# Introduction In collaboration with Google Cloud, Flare is thrilled to announce the **Flare x Google Verifiable AI Hackathon** taking place virtually from March 7 to March 14 via DoraHacks. Developers from around the world will gather to leverage Google Cloud's Confidential Computing and Flare’s enshrined oracles to build verifiable autonomous AI applications that push the boundaries of blockchain dApps. They will compete in one of four available tracks: 1. Social AI Agent track 2. RAG Knowledge track 3. AI x DeFi (DeFAI) track 4. Consensus Learning Each track is designed to showcase the potential of Google Cloud Confidential Compute and Flare’s unique infrastructure. There is a total prize pool of **$40,000** for the virtual hackathon. # Submission Requirements All hackathon submissions must contain the following: - 3-5 minute video demo of your project - Link to the project GitHub repo - Deployment URL of project (if available) # Key dates - **Registration**: February 3 - March 6, 2025 - **Start**: March 7, 2025 - **Submission Deadline**: March 14, 2025 - **Judges Evaluation**: March 28, 2025 - **Winner Announcement**: March 31, 2025 # Why participate? The Flare x Google Cloud Verifiable Hackathon gives participants a chance to shape the future of AI and blockchain. Help unlock the full capabilities of blockchain tech through incorporating off-chain solutions, bridging the gap between user-friendly Web2 standards and Web3 capabilities. If pushing AI forward within the blockchain space isn’t enough – how about **$40,000 in total prize money**? # Judging Panel The hackathon submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges, consisting of both Flare and Google Cloud team members. ## Flare - Hugo Philion, Co-Founder of Flare & CEO of Flare Labs - Dr. Filip Koprivec, Head of Developer Relations - Dr. Dinesh Pinto, Technical Product Lead - Dr. Horia Magureanu, Research Engineer ## Google Cloud - Ross Nicoll ([LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrossnicoll/)) # Partners - Flare - Google Cloud - Berkeley - DoraHacks # Resources For all technical information about the Flare blockchain and infrastructure, please refer to the [Flare Dev Hub](https://dev.flare.network/). Additionally, Flare will host a **workshop** related to the hackathon tracks on Friday, March 7. The DoraHacks team will also provide a walkthrough on how to use the DoraHacks platform to submit your hackathon entry. These workshops will be livestreamed from our in-person hackathon and recorded, ensuring they are available on the DoraHacks platform for on-demand access at any time. Remote mentorship sessions: Friday 7PM- 9 PM meet.google.com/srz-ehas-itk Saturday 2PM-4PM meet.google.com/yty-agxi-uqs # About Flare Flare is the blockchain for data: an EVM smart contract platform specifically designed to support data intensive use cases, including Machine Learning/AI, RWA tokenization, gaming and social. With decentralized oracles enshrined in the network, Flare is the only smart contract platform optimized for decentralized data acquisition - price & time series data, blockchain event & state data, and Web2 API data. By giving developers trustless access to the broadest range of data and data proofs at scale and for minimal cost, Flare expands the utility of blockchain and supports the development of new and improved use cases. - [Flare Official Website](https://flare.network/) - Social & Community: [X](https://x.com/FlareNetworks) | [Discord](https://discord.com/invite/flarenetwork) | [Telegram](https://t.me/FlareNetwork) | [IG](https://www.instagram.com/flare_networks/#) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/flarenetwork/) # Participation T&C The following terms apply to participation in this hackathon ("Hackathon"). Entrants may create original solutions, prototypes, datasets, scripts, or other content, materials, discoveries or inventions (a “Submission”). The Hackathon is organized by the Hackathon Organizer. Entrants retain ownership of all intellectual and industrial property rights (including moral rights) in and to Submissions. As a condition of submission, Entrant grants the Hackathon Organizer, its subsidiaries, agents and partner companies, a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, distribute, publicly perform, create a derivative work from, and publicly display the Submission. Entrants provide Submissions on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied, including, without limitation, any warranties or conditions of TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.