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Radical AIFMC x Cohere GenerativeAI Hackathon

Unleash the Power of Generative AI with Cohere: Transforming Ideas into Innovation.

  • 🌟 One-week challenge for AI founders on creating an MVP of your AI-powered product!
  • πŸ’» The Hackathon is exclusively open to participants of The AI Founders Masterclass.
  • βœ”οΈ Explore Cohere's Generate, Embed, and Rerank endpoints, revolutionizing AI-powered applications.
  • πŸš€ Building the Future of Software with AI!
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Cohere

Cohere offers an accessible API for advanced, cost-effective, and effortless deployment of large language models, ushering in the next era of groundbreaking AI-native applications.

Powerful NLP Model

Cohere's models, trained on billions of words, grasp the intricacies and context of human communication.

Flexible Integration

Cohere's API seamlessly integrates with various libraries, supporting Python, Node, and Go SDKs, simplifying AI integration into your application.

The Future of Software

Unlock the potential to build previously unimaginable innovative and potent applications. Embrace the AI-native future of software development.

Hackathon Challenge

πŸ‘‰ Explore generative AI's potential post-AI Founders Masterclass. πŸš€ Create AI solutions tackling real-world issues while diving into Cohere's tech. Focus on Generate, Embed, and Rerank.

Hackathon Prize

  • πŸ₯‡ Hackathon Winner: $3,500 in Cohere credits + CAD $1,500 in cash + A 15-minute coffee chat with Aidan Gomez
  • πŸ₯ˆ 2nd Place: $2,000 in Cohere credits + CAD $1,000 in cash
  • πŸ₯‰ 3rd Place: $1,000 in Cohere credits + CAD $500 in cash

Getting Started with Cohere

Receive Your Cohere Invitation Link

On the day of the event kick-off, you'll receive an invitation link to Cohere via email.

Register with a Fresh Email

To access the platform, be sure to register using a new email address that hasn't been used on Cohere's platform before.

Unlock Unrestricted Building

Your invite will grant you the ability to bypass the rate limit, enabling you to build freely throughout the Hackathon.

Important Reminders:

The hackathon sign-up link remains valid for the duration of the event. After the hackathon, your Production (Prod) Key will transition to a Trial Key.

Please note: Prize distribution is the exclusive responsibility of Cohere and its affiliated partners. All aspects of communication, recipient information sharing requests regarding prizes will be overseen by Cohere and its partners. The lablab team bears no responsibility for any prize distribution matters.
Cohere GenerativeAI Hackathon

API Access

Signup for API Access

Cohere's API is currently free-to-use for everyone. Sign up for Cohere and start integrating NLP into your builds now!

Cohere Technology

Generate

Utilize the versatile Generate model for various text-related tasks, such as crafting product descriptions, blog posts, ad copy, summarizing articles, addressing spelling and grammar issues, and extracting entities.

Embed

Empower AI to analyze all Reddit posts related to your company, presenting the results in user-friendly graphs. Additionally, harness its capabilities for semantic search, topic modeling, and recommendations.

Rerank

Enhance search performance with a single line of code. Rerank empowers keyword or vector search systems with a potent semantic boost, improving search quality without the need for a complete overhaul.

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Partner Spotlight

Radical Ventures

Pioneering the AI revolution, Radical Ventures invests in visionary AI researchers and AI-powered innovations, actively shaping the future of technology.

Quick Start: Semantic Search Sandbox

We encourage you to explore semantic search with Basic Semantic Search notebook, Cohere’s docs and Toy Semantic Search sandbox. Sandbox is a collection of experimental, open-source GitHub repositories by Cohere that make building applications for developers fast and easy, regardless of ML experience.

Radical AIFMC x Cohere GenerativeAI Hackathon details

Join Radical AIFMC x Cohere GenerativeAI Hackathon for a week to innovate and build the new generation of NLP powered applications. Find all the relevant details below.

πŸ—“οΈ Where and when

The hackathon starts on January 15th and ends on January 21st with projects' presentations. Over the weekend, you'll have the opportunity to learn from Cohere and lablab experts during workshops, keynotes, and mentoring sessions. The hackathon will take place on the lablab.ai platform.

πŸ¦ΈπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ Who should participate?

Previous experience in AI is not required but welcomed. While many participants are industry experts, we also welcome people with other types of domain knowledge that want to understand & explore how AI can be used in their fields.

πŸ” Access to Cohere API

To get started with Cohere NLP API please signup using the following link: https://cohere.ai/signup. Your trial API key are free and has and can handle up to 100 calls per minute free of charge. You can find more information about the API here.

πŸ˜… How about teams?

If you don’t have a team you will be able to match and team up with other participants around the world. Finding & creating teams can be done from the dashboard you can access after you enroll. We also recommend checking our Discord server to find teammates and discuss ideas. You can join it here

πŸ› οΈ How to participate in the hackathon

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.

Enroll now!

🧠 Get prepared

To get prepared for the hackathon, we recommend you to start at our Cohere technology page where you can find all the relevant information about the API and how to use it plus cohere tutorials and cohere boilerplates.

Hackathon FAQ

Who can join the Hackathon?

We welcome domain experts from all industries, not just AI or tech. Successful AI solutions require a combination of technical expertise and domain knowledge. Coding experience is recommended.

Do I need a team?

You are welcome to join as a team or solo, if solo. We encourage you to look for a team before the event. We recommend you to join the Deep Learning Labs Discord channel: https://discord.gg/gCuBwBB35k and posting in the #looking-for-team channel to get to know your potential future team members.

Do I need a Github account?

It is recommended, that at least one team member has a Github account. You can create one for free if you don't already have one.

I have other questions.

Feel free to reach us on social media, or through our Discord channel.

Event Schedule

  • To be announced

Submitted concepts, prototypes and pitches

Submissions from the teams participating in the Radical AIFMC x Cohere GenerativeAI Hackathon event and making it to the end πŸ‘Š

Band of Agents Hackathon

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