Last October marked a milestone for our developer community as over 500 developers gathered both in San Francisco and remotely worldwide for our Open Source Conversational & Multi-modal AI Hackathon. Teams spent 48 intense hours pushing the boundaries of real-time AI technology, creating everything from intelligent shopping assistants to AI-powered music creators.
The event was made possible thanks to our partners and sponsors: Cartesia, Google Cloud, Oracle, Coval, Pipecat, Product Hunt, Tavus, and Vapi. These partners provided the tools, infrastructure, and support that enabled participants to build innovative real-time AI applications.
Winners
San Francisco Track
🏆 1st Place: Cruzy
An AI-powered road trip companion that combines real-time video, voice interaction, and intelligent navigation to make every journey memorable.
🥈 2nd Place: Instant Voice
A tool that transforms any website into an interactive voice assistant in minutes, built with Vapi
Remote Track
🏆 1st Place: Stella
A real-time personalized shopping and stylist assistant that combines voice interaction with virtual try-on technology.
🥈 2nd Place: Yes Chef!
An open-source robotic arm project combining hardware and AI for interactive demonstrations.
🥉 3rd Place: VoiceUI & SuperstarAI (Tie)
VoiceUI enhances bot conversations with real-time visual feedback, while SuperstarAI lets users create AI-generated music albums in minutes.
Winner Spotlights
First place SF winner Christoph Heike shared his experience building Cruzy
I liked the idea of combining a real-time video and voice AI with navigation. Tavus, Daily and Mapbox provided excellent interfaces for this. Road trips can be monotonous at times, so I thought, why not create an assistant that makes the journey smoother and more entertaining?
Read the full interview: daily.co/blog/open-source-realtime-ai-hackathon-winner-announcement
Second place SF winner Roger and Yi shared insights about their project Instant Voice, watch the full interview:
Looking ahead
In just 48 hours, 500+ developers showed us what's possible when you combine open source tools, real-time AI, and creative vision.
Teams made effective use of the available tools - combining Daily, Pipecat, and our partner's infrastructure and platforms to build working prototypes. Many of these projects continue to be developed, with teams contributing improvements back to the core frameworks and building out their ideas further.
We're looking forward to our next community event - follow us on Twitter or join our Discord to stay updated.
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