• Every participant must have a valid Caribbean AI Summit conference ticket and register for the hackathon on Devpost.

• Joining Devpost or the WhatsApp group does not replace purchasing a conference ticket.

• Organizers may verify tickets. Participants without a valid ticket will not be eligible to compete or receive prizes.

• Teams of 2–4 participants
• Solo participation allowed (hard mode)
• Pre-formed teams allowed

• Project development must take place during the official hackathon build period, October 8–10, 2026. Exact start and submission times will be announced.
• Projects must address a healthcare challenge relevant to Puerto Rico or the Caribbean.
• Use any tools, frameworks, or APIs. AI is optional, not required.
• Existing libraries, frameworks, and publicly available resources are allowed. Clearly identify and credit any pre-existing components.
• Fully pre-built projects are not eligible. The prototype’s core functionality must be developed during the hackathon.

• Submit through Devpost before the announced deadline. Late submissions may not be reviewed.
• Include the project name, team members, a 2–3 sentence problem-and-solution description, a working demo OR demo video of up to 2 minutes, and a code repository link.
• Ensure judges can access your submitted links and provide basic instructions for reviewing or running the project.
• Optional materials include a slide deck of up to 5 slides and a live hosted demo

• Finalists must be prepared for a 5-minute live presentation followed by 3 minutes of Q&A.
• All finalists must provide a 2-minute backup demo video.
• Clearly distinguish working functionality from simulated features or planned capabilities.

• Treat participants, judges, mentors, volunteers, and organizers with respect.
• Harassment, discrimination, plagiarism, and disruptive behavior are not permitted.
• Report conduct or privacy concerns to the organizing team.

Organizers may disqualify submissions that violate these rules and remove participants who violate the code of conduct.

• Use synthetic, public, or organizer-approved datasets that contain no identifiable patient information. Do not include real patient records, confidential information, or credentials in your submission, repository, or demo.

• Not transferable. A prize is awarded only to the winning participant or team as registered. It may not be assigned, exchanged or substituted.
• Payment timing. If the prize includes a payment (grant, sponsorship, scholarship, donation as determined by us), winners are expected to receive payment within 30 to 60 days of the award announcement.
• Payment method. The organizers choose the method of payment, which may be check, ACH, wire transfer, cash or any other method the organizers prefer.
• Forfeiture. A participant or team that declines the prize, or does not accept it, forfeits it. No substitute is given.
• No endorsement and no future commitment. Awarding a prize is not an endorsement, sponsorship, certification or approval of the winner, the team or its project. It creates no obligation to provide additional funding, investment, mentorship, contracts or support of any kind, and no future commitment of any nature between the organizers and the winner.

• Participants are solely responsible for the product, solution, code and content they create and present. The organizers, sponsors, judges, mentors, volunteers and the venue assume no responsibility or liability for any project submitted. Each participant and team agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the organizers, sponsors, judges, mentors, volunteers and the venue from any claim, loss, damage or expense arising out of the project they created, including its use, deployment, data handling or intellectual property.

• Additional terms, rules or instructions may apply and take effect when announced by the organizers.