YHack Spring 2026
Devpost hackathon: YHack Spring 2026. Imported automatically.
- Year
- 2026
- Winning projects
- 24
- Participants
- 647
- Prize pool
- $59,400
- Platform
- Devpost
Winners
1st Place
- CircaFirst Place OverallReal-time field monitoring for precision irrigation control.ArduinoFastAPIPython
2nd Place
- LifeSaverSecond Place OverallAI-powered surgical training simulator with real-time hand tracking, voice-guided anatomy, and 32-dim performance vectors learn to operate before you operate.MongoDBTypeScript
3rd Place
- GaitGuardThird Place OverallBecause a fall shouldn’t go unnoticed — real-time monitoring for safer independent living.ArduinoC++ESP32
Category Winner
- AegisBest Use of Hermes -- Nous ResearchAegis trains seniors to recognize real scams through hands on simulations, before scammers get the chance.JavaScriptReact
- CiteSiteBest Use of Hermes -- Nous Researchagentic peer review citation verification for research papersFastAPIPython
- CommonsBest use of Hex APIfor the love we have in commonReactSolanaSQLite
- FoodChainBest use of Hex APIFood banks today find out about crises when the line gets longer. CrisisGrid detects the signal before the surge hits and creates analytics-powered response plaFastAPIPostgreSQLPython
- ForseenBest Use of Hermes -- Nous ResearchYour guided path through regulatory complexity.DockerFastAPIJavaScript
- HandDJBest use of Snap Lens StudioCompose electronic music just by wiggling your fingers, hand positions swapping live instruments in real time. Once you're done, go full party mode. Be both the
- HiveOpsBest use of Hex APIAn agentic AI incident resolution platform that ingests service incidents and orchestrates AI agents for triage, root cause analysis, remediation, and verificatAnthropicFastAPIGemini
- neuro-trading.Best Use of Hermes -- Nous ResearchfMRI-enhanced swarm simulations for prediction marketsDockerFastAPIFlask
- Omni-AssistBest Use of ViamMaking mobility accessible, cheap, simple. and modular to the health sector and the public.ArduinoElevenLabsOpenCV
- Second SelfBest Use of Hermes -- Nous ResearchWhat if you could be in two places at once? Meet your AI twin who lives in your notch, works as you on your computer (via macos fast user switching), while you ClaudeElevenLabsFastAPI
- SnapDanceBest use of Snap Lens StudioLearn any dance head-to-head in AR with full-body tracking and scoring in real-time, all from your phone camera.TypeScript
- Split WorldBest use of Snap Lens StudioAct it out. Guess it right. All inside Snapchat.JavaScriptTypeScript
Other
- AxiomaticEntertainmentRediscover math. An agentic math education platform that automatically generates visual, interactive lessons — combining animations and simulations to help discElevenLabsFastAPIOpenAI
- CanarySocietal ImpactDetecting dangerous gases in real time and mapping their spread to predict hazards early, giving miners time to respond and stay safe.GeminiJavaScriptPython
- Congestion DeskPrediction MarketsPredicting oil price swings by tracking real-world shipping traffic and port congestion across the United StatesGeminiMongoDBPython
- HelixPersonal AI AgentA self-correcting ML agent that diagnoses its own failures, pulls live hospital data, and reaches into Zero.xyz until it beats a published heart-disease benchmaFastAPIJavaScriptPython
- LeadMeHardwareAI-powered self-navigating white cane for the visually impairedArduinoElevenLabsOpenCV
- MaestroEntertainmentStreamlining music composition from idea to orchestration.JavaScriptOpenAIPython
- PolyHedgePrediction MarketsYour stocks are bets: we make them explicit and hedge them.FastAPIPythonReact
- TabulaPersonal AI AgentCollective intelligence for small businesses.AnthropicFastAPIMongoDB
- Wonder - a new way to explore the worldSocietal ImpactWonder helps kids explore landmarks on a map, visit in Street View, and learn each place through voice with AI historical figures.ClaudeElevenLabsGemini