Free tools and learning links to help you build faster:

AI APIs and models

- Hugging Face (huggingface.co) - free models, datasets, and demos

- Google AI Studio (aistudio.google.com) - free Gemini API access

- Groq (groq.com) - fast, free-tier LLM API

Build and deploy

- Streamlit (streamlit.io) - turn Python scripts into web apps quickly

- Gradio (gradio.app) - build ML demos in minutes

- Vercel, Netlify, Render - free hosting for your demo

- Google Colab (colab.research.google.com) - free GPU notebooks

Data

- Kaggle Datasets (kaggle.com/datasets)

- Hugging Face Datasets

- Google Dataset Search

Learning

- fast.ai and Hugging Face courses for practical AI

- LangChain and LlamaIndex docs for LLM apps and RAG

Submission help

- Devpost guide to submitting a project: help.devpost.com

- Demo video tip: keep it under 3 minutes. Show the problem first, then the solution, then a live walkthrough.

Need help? Contact the organizers at the email listed on this page.