about 1 month ago
Judge announcements: welcome Prathusha Prakash and Alyze Sam
Two new judges join the PROOF Aviation Futures panel. Prathusha Prakash (TikTok) judged HTCJ hackathons before and is back for Aviation Futures — and she's joining HTCJ's standing judge bench for our upcoming city editions. Alyze Sam, HTCJ's Community Admin, also joins the panel and the standing bench. Welcome both.
about 1 month ago
Anakin joins as an in-kind sponsor
We're excited to welcome Anakin (YC S21) as an in-kind sponsor of the PROOF Aviation Futures Challenge. Anakin lets AI agents interact with the web at scale — and EVERY participant gets a free $20/month Anakin plan. The winning team takes home the $79/month plan, plus office hours with Anakin's team and a technical onboarding session. Claim your credits here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NrDCvl0XHYLPZKNBs6rhs2p_M_wa95Xw/view?usp=sharing — Docs: https://anakin.io/docs/documentation — MCP: http://mcp.anakin.io/mcp
about 1 month ago
Developer Kit is live — tools, tutorials, and what "complete" means
Builders — your Developer Kit is live.
Everything in one place:
- Build process: the exact steps from idea → team → working demo → submission
- Free tools & APIs: AI coding assistants, Supabase, Vercel, Gemini API, Cloudflare Workers AI, Cerebras, Cohere, Hugging Face — every one with a real free tier
- Video tutorials: build a full app in a weekend using only free AI tools
- Idea starters across all 8 tracks
- Judging rubric with exact weights: Problem Relevance 20%, Innovation 15%, Technical Execution 20%, PROOF/Demonstration 20%, Pilot Readiness 15%, Impact 10%
Open the kit: https://muse.ai/s/aviation-hackathon-developer-kit-xlf5xfm2xjxhfyp
What we're looking for: COMPLETE…
about 1 month ago
Aviation Futures Is Evolving — Welcome to PROOF
THE CHALLENGE IS EVOLVING.
Hack the Concrete Jungle is expanding the HTCJ Aviation Futures Innovation Challenge into the HTCJ × PROOF Aviation Futures Challenge.
The mission remains focused on the future of aviation—but we're raising the standard for what happens between an idea and real-world opportunity.
DON’T JUST PITCH THE FUTURE. PROVE IT.
PROOF is built around a simple question:
What can you actually demonstrate?
We're looking for founders, engineers, developers, researchers, students, aviation professionals, entrepreneurs and multidisciplinary teams building solutions across:
AI + Flight Intelligence
Autonomy + Advanced Air Mobility
Aerospace + Aviation Technology
Drones + UAS
Airport…
4 months ago
Public voting is now open
It's your turn to pick the Popular Choice award winner! Browse 'HTCJ Aviation Futures Innovation Challenge' submission gallery, click on your favorite, and vote. Be sure to spread the word via your social networks, too!
Please note, as per the Devpost terms of service, you may not tamper with the vote process through manual or automated means, or attempt to compensate voters, at risk of disqualification. Find out more about public voting here.
Questions?If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.