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Cohere Coral Hackathon

Knowledge Assistants Powering Productivity

  • πŸ“‹ Participation is restricted to a limited number and requires pre-approval.
  • πŸ‘‰ Please be aware that applications have already closed, we're unable to accept any new participants for the Hackathon at this time.
  • πŸ’° Win Big: Cash prizes and Cohere credits up for grabs.
  • 🌐 Collaborate Globally: Team up with AI enthusiasts worldwide.
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Grounded AI For Enhanced Productivity

Engage with and learn how Coral, Cohere’s Knowledge Agent, was built with Chat and RAG capabilities with Cohere's API - Create grounded, innovative solutions that enhance productivity, ensuring reliable and verifiable AI responses in real-world applications.

Cohere Coral Access

Applications closed

Apply to take one of 1,000 seats!

Participation in this event is subject to your background and interest in pushing the boundaries of Coral usage. Remember to submit the form to complete your application for the Hackathon. Once it is revised by Cohere's team, we will contact you about the next steps via email.

Hackathon Challenge

In the spirit of innovation, Cohere presents the following tracks for participants to showcase their abilities:

  • Track 1: Best use of RAG with document and query generation modes
  • Track 2: Best use of RAG with connector mode

We recommend using the Langchain framework and Weaviate database for your Hackathon application. This choice will enable the scalability of your applications and provide direct support from the Weaviate and Langchain teams throughout the Hackathon. This support might significantly contribute to the success of your application!

Exclusive Opportunity

Hot off the production line! Get exclusive access to Co.chat + RAG (Beta) with Cohere's API enhanced with two modes that connect to user’s documents, web search, and popular APIs. You will be the first one to explore the new modes!

πŸ† Prizes

πŸ₯‡ 1st Place:

  • ANYCUBIC Photon Mono 2, Resin 3D Printer
  • $2,000 USD in cash prize
  • $5,000 Cohere credits
  • 1,000 Weaviate Cloud credits and Weaviate swag

πŸ₯ˆ 2nd Place:

  • Razer Leviathan V2 X PC Soundbar
  • $1,000 USD in cash prize
  • $3,000 Cohere credits
  • 500 Weaviate Cloud credits and Weaviate swag

πŸ₯‰ 3rd Place:

  • Divoom Ditoo - Pixel Art Bluetooth Speaker
  • $500 USD in cash prize
  • $2,000 in Cohere credits
  • 200 Weaviate Cloud credits and Weaviate swag
Please note: Prize distribution is the exclusive responsibility of Cohere and its affiliated partners. All aspects of communication, recipient information sharing, and clarification requests regarding prizes will be overseen by Cohere and its partners. It is important to note that while we work with our partners to try to ensure a prompt distribution process, the delivery of prizes may take up to 90 days. The lablab team bears no responsibility for any prize distribution matters. For all distribution-related inquiries, please direct your communication to Cohere and its affiliated partners.

Example Use Cases

a financial AI application

A financial tool that instantly converts complex 10-K filings into concise, accurate, and citation-backed summaries.

educational AI platform

An educational platform offering simplified, clear explanations of intricate tech concepts to professionals with non-technical backgrounds.

AI management system

A management system for quick, accurate, and compliant creation and distribution of product recall notices.

About Cohere

Next-Level AI Tools

Use Cohere API for advanced but easy-to-use language tools, perfect for the newest AI apps.

Smart Language Understanding

Cohere has studied lots of words, so it really gets how people talk and write.

Easy to Connect

You can use Cohere API with many tech tools. Plus, with special kits for Python, Node, or Go, adding AI to your app is a breeze.

The Future is Here with AI

Make new apps that were once just dreams. AI is changing how we make software.

Kick-Off Your Hackathon Journey

Registration

Fill out the simple application form for the opportunity to secure one of the 1,000 available seats for the event

Note: The Cohere team will carefully assess applications, giving priority to the most promising use cases and enterprise developers. The selection process is conducted exclusively by the Cohere team, with the criteria for evaluation also being set by them. It's important to note that the lablab team does not bear any responsibility for this selection process.

Data

This is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Data/Docs) hackathon. Participants are encouraged to bring their datasets and documents and leverage the web search connector.

Please review Cohere's Data Usage and Privacy Policy before building your project. You may also opt to use Open Source Data for this Hackathon.

You will have the opportunity to engage Co.chat + RAG with prompts to extract answers, backed with citations, from across your documents and the web.

Access 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 New Email: To access the platform, make sure to register using a new email address that you haven't used on Cohere's platform before.
  • Enjoy Unrestricted Building: Your invite will grant you the privilege of lifting the rate limit, allowing you to build freely throughout the Hackathon.

Important Notes: The hackathon sign-up link remains valid for the duration of the event. Following the hackathon, your Production (Prod) Key will be transitioned to a Trial Key.

What’s Next?

Stay tuned for updates on additional features and capabilities as we approach the hackathon date. Prepare to innovate and demonstrate the transformative power of LLM-powered productivity.

Technology

Coral by Cohere

Coral is a premier knowledge assistant for enterprises, adept at fetching evidence-backed answers from vast data, customizable with extensive integrations, all while prioritizing data security.

Explore more models by Cohere!

Cohere Generate

Generate is a language model for writing and summarizing text, correcting spelling/grammar, and extracting entities.

Cohere Classify

Use Classify to quickly organize data by labeling text, performing content moderation, detecting user intent, classifying topics and analyzing sentiment.

Cohere Embed

Embed lets AI read Reddit posts about your company and show results in a graph. It also offers semantic search, topic modeling, and recommendations.

Multilingual Semantic Search

Text embeddings are key to machine language understanding, representing text meaning as numbers through an embedding model. Multilingual models can handle multiple languages effectively.

Recommended technologies from partners

Weaviate Database

Weaviate is an open-source vector database designed for storing data objects and vector embeddings from machine learning models, offering seamless scalability for handling extensive datasets.

LangChain Framework

LangChain is a library that empowers developers to enhance their applications by integrating large language models (LLMs) with other sources of computation and knowledge.

Cohere Coral Hackathon Details

Join lablab.ai for the week challenge to innovate and build your productivity-focused app utilizing Coral API by Cohere. Find all the relevant details below.

πŸ—“οΈ Where and when

The hackathon will start on November 10th. Over a week, you will gain unique insight from mentors, and engage in workshops, and other sessions with lablab pros. The hackathon will take place on the lablab.ai platform and lablab.ai Discord server.

πŸ¦ΈπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ Who can join?

Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of previous AI or coding experience! We encourage anyone with a passion for AI or an interest in exploring how it can be used in their field to join.

πŸ˜… What about teams?

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

πŸ› οΈ How to participate

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.

🧠 Get prepared / Use Lablab.ai to Learn About AI

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!

πŸ’» Access Cohere, lifting the rate limit

As the event kicks off, you will receive an invitation link to Cohere via email. To get started, be sure to register with a new email address that has not been used on Cohere's platform before. This registration will provide you with the key to unlock unrestricted building, allowing you to work freely throughout the Hackathon.

It's important to note that the hackathon sign-up link remains valid for the entire duration of the event. After the hackathon concludes, your Production (Prod) Key will transition to a Trial Key, so make the most of this opportunity!

Speakers, Mentors and Organizers

  • Olesia Zinchenko
    Organizer

    Olesia Zinchenko

    Product Marketing Manager

  • Daniel Duccik
    Organizer

    Daniel Duccik

    Marketing&Visual

  • Gary NN
    Organizer

    Gary NN

    • Muhammad Inaamullah
      Mentor

      Muhammad Inaamullah

      ML Engineer

    • Zain Hasan
      Speaker

      Zain Hasan

      • Erika Cardenas
        Judge

        Erika Cardenas

        Developer Advocate

      • Sandra Kublik
        Judge

        Sandra Kublik

        Community

      • Roy Lim
        Judge

        Roy Lim

        Developer Programs

        • walter beller-morales
          Judge

          walter beller-morales

          • Aniz Bin Nowshad
            Judge

            Aniz Bin Nowshad

            AI Developer

          • Sebastian Witalec
            Judge

            Sebastian Witalec

            Head of DevRel

          Event Schedule

          • To be announced

          Submitted concepts, prototypes and pitches

          Submissions from the teams participating in the Cohere Coral Hackathon event and making it to the end πŸ‘Š

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