kalangi, Technical Product Manager at Apple

Connect with Hackathon participants in Discord:

Join the Convex Discord Community #hackathon channel.

Terms and Conditions:

An unlimited number of individuals and teams is allowed.
You can join solo or as a team.
Teams can have no more than four people.
Only one team member needs to register here on the Luma.
See the complete Rules & Guidelines here.
The Hackathon IS NOT open to: Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control)

You must submit your app before October 1st at 12:00 PM PT to be eligible.

How submissions are judged:

The judges will review your app based on:

How well you Convex and the hackathon co-host/sponsors’ integrations
Creativity and quality of your full-stack app
Video demo showing how you built your app, less talk, more demo
Bonus points for social shares.
Winners will be announced on October 7th!

About Convex:

Convex is the backend platform that keeps your app in sync.

Check out our Docs to get started.

Startups apply to join our Convex for Startups program.

Join our Discord Community, and connect with us on Bluesky, Twitter(X) or LinkedIn for updates.

Watch Convex tutorials and talks on YouTube.

Thanks

Wayne and the Convex Team.