INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Congratulations to all the motivated hackers, coders, devs and designers who took action and secured their spot in the TechCrunch
Hackathon at Disrupt San Francisco 2019 on October 2-4
We limited participation to 800 people, and we’re thrilled that the event is completely full.We can’t wait to see what 800 of the
world’s best code warriors create over the course of roughly 24 high-pressure hours
And we’re pretty sure you can’t wait to hear more about our hackathon sponsors and the real-world challenges they’ve created to test
This is the post you’ve been waiting for.Each sponsor offers prizes for the team that creates the best solution for the specific challenge
— prizes can include cash, and they vary depending on the sponsor
Oh, but wait there is more
On top of the sponsor prizes, TechCrunch will select one team’s project as the best overall hack and award them $10,000 prize
Want more details? Check out the Hackathon website.Alright, the time has come
Here are the sponsors, contests and prizes for the TechCrunch Hackathon at Disrupt SF 2019
Let the games begin!HumanaCreate a prototype for Humana and win one of three cash prizes
First place: $10,000; second place: $5,000 and third place: $2,500
Examples of a prototype include a mobile app, a website, animations, video, etc
Here are the prototype guidelines.The prototype should either demonstrate what a customer would experience visually/in audio or be a
technical prototype with basic UX to understand the conceptTeams are encouraged to showcase a demo with a use case that brings the solution
to life, simulating movement/animation of the user experience.KinshipWe want to see Kinship data used in ways that has never been thought of
or explored and applied in a manner that translates into real and positive change for pets
Create a solution that improves the lives of pets or pet parents using at least one Kinship data source and win one of three prizes.First
prize: $10,000 between the team and a Whistle GO Explore pet tracker for up to five team membersSecond prize: $5,000 between the team and a
Wisdom Panel Health canine test for up to five team membersThird prize: $2,000 between the teamIntersystemsMapping all the stars in the
Milky Way Galaxy? InterSystems is there
Providing interoperability for over a billion medical records around the globe? InterSystems has that covered
Processing over a billion transactions a day for a global investment bank? InterSystems is quietly at work in the background
Whether it’s healthcare, business, or government, digital transformation has changed consumers’ expectations about how their data is
Speed, scale, transactional processing, cloud deployment, and high availability, are all cornerstones of what users expect out of their
InterSystems challenges you to explore and build your own business solutions using our IRIS Data Platform tools to solve for healthcare,
business, or consumer-facing problems
InterSystems will offer a $4,000 prize for the best use of our IRIS for Health platform to solve for healthcare challenges and $4,000 for
best use of IRIS Data Platform to solve for business or consumer application challenges
Use of our extensive libraries that enable connectivity both within and between hospital systems is not required for healthcare solution
proposals.But wait…in the coming days we’ll have even more juicy details about contests and prizes sponsored by Plaid and United
Airlines!Disrupt SF 2019 takes place on October 2-4, and we just can’t wait to see what the brilliant minds at the TechCrunch Hackathon
will produce under pressure.Is your company interested in sponsoring the Hackathon at Disrupt San Francisco 2019? Contact our sponsorship
sales team by filling out this form.
