> HACKATHON_INFO

♥️ This page contains all current information about the hackathon.

We'll update it regularly and notify you in the #announcements channel on Discord.

> KEY_INFORMATION

October 7-25, 2025

🌐 Online Event

Hackathon runs online via Discord
Join our server: Discord Server
Need help? Discord Guide

🎥 Key Meetings

All key meetings held via Zoom
Livestreamed and recorded on YouTube
Opening Ceremony: YouTube Live
📅 Oct 7: 09:00 AM (San Francisco, UTC-7) | 06:00 PM (CET, UTC+1)

🏆 Finals

Hybrid format: Online & Offline
Offline venue: San Francisco

> PARTICIPANT_SURVEYS

🔒 Privacy: We treat your data with care and will never share it without your consent.

📋 Entry Survey

We've sent you a survey link via email. Please complete it - it takes just 5-10 minutes.

Your responses help us:

  • Adapt the hackathon to your interests
  • Match you with the right team if needed
  • Understand your skills and preferences

🤝 Networking Survey

We'll send this survey link later via email.

Complete it to take the first step toward finding friends, like-minded people, and partners. Your responses help us build a strong community united in the fight against aging - toward a life without expiration dates.

> SCHEDULE_OVERVIEW

📅 Key meetings will be simultaneous for all timezones

We publish events in:

Discord Calendar

Follow these calendars to stay updated on all events

📍 October 7 - Opening Ceremony

  • Welcome speeches from sponsors
  • Brief presentations of all challenges

📍 October 7-8 - Challenge Selection & Q&A Sessions

Q&A schedule will be published before the hackathon starts.

Mentors will discuss approaches, technical details, and interaction format for the next two weeks. This is your chance to:

  • Understand the challenge deeply
  • Meet mentors
  • Agree on work style
  • Clarify evaluation criteria

📍 October 8-22 - Working on Challenges

Teams distribute workload and time independently.

If you're without a team, we'll consider your timezone when forming teams.

  • Discuss ideas in online meetings
  • Test hypotheses
  • Create MVP
  • Prepare final presentation

Teams can request help from their challenge master anytime.

Team selection will happen at the end of this period.

📍 October 22 - Code Freeze & Video Pitch Submission

Final deadline for all submissions (code + video presentation)

📍 October 24 - Jury Evaluation

Judges review all submissions and select winners

📍 October 25 - Closing Ceremony

  • Winner announcements
  • Presentations from winners
  • Showcase of interesting cases

> EVENT_TIMELINE

⚠️ NOTE: Organizers reserve the right to make changes. Important changes will be announced in the Discord #announcements channel.

🎭 Opening Ceremony - October 7

SpeakerTime (SF / CET)
Vita Stepanova9:00 am / 6:00 pm
Alex Strygin9:05 am / 6:05 pm
Sujee Maniyam9:15 am / 6:15 pm
Petr Fedichev9:20 am / 6:20 pm
Konstantin Avchaciov9:25 am / 6:30 pm
Derya Unutmaz9:35 am / 6:35 pm
Boyang9:40 am / 6:40 pm
Laura Minquini9:45 am / 6:45 pm
Andrey Tarkhov9:50 am / 6:50 pm
Erik Van Winkle9:55 am / 6:55 pm
Aubrey de Grey11:03 am / 8:03 pm

💬 Q&A Sessions - October 8

ChallengeTime (SF / CET)
Singularis: papers database6:00 am / 3:00 pm
Ovarian aging value7:00 am / 4:00 pm
Phenotype-extractor8:00 am / 5:00 pm
Meta-review of aging theories9:00 am / 6:00 pm
Future of evidence10:00 am / 7:00 pm
Trial outcome prediction10:30 am / 7:30 pm
Sequence to function11:30 am / 8:30 pm
Dili-predictionAsynchronous

> TRACKS_AND_PRIZES

🎯 FUNDAMENTAL_TRACK

Challenges with clear conditions, evaluation criteria, and datasets for verification.

Each of the 8 challenges is led by its own mentor. Winning conditions, judge pool, and criteria are decided by the challenge master for each individual challenge.

Discord Channels:

#singularis

Reforming scientific publishing

#aging-theories

Mining theories of aging

#phenotype-extractor

Cross-species trait databases

#future-of-evidence

Automating meta-analysis

#sequence-to-function

Longevity gene knowledge base

#trial-outcome-prediction

Predict clinical trial outcomes

#ovarian-aging-value

Value of delayed ovarian aging

#dili-prediction

Drug-induced liver injury

🏆 1st Place Winner Per Challenge:

ChallengePrize
Singularis: papers database3000 USDT
Phenotype-extractor3000 USDT
Meta-review of aging theories3000 USDT
Future of evidence3000 USDT
Dili-prediction (Axiom)3000 USDT
Trial outcome prediction (Bioptic)3000 USDT
Ovarian aging value (Special Prize by AthenaDAO)4000 USDT
Nominated in $ATH
Sequence to function (Special Prize by Retro)$3000

⚡ RAPID_ADOPTION_TRACK

For those who want to build a tool that immediately benefits the industry and/or can be turned into a commercial product or company.

You can choose your own challenge (use High Level Purpose and Evaluation Criteria as a guide) or select one of our provided challenges.

  • Ideas without strict mentorship pipeline
  • Less recommendations, more freedom in solutions
  • Team of mentors oversees the entire track

Discord Channel:

#rapid-adoption-track

Build tools for immediate industry impact

📊 Evaluation Criteria:

Business Viability / Social Impact (30 pts)

Business: Proof of demand, qualified customer interviews, LOIs, paid-pilot intents, waitlist signups, credible TAM/SOM

Social: Proof of social impact, waitlist signups, subscribers, social media effect, donations, credible estimates of social effect

Demo Quality (30 pts)

Consistently running code, clear documentation, engaging demo video with clear explanations

Longevity Impact (20 pts)

Effect on High Level Purpose is justified with credible assumptions and effect estimates

Agentic Fit (20 pts)

Use of agentic AI is well justified (automation, can't be solved with just an LLM query, AI Workflow, or basic script)

🏆 Track Prizes:

Prize CategoryAmount
Winner #12500 USDT
Winner #22500 USDT
Special Prize for Female Longevity (by AthenaDAO)4000 USDT
Nominated in $ATH
Special Prize (by Immortal Dragons)2000 USDT
Special Prize by Nebius (1st)$1500
in Computational Credits
Special Prize by Nebius (2nd)$1000
in Computational Credits
Special Prize by Nebius (3rd)$500
in Computational Credits

> CHALLENGE_DETAILS

Challenges will be presented at the opening ceremony and discussed in detail during Q&A sessions.

Read more about all challenges on the Challenges page

Note: You can change your challenge selection anytime by updating your survey response. Discuss with your team before changing. Notify organizers if you're changing teams or challenges.

> SUBMISSION_AND_WINNER_SELECTION

📦 Submission Requirements

💻 Code

  • [Fundamental Track] Must be deposited under MIT license
  • [Rapid Adoption Track] Open-sourcing encouraged but optional. We'd love to review public repositories.

🎥 Video Presentation

Maximum 5 minutes walking the jury through your project.

Must include:

  • Demonstration of your submission
  • Why you created this and how it impacts longevity
  • How will this entry earn money or impact society

🌐 Deployment

Submissions must be deployed and available at a public URL

The jury will not download or execute code locally

🏆 Winner Selection Process

  • Judging Panel: Selected by organizers and sponsors from experts in AI, longevity science, biotech, and venture capital. All judges are listed publicly on hackaging.ai
  • One prize per team: Each team receives one prize in Fundamental Track, but may receive multiple prizes in Rapid Adoption Track
  • Final decisions: All selections are at the sole discretion of Organizers and Sponsors. All judging decisions are final.

📢 Winner Announcements & Prize Distribution

Winners announced within 5 days after evaluation period

Main Prizes distributed in USDT (unless specified otherwise) within 2 months after official announcement

Special Prizes distributed by respective sponsors within 2 months

Note: Organizers will make every effort to ensure timely distribution. Sponsors may opt out in exceptional circumstances. Some sponsors may be unable to provide prizes to participants in sanctioned regions (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Russia).

> RULES_AND_POLICIES

⚠️ IMPORTANT: Organizers reserve the right to unilaterally edit rules. All changes will be announced in Discord #announcements.

Conduct & Communication

  • Official language is English for all public channels (teams may use other languages privately)
  • All official communications via Discord and X (@OpenLongevity)
  • Judges, moderators, and organizers are volunteers - maintain respectful, harassment-free environment
  • Misconduct by one team member can result in warning, then disqualification of entire team

Eligibility & Originality

  • Originality: Submissions must be new or substantially rebuilt (> 50% created during hackathon)
  • Pre-existing code: Open-source or proprietary code permitted if listed with licenses and provenance
  • Work period: Major work must occur between official start and deadline
  • Pre-event activities: Team formation, research, environment setup, data collection/cleaning allowed before start

Rights, Licenses & Data Protection

  • Participants warrant they own/hold all necessary rights to submit artifacts
  • Submissions must not infringe third-party rights or violate terms of service
  • No PHI/PII unless lawfully obtained with consent and de-identification
  • Follow applicable privacy, security, export-control laws (e.g., GDPR)
  • No malware, unsafe automation, or illegal activities

Integrity, Prizes & Taxes

  • Plagiarism, fabricated evidence, or misrepresentation = disqualification
  • Organizers may disqualify any entry for rule violations
  • Winners may need to complete KYC/AML checks and tax forms
  • Taxes are winner's responsibility
  • 1 entry per team; 1 person per team only

> TEAMS_AND_COMMUNITY

We invite teams and individuals passionate about a future where aging is not an issue and humans have full control of their biology.

📝 Registration & Participation

  • Each person may only participate in one team
  • All team members register and complete the entry survey separately
  • Each team must designate a Team Captain
  • By registering a team, you represent you have obtained consent from all members (or their parents/guardians if minors)

👥 Team Size & Composition

Participate solo or in a team of any size

Come with a ready team or ask organizers to match you with teammates

When matching, we consider competencies, experience, and motivation to balance teams

💡 Optimal Team Composition:

Biologist + Data Scientist + 2 Developers

🤖 Team Formation via Bot

Our bot will help with team formation:

For existing teams:

  • Creates private team chats
  • Verifies all members have access
  • Asks if you need additional members
  • Suggests suitable candidates if needed

For individual participants:

  • Creates private chat
  • Asks if you want to play solo or find a team
  • Suggests suitable teammates based on your profile
  • Considers your timezone for team matching

🎓 Mentor Support

  • Each team will have a mentor contact
  • Mentor checks in every two days
  • Available 1-2 hours/day throughout the hackathon
  • Fundamental Track: mentors specific to each challenge
  • Rapid Adoption Track: team of mentors for the entire track

> HELP_AND_SUPPORT

🤖

AI Bot (24/7)

  • Answers questions about registration and organization
  • Posts teammate search announcements
  • Creates private team channels
  • Records and transcribes voice channel meetings
🎓

Challenge Mentors

  • Help with all challenge-related questions
  • Conduct briefings and checkpoint reminders
  • Assist with work and presentation preparation
  • Available 1-2 hours/day throughout the hackathon
📧

Email Support

For all other questions, email us at contact@hackaging.ai