“Build with AI” Hackathon using Gemini and Agents

Join us for “Build with AI” Hackathon using Gemini and Agents (online)

June 28, 10AM(EST)

🚀Get ready for an exhilarating “Build with AI” hackathon! 🔥 We’re diving into the practicalities of integrating AI tools into games and playful web applications, inspired by the innovations introduced at Google I/O 2025 conference. From AI Agents, LLMs, computer vision, and a spectrum of related cloud services, this hackathon is designed to spark creativity and foster learning.

What’s happening:

🔧 Your teams will have one weekend to build your project - flex your skills and let your ideas fly!
🛠️ During the kick-off, we’ll provide seed tools for AI, game ideas, to give your projects a head start.
🎊 On the final day, we’ll meet in person to celebrate your achievements and showcase your incredible work!

What to expect

🧠 Access to Google experts and mentors for insight and guidance
🤝 Opportunities to network with other developers and make lasting connections
🏆 Prizes for high impact projects and games - bring your A-game!

https://meet.google.com/ktp-ppkr-qpa

Building Multi AI Agent Systems using Vertex AI

We will open the hackathon with an orientation session to Vertex AI and Agents from Nikhilesh Tayal. We recommend opening a paid account with Google Cloud platform so that you can follow along with the session.

AI Agents are the hottest topic in the AI/ LLM world. In this session, we will discuss what AI Agents are, why they are gaining popularity, common misconceptions about them, AI agentic patterns, building multi-agent AI systems using Vertex AI and more

About the speaker: Nikhilesh Tayal is an entrepreneur, teacher, and tech nerd. He is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and a Google Developer Expert in AI. Currently, he runs “AI ML etc.” - an AI-enabled educational platform to learn AI. Previously, he had built 2 startups, raised funds and then got a successful exit. He is also felicitated by the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for his contribution to startups and education.

Make sure to check out some of his lessons here: https://www.aimletc.com/free-course-1-introduction-to-ml-and-ai/

Thank you to our hackathon judges

Christi Kapp 🦄: Founder / CEO Hospitality Entrepreneur / Tech manager at Walt Disney World
Javiera Laso: Software engineering leader and consultant at Thoughtworks

Day 1 agenda

Agenda

10 am: Ice breaker, welcome, registration - Gil from GDG Space Coast
10:30 am: Building Multi AI Agent Systems using Vertex AI - Nikhilesh Tayal
11:30 am: Hot news from Google IO - Javier
12:00 pm: Lunch and networking
12:30 pm:
- Orientation and idea pitching
- Team formation
- Planning your project
- Online support of teams
- Networking
3:00 pm: Thank yous and wrap up
Lots of coding

Hackathon “Beer and Build” Meetup [In person]

Sunday,June 29th at 9am

We extend a warm invite to all central Florida guests to our celebration fiesta at VioletsGarage.com for our “Beer and Build” day. This will give our guests the opportunity refine their solutions, network, enjoy lunch and get support from our GDG organizers. Guests can also purchase delightful craft beer from the local brewrey. We will also organize a prize and raffle for guests who join us in person. Teams are not required to attend in “person” to win the hackathon. Special thank you to our founder Christi Kapp for hosting this event.

For those competing, make sure that all projects are built, submitted, and ready for judges to test by 12:30PM EST on Sunday. We request that you share a build link and Youtube/video recording of your project pitch. The judging criteria favors building an impactful demo product over a pretty presentation.

To help us plan food and seating, please register using this form: In person Meeting Registration

Join the community discussion

Join our hackathon discord. We want to get to know you! Share some background about yourself in our “introductions” channel.