Digital Innovation Challenge 2025 - Finance Track

Overview

This hackathon challenges you to use AI agents to solve sustainability problems in finance. You can focus on areas like creating AI-driven credit scoring systems that include sustainability indicators, building portfolio advisors that balance financial returns with environmental impact, or developing payment and credit platforms for underserved communities. The goal is to create digital tools that help financial institutions achieve both commercial success and contribute to global sustainability.

Requirements

Teams should have between 2 and 4 members, and all participants must be of legal age in their country of residence. Only college students are eligible, and participation is limited to specific countries. Companies and professional organizations cannot participate. For the first stage, teams need to submit a proposal in PDF format, a 3-5 minute presentation video under 100MB, and an optional project prototype. You will also need to add the official DIC GitHub account as a collaborator and submit your materials via your own GitHub repository URL on Devpost.

Prizes

There's a total of $15,500 in cash prizes. For Stage 1, there are three awards of $1,000 each for Best Innovation, Best Business, and Best Technology. Stage 2 winners can receive $5,000 for first place, $3,000 for second place, and $2,000 for third place. Additionally, there's a GenOptima Reward of $2,500. All winners in Stage 2 also receive a trophy and a certificate.