Google Cloud

• Access to Google Cloud may be obtained by signing up for a no cost trial at https://cloud.google.com/free or using an existing Google Cloud account for which you may request $25 in Google Cloud credits by completing this form (while supplies last).  

Are you an early stage startup? Check out additional benefits available to help you continue building with Google Cloud and our partners:

Early stage startups can get up to $350,000 USD in Cloud credits through the Google for Startups Cloud Program. Learn more and apply today!

Startups get preferred access to the best of the Google Cloud ecosystem through our Startup Perks program. Eligible startups can receive up to $5,000 in credits for MongoDB Atlas and free GitLab Ultimate for one year.

MongoDB 

Unleash the Power of Data with AI & MongoDB!

The world overflows with data - structured and unstructured – from the intricate dance of climate patterns to the pulse of global travel, the ebb and flow of business, and the nuances of social trends. Your mission? To harness this vast ocean of publicly available information using the cutting-edge capabilities of MongoDB Vector Search and MongoDB's Google Integrations, supercharged by your favorite AI tools.

Imagine: Building applications that provide insightful summaries of complex climate reports, personalized travel recommendations based on millions of user reviews, real-time analysis of business sentiment from news articles, or visualizations that reveal hidden connections in social networks.

Surprise us with your innovative approach to unlocking the power of data with generative AI!

Resources:

• Load the sample Mflix Dataset: Quickly spin up sample data to kickstart your project, sample_mflix.embedded_movies already contains vector embeddings for Vector Search!

• Data Modelling in MongoDB: Learn best practices for structuring your data.

• MongoDB Tools: Explore essential tools to optimize your development workflow.

• MongoDB Aggregations: Master data processing and analysis with powerful aggregation pipelines.

• MongoDB Atlas Search: Build lightning-fast search experiences directly within your database.

• MongoDB Vector Search: Supercharge your apps with AI-driven search capabilities.

• AI Learning Hub: Dive into AI with MongoDB—guides, tutorials, and more.

• Embeddings Generator: Generate embeddings with ease! 

Quickstarts: Get up and running with practical, hands-on guides

• Getting started with MongoDB Atlas and Python: Building powerful apps with Python and Atlas.

• Perform Semantic Search on Your Data Using MongoDB Atlas: Unlock deeper insights with advanced semantic search techniques. 

Level Up Your MongoDB AI Skills for the AI in Action Hackathon!

Looking to dominate the AI in Action Hackathon? MongoDB Skill Badges are your secret sauce! These free, focused credentials are designed to quickly equip you with the exact MongoDB AI skills you'll need to build groundbreaking applications and impress the judges. Every badge you earn elevates your skillset, empowering you to accelerate and optimize your hackathon project development.

To give you a significant edge in the AI in Action Hackathon, we've hand-picked the two most relevant Skill Badges:

• -Vector Search Fundamentals

• -RAG with MongoDB

Start learning today and earn a badge in as little as 60-90 minutes. 

How it Works:

1. Learn: Watch concise videos and get hands-on practice with labs directly applicable to your hackathon project.
2. Validate: Showcase your newly acquired knowledge in a short 10-question skill check.
3. Earn: Claim your Credly badge and share your new expertise on social media – a great way to highlight your hackathon readiness!

GitLab 

We'll judge submissions on technical implementation, potential impact, design and quality. If your submission includes pending merge requests to GitLab, please mention these in your submission.

Show us how you're building Software. Faster. 

Resources: 

1. GitLab API Documentation

2. GitLab GraphQL API Documentation

3. GitLab on Google Cloud Documentation

4. About the Gitlab-Google Cloud partnership

Contribute to GitLab:

• Start onboarding at contributors.gitlab.com: Join 4,000+ contributors in GitLab's open source community and co-create the platform millions of people use to deliver software faster.

• AI powered: GitLab Duo is included for all contributors to help boost your efficiency and effectiveness. Code Suggestions, Chat, Root Cause Analysis and more!

Spark your imagination:

These are some ideas that can help inspire you come up with impactful submissions:

• What if your deployment pipeline could predict and fix bottlenecks before they slow you down?

• What if you could build an AI system that learns from production incidents to automatically strengthen your infrastructure as code?

• Could you build an AI that turns user stories into working prototypes in minutes, not days?

• How might you create a system that automatically parallelizes your test suite for 10x faster builds?

• Could you use agentic approaches to create “smarter” GitLab runners to execute jobs proactively?

• What if you could boost people’s career chances by building an AI mentor and suggest personalized learning paths for GitLab users based on prior activities or interest?

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