Rules and judging
Everything your team needs for 42 hours in the Kaiju Response Lab.
Overview
Mission Momo: Vegas is a 2-day AI hackathon by Progress at AI Dev Craft in Las Vegas.
Dates
Oct 26, 4:00 PM to Oct 28, 10:00 AM Las Vegas time. 42 hours.
Teams
Teams have 2–4 members.
Eligibility details will be published here soon.
Solution paths
- Understand Momo. Investigate the evidence and work out what Momo wants.
- Protect Vegas. Coordinate the city's response as new information arrives.
- Guide Momo. Recommend one safe action that changes what Momo does next.
Teams may also propose their own approach.
What to build
Your solution needs at least one Progress AI or agentic capability, one way to show it can be trusted such as a trace, an evaluation or a governance control, and a simple operator view.
Prizes
- Mission Momo Grand Prize$4,000
Best overall solution, with strong understanding of Momo, effective agent architecture, a safe recommendation and a compelling mission console.
- Most Ingenious Response$2,000
The most creative and technical use of Progress Forge, orchestration, agents and/or Agentic RAG.
- Safest Move$2,000
Governance, evaluation, explainability, human oversight, Progress Nexus.
- Best Mission Console$2,000
Best UX and visualization of the mission, with Progress UI capabilities.
How you are judged
- Mission Effectiveness30%
- AI / Technical Execution25%
- Trust & Safety20%
- Mission Console / UX15%
- Creativity10%
Judge: Jeff Fritz, Developer Advocate at Progress. More judges to be announced.
What to submit
- A public or judge-accessible GitHub repository
- A clear README covering the problem, architecture, Progress products used, setup and limitations
- A demo video of 3 minutes or less
- A product usage declaration and consent for showcase use
Where to submit
Submissions are made on HackerEarth.