Create innovative AI solutions with Google Cloud, Datadog, Confluent, and ElevenLabs in the AI Partner Catalyst hackathon on Devpost.
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Push the boundaries of what’s possible in the cloud in the AI Partner Catalyst: Accelerate Innovation Hackathon. Google Cloud has teamed up with Datadog, Confluent, and ElevenLabs for a hackathon focused on AI, ML, and cloud technologies. This is your chance to build with Vertex AI, Gemini, and enterprise-grade infrastructure—plus integrate powerful partner platforms for observability, real-time data streaming, or conversational AI.
In this post, we'll walk you through all the essentials: the key details you need to know, the innovative projects you'll be building, an overview of the available resources, and how to get started.
Let’s explore what this hackathon has in store for you and how to get started.
This hackathon invites you to explore the capabilities of Google Cloud as you develop a project for one (or all three!) of the exciting partner challenges.
You’ll tap into powerful data analytics, secure storage, and enterprise-grade security while exploring curated and public datasets. This multi-partner hackathon means you'll have access to Google Cloud, Datadog, Confluent, and ElevenLabs’ platforms for your chosen project.
Here’s what you’ll do:
Now, let's explore the specific challenges and available resources from each partner.
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Datadog is the essential monitoring platform for cloud applications, bringing together data from servers, containers, databases, and third-party services to make your entire stack observable.
Build comprehensive monitoring for an LLM application powered by Vertex AI or Gemini.
Stream telemetry to Datadog, create detection rules, and design a dashboard that surfaces what matters—application health, performance signals, security indicators. When detection rules trigger, configure actionable items (cases, incidents, alerts) with enough context for engineers to respond effectively.
You have full access to Datadog for 14 days to explore the tooling and use it to build your project.
Ready to dive into the Datadog challenge? Check out these requirements as you get started:
To help bring your project for the Datadog challenge to life, you have access to the following resources:
Confluent is the data streaming platform built on Apache Kafka® that lets organizations stream, connect, process, and govern real-time data across clouds and on-premises environments.
Combine Confluent's data streaming platform with Google Cloud AI to build an application that processes real-time data streams. Apply ML models to streaming data for predictions, dynamic experiences, or novel problem-solving. Show how real-time data unlocks possibilities that batch processing can't touch. Think event-driven AI that responds as data flows.
To help you get started and spark your creativity, here are some examples to consider for your Confluent project:
Show how your innovation can shape the future, as it happens, by building a next-generation application powered by AI on data in motion!
Ready to dive into Confluent? Here’s a summary of the resources available to you, and be sure to check out the full list on the hackathon’s Resources page.
ElevenLabs is the AI voice and audio platform that enables high-quality speech synthesis, dubbing, speech recognition, and real-time conversational agents at scale.
Make your app conversational using ElevenLabs and Google Cloud AI. Integrate ElevenLabs Agents with Vertex AI or Gemini to create voice-driven interactions with natural speech and personality. Users should be able to interact entirely through voice. Implement using the React SDK or server-side calls hosted on Google Cloud—whatever fits your architecture.
Tip from a judge: Thor from ElevenLabs recommends exploring the Conversational AI and Voice Design Best Practices sections in the docs to create lifelike, engaging voice experiences.
Check out these examples from ElevenLabs to help kickstart your project:
Ready to explore ElevenLabs? Check out the available solutions and resources for this hackathon.
Ready to start building? Here’s how to get started:
Pick a challenge, assemble your tools, and start building! Registration is open now. Be sure to check the hackathon’s Resources tab for full challenge specifications and technical details.
We can’t wait to see what you ship!
