Selected as a hackathon judge for Mistral AI’s first worldwide hackathon — a two-day overnight competition running simultaneously across seven cities: New York, Paris, London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Singapore, and Sydney.
Invited to judge project submissions at the New York venue, evaluating teams on technical execution, creativity, and real-world applicability of AI solutions built on Mistral’s model suite. Partnering with Iterate, the organization behind the CBS AI Club’s 300-person NYC hackathon earlier this month, now operating at a global scale.
Over 1,000 AI engineers were selected from a competitive applicant pool to build across all seven cities simultaneously. The New York edition alone drew hundreds of builders for a 36-hour sprint at Verci Flatiron, with overnight accommodations and full catering across both days.
Global prizes include $10,000 cash, $15,000 in Mistral credits, and a final interview for the Supercell AI Innovation Lab ($100K value). City-level prizes add an additional $3,000+ in cash and credits per location.
NVIDIA | AWS | Weights & Biases | ElevenLabs | Hugging Face | Jump Trading | Supercell | Tilde Research | RAISE | White Circle | Giant Ventures
This continues a trajectory from organizing hackathons to evaluating them — from co-leading the AI Club x Iterate NYC Hackathon (300 builders, $10K+ prizes) at Columbia three weeks earlier, to now judging a global-scale competition backed by one of Europe’s leading AI companies. The shift from organizer to judge at this scale reflects growing recognition in New York’s AI builder community.