Hornet Hacks

This competitive event is designed to bring together students with a passion for hacking and making an impact, encouraging them to develop and innovate using AI in the fields of education, Finance, Healthcare, and Sustainability. Participants can choose one of the four fields to build in and will generate a solution to a problem in the industry that is AI enabled.

The competition is open to teams with a minimum of two member and a maximum of seven, allowing for various collaborative team efforts. Each team will have the opportunity to showcase their projects to a panel of judges, who will evaluate them based on innovation, applicability, technical proficiency, and potential impact. We will have $500 in cash prizes per industry field.

* The next Hornet Hacks will be in Fall 2025!!

The Schedule

Day 1

​During Day 1 of the AI Hackathon you will be oriented to the competition and the guidelines for building and competing. If you do not have a team there will be time and space for team formation.

​The Carlsen Center will be open to be used as workspace as well as scheduled meals with guest speakers from the industry.


​Day 2

​The second day of the Hackathon will take place a week later. This will feature the final presentations where teams will present their solutions and creations in front of a panel of judges. Judges will select winners. Dinner will be provided at the event

Sponsors

Association of Computer Machinery at Sac State

Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Hackathon Event is a collaborative initiative organized by the Carlsen Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, ACM Sac State and Hornet Hacks to foster innovation and exploration in the fields Education, Finance, Healthcare, and Sustainability while leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the fields.

Spring 2025 - Record Number Hacking for Solutions!

The Spring 2025 AI Hackathon had more than double the attendees of the previous one!

Winner in the Education and Overall Category

Team Name: Diversity Hire

• Harmanjot Singh
• Ajaydeep Singh
• Long Huy Hoang Nguyen
• Nicholas Eovva
• Brayan Mejia Nunez
• Ben Duong
• Umang Vadhar

Winner in the ​Sustainability Category

Team Name: Nitre-op

• Harmanjot Singh
• Ajaydeep Singh
• Alejandro Oropeza
• Jesse Telles
• Macey Wilfey
• Cameron Law (Executive Director of The Carlsen Center at Sac State)
• Milton Bolanos
• David Vigil

Winner in the Finance Category

Team Name: Thrive

• Harmanjot Singh
• Ajaydeep Singh
• Scott Sorgent
• Vincent Amihan
• Jeff Serpa
• Cameron Law

Winner in the Healthcare Category

Team Name: NeuroVision

• Harmanjot Singh
• Ajaydeep Singh
• Tommy Nguyen
• Nishan Maharjan
• Victor Sah
• Cameron Law

Spring 2025 Hornet Hacks Gallery

Fall 2024 Winners

First Place Winner of $1,000

Team Name: TopCode (HeadShotX)

• Ricky Bailey
• Christian Kinyon
• Cody Kneale
• Andrew Paolo Solbjor

Second Place Winner of $500

Team Name: RoundTable Rascals (Wildfire Risk Assessment)

• Adnan Baig
• Nathan Donato
• Patrick Doolittle
• Evan Ewart
• William Miras

Spring 2024 Winners

First Place Winner of $750.00

Team Name: Azuki (SentrySight) Shootings prediction monitoring systems

• Huy Dao
• Enrique De La Torre
• John Son Dong
• Gavin Garcia
• Ritchie Martinez

Second Place Winner of $250.00

Team Name: teraBITE (APEX project) Enabling those with disabilities to interact with technology

• Jonathan Camarena
• David Castrejon
• Joshua Cupler
• Jeff Huang
• Amir Talakoob