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Aya Weekend Challenge

Build with Aya by Cohere to accelerate multilingual AI progress!🔥

  • • 🕒 48 hours to complete the challenge
  • • 💡 Create apps with fine-tuning multilingual instructions from Aya
  • • 🤝 Take part alone or form a team with other participants
  • • 🚀 The final project can be used for your portfolio, and the startup application to the Slingshot accelerator
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Aya Introduction

About Aya

Step into the world of AI innovation with Aya, a groundbreaking project by Cohere For AI. Aya isn't just any project—it's a worldwide effort where AI lovers like you can contribute. Imagine a world where language isn't a barrier. That's what Aya aims for. We're working together to build a super-smart language tool that speaks all languages, thanks to everyone's input. The Aya Collection is like a big toolbox for making language tools better. It's packed with lots of examples in 114 languages, giving researchers and developers the power to improve language models.

Hackathon Challenge

We want you to enhance the use of Aya in your app, incorporating Aya's multilingual datasets efficiently into the and optimizing Aya's language model for the app's need. Your participation is genuinely appreciated. Your innovative touch is what we're looking for—apply now!

What's exciting about Aya?

It's the future of communication, it's the power of collaboration, and it's the endless possibilities it brings to the table. Get ready to be part of something truly groundbreaking!

Aya stands out because of:

  • Multilingual Mastery: Aya can handle a whopping 114 languages, breaking down barriers to global communication.
  • Collaborative Creation: Aya isn't developed behind closed doors—it's a collaborative effort with AI enthusiasts worldwide.
  • Future of Communication: Aya represents the future of communication, offering endless possibilities for smoother collaboration and understanding across languages.

The useful resources for Aya:

Which apps go best with Aya

Some of the best-suited categories include:

🌎Travel and Tourism (powering travel apps by providing multilingual guides, real-time translation for tourists, and assistance with navigating in languages)
🧐Education and Research (supporting collaborative learning environments for students worldwide)
📚Language Learning (providing real-time translation, pronunciation assistance, and interactive exercises in multiple languages)
💻Content Generation (engagement of generated articles, blog posts, or product descriptions)

This Hackathon is for you if

You are an AI enthusiast or developer

Dive into cutting-edge AI technology, showcase your coding skills, and contribute to refining language models' performance.

You have an idea you want to test

Discover how Aya can elevate the fine-tuning of AI apps with its advancement.

You are passionate about AI

Create a state-of-the-art model that not only sets new standards but also fosters a culture of open collaboration and innovation.
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The community can judge!

The community judge will review hackathon projects and vote for the best use case, carefully following the rules. For the micro hackathons, the community feedback decides the winner! 🏆

StartUp Opportunities

Slingshot 🚀 Slingshot Incubator accelerates AI prototypes into MVPs. To qualify, have a functional AI prototype, a basic business plan, and a team of 2-5. Get mentorship, partner credits, and legal support.

👉 Apply through the Slingshot Application link.

GAIA 🌱 GAIA Accelerator fuels generative AI startups. To qualify, have an AI MVP, be between MVP and seed stage, and relocate to Riyadh, KSA. Receive a $100K investment, expert mentorships, and access to investors.

👉 Apply through the GAIA Application Link and unlock your project's potential!

Event Schedule

  • To be announced

Submitted concepts, prototypes and pitches

Submissions from the teams participating in the Aya Weekend Challenge event and making it to the end 👊

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