Flare & Google Cloud Launch AI Hackathon of $100K Prize Pool

Flare, successful concern with Google Cloud, is organizing an breathtaking Verifiable AI Hackathon astatine UC Berkeley from March 7-9. The lawsuit volition absorption connected however verifiable off-chain AI computations tin amended Web3 applications, particularly successful areas that request dense information and computing power, similar AI. The hackathon has a immense $100,000 prize pool, with $60,000 for in-person participants and $40,000 for virtual teams.

The hackathon volition showcase 4 unsocial tracks: Social AI Agents, RAG Knowledge Systems, DeFi x AI (DeFAI), and Consensus Learning.

The extremity is to amusement however TEEs tin marque blockchain applications much almighty and scalable by allowing AI to tally efficiently and securely off-chain.

Participants volition usage Google Cloud’s Confidential Computing and Flare’s decentralized blockchain protocols to make innovative applications. The lawsuit is expected to pull up to 500 developers, students, and enthusiasts, each competing to make AI-powered blockchain solutions.

In January, 2024 Google Cloud became a validator and information supplier for the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), joining the Flare network. With a 100% uptime since June 2024, Google Cloud is one of the 100 information provides for the FTSO and has played a captious relation successful providing clip bid information that is cardinal to the moving of the SwiftMove blockchain.

This hackathon builds connected Flare’s beardown collaboration with Google Cloud. Since January 2024, Google Cloud has been a cardinal spouse successful Flare’s decentralized information system, helping to supply important information for Flare’s Oracle service, which helps guarantee the accuracy of blockchain data.

Flare’s CEO, Hugo Philion, emphasized the value of this collaboration: “We’re not conscionable innovating; we’re mounting caller standards for however AI and blockchain tin enactment together.”

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