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🌟 Be one of the 10 teams: gain exclusive access to Aria’s API and explore Allegro’s text-to-video capabilities!
🚀 Take on the challenge to innovate using Aria, Rhymes AI’s open-source multimodal model.
🤖 Build applications by integrating text, images, video, code, and more with Aria’s AI or create stunning video content with Allegro.
🌍 Collaborate with a team (up to 4 members) or take on the challenge individually!
🎓 Gain insights from industry experts through workshops and sessions designed to fast-track your project.
🏆 Compete for a chance to win $5,000 in prizes!
Our AI hackathon brought together a diverse group of participants, who collaborated to develop a variety of impressive projects based on:
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Participants
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AI Applications
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Rhymes.ai is an innovative company focused on developing advanced multimodal AI solutions that integrate diverse data types—such as text, images, and video—into seamless outputs. Committed to efficiency, versatility, and open-source collaboration, Rhymes AI transforms how industries leverage AI to build powerful applications.
Through its flagship models, Aria and Allegro, Rhymes AI empowers developers, researchers, and businesses to create sophisticated AI tools. Aria is designed for understanding and generating multimodal content with ease, while Allegro introduces a text-to-video generation capability, enabling the instant transformation of ideas into captivating videos. Together, these models provide a comprehensive solution for multimodal AI innovation.
Key Features of Aria & Allegro
• Multimodal Native: Seamlessly processes text, images, and videos within a unified model.
• Lightning-Fast Video Processing: Captures and captions 256-frame videos in just 10 seconds.
• Text-to-Video Generation (Allegro): Rapidly transforms text into high-quality 720p video.
• Open-Source Model: Fully available for developers to modify, customize, and extend.
• Apache 2.0 License: Grants full access to weights, code, and demos.
The challenge is to develop innovative solutions that seamlessly integrate multiple data types—such as text, images, video, and code—into cohesive, intelligent applications using Rhymes AI’s powerful multimodal models, Aria and Allegro.
With high demand for early access to Rhymes AI’s groundbreaking technology, we’re excited to offer 10 API keys to selected teams. These teams will gain exclusive access to Aria and Allegro's API, provided by Rhymes.ai, and have the chance to participate in the upcoming Aria & Allegro Multimodal Hackathon.
How It Works
1. Register for the Aria Multimodal Hackathon: Complete the registration form and express your interest.
2. Form Your Team: Gather your team members and create your team profile on the lablab.ai platform.
3. Selection Process: Based on the information provided in your registration, we will carefully select the most qualified teams.
Registration is open until the 30th of October.
Teams selected for this unique opportunity will be notified by email and granted access to the Aria & Allegro API to kick off their participation in the Hackathon.
⚠️ Important Note for All Participants
For the hackathon, compute resources are allocated as follows: Aria allows unlimited tokens at a rate of 120 requests per minute (RPM), while Allegro supports 1 concurrent video generation request per team.
Thank you for making the most of these resources and working creatively within the provided setup!
✨ Don’t miss out on this chance to work with cutting-edge technology! Gather your dream team and apply now for your spot.
Rhymes AI’s flagship models, Aria and Allegro, are at the forefront of multimodal AI innovation, each designed to tackle unique challenges in processing diverse data types.
Aria is the flagship Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model developed by Rhymes AI, specifically designed to handle multimodal inputs like text, images, and video. This open-source model focuses on efficiency and high performance. During inference, Aria activates only 3.9 billion parameters from its total 25.3 billion parameters, making it one of the fastest multimodal AI systems available today. Aria processes diverse data formats seamlessly, leveraging its 64K-long multimodal context window to deliver comprehensive insights. This capability allows it to handle long-form content, such as captioning 256-frame videos in just 10 seconds, with remarkable speed and precision.
Allegro, Rhymes AI’s text-to-video model, introduces new capabilities for creative industries, enabling users to transform text into high-quality videos quickly and efficiently. Allegro is optimized for video generation tasks, with a model size of 3B parameters, and can process short video clips at 720p resolution in a matter of minutes. Its optimized architecture allows for rapid video production, opening up new possibilities for content creators, marketers, and AI researchers alike.
👉 Read more about Rhymes AI's Aria & Allegro models
💰 Cash: $3,000
💰 Cash: $1,500
💰 Cash: $500
📋 Basic Information
• Project Title
• Short Description
• Long Description
• Technology & Category Tags
📸 Cover Image and Presentation
• Cover Image
• Video Presentation
• Slide Presentation
💻 App Hosting & Code Repository
• Public GitHub Repository
• Demo Application Platform
• Application URL
For further details and guidance, please visit Submission Guidelines
Join lablab.ai hackathon and innovate using the latest models in the market. Discover all the relevant details below.
The start date of the hackathon is mentioned according to the date specified on the hackathon page, cover and schedule. The hackathon will take place on the lablab.ai platform and lablab.ai Discord server.
Teams with a passion for AI are encouraged to apply! Whether you're experienced or new to AI, if you're ready to innovate with Rhymes AI’s Aria API, this is your chance. Only 10 teams will be selected, so gather your team and apply now!
If you don't have a team, don't worry! You can connect with other participants from all over the world on our dashboard or Discord server. We also recommend checking out our Discord server to find teammates and bounce around ideas. You can join the server here.
The hackathon will take place online on lablab.ai platform and lablab.ai Discord Server. Please register for both in order to participate. To participate click the "Enroll" button at the bottom of the page and read our Hackathon Guidelines and Getting Started Guide.
To get ready for the hackathon, visit our AI Tech pages and read up on all the available technologies. You can also check out our tutorials page for more information on how to use them. Get a head start on your project by using the resources on lablab.ai!
Submissions from the teams participating in the Aria & Allegro Multimodal Hackathon event and making it to the end 👊
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Next Hackathon
Band of Agents Hackathon
Starts Jun 12, 2026
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