A Recap of Denver Multimodal AI Hackathon

A Weekend of Innovation and Community Building

Last weekend, Twelve Labs had the privilege of hosting a hackathon at the Code Talent office in the vibrant RiNo district of Denver. Denver, and the broader Colorado area, is rapidly emerging as a hub for tech and AI innovation, with a thriving community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and technologists. From the Colorado Technology Association's efforts to foster a skilled and diverse tech workforce, to the City and County of Denver's initiatives to leverage AI for public services, the region is abuzz with activity.

We were excited to partner with a range of organizations that share our passion for AI and innovation, including the AI Tinkerers Denver Group, Focused Labs, Groq, Drive Capital, Freeplay, and Brain Wave Collective. Together, we brought together over 40 talented participants for a 24-hour challenge that showcased the rising AI community in Colorado.

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The Challenges

Our hackathon featured three exciting challenges that pushed participants to think creatively and develop innovative solutions:

• Sports Understanding: In this challenge, participants were tasked with creating AI-powered applications that analyze sports video data to provide actionable insights for athletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts. We encouraged solutions that demonstrated how multimodal AI can revolutionize sports understanding, training methodologies, and performance optimization.
• Ecology & Environment: Participants in this challenge were asked to create AI-powered applications that analyze environmental video data to provide insights into ecological processes, climate change impacts, and conservation efforts. We looked for solutions that demonstrated how multimodal AI can enhance our understanding of environmental systems and contribute to sustainable management practices.
• Wildcard: In this open-ended challenge, participants had the freedom to create AI-powered applications that analyze video to provide novel insights. We encouraged solutions that demonstrated how multimodal AI can enhance understanding and contribute to meaningful impact in any domain. The wildcard challenge allowed participants to think outside the box and showcase the versatility of multimodal AI.

Incredible Projects Built During the Hackathon

We were blown away by the quality and diversity of projects submitted during the hackathon. Here are the 4 winning projects and 6 other notable projects that caught our attention:

Winning Projects:

• Ready Player N: An innovative application that helps users discover hidden outdoor gems in Colorado, tailored to their preferences.
• Snow Rivals: An AI-powered tool that analyzes skiers' and snowboarders' tricks, providing feedback for improvement and aligning with competition judging criteria to help athletes achieve higher scores.
• Smart Sweat: A revolutionary workout companion that provides expert feedback on form and guides users through each motion with precision.
• National Park Advisor: A personalized advisor that educates and plans users' next trip to a national park, ensuring a unique and enjoyable experience.

Notable Projects:

• Sports Snap: A cutting-edge application that provides instant sports insights, delivering real-time data and analysis to users' screens.
• sae-evolver: A groundbreaking evolutionary search tool that discovers useful sparse autoencoders in large language models, making AI capabilities more accessible and discoverable.
• SlackGPT: A creative chatbot that brings ChatGPT-like functionality to slacklining, providing users with interactive and engaging conversations.
• GroqPot: A practical application that extracts recipes from videos, making it easy for users to access and cook their favorite dishes.
• Purpose Fully Built: A meeting video analysis tool that captures and indexes critical insights, decisions, and expertise shared during meetings, preserving teams' collective wisdom for future reference.
• CamSense AI: An AI-powered application that intelligently assesses webcam videos, providing instant insights and alerts, and enabling users to make data-driven decisions.

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Valuable Takeaways for Twelve Labs

This hackathon was an incredible showcase of community talent and a valuable opportunity for Twelve Labs to collect product feedback and feature community applications built with our API in marketing content. By engaging with participants and observing their innovative solutions, we gained valuable insights into the strengths and limitations of our API.

We were impressed by the creativity of the projects submitted and are excited to incorporate the feedback into our product roadmap. The event also allowed us to connect with the AI and tech community in Denver, understand their experience onboarding our tool, and showcase our API's capabilities. We're committed to fostering a community passionate about building innovative applications with multimodal AI and look forward to the impact our community will make in the future.

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