NemoClaw NVIDIA x ASUS Hackathon @ UC Santa Cruz
May 15 @ 6:00 pm – May 16 @ 6:00 pm
Welcome to the premier physical AI hackathon on the West Coast. We are bringing together the top 200 AI, infrastructure, and hardware engineers to build autonomous, agentic applications on the NVIDIA NemoClaw stack.
You aren’t just calling APIs, you are building on enterprise-grade hardware.
The Tracks:
- The Edge Track: 40 exclusive teams will be granted physical, on-site access to an ASUS DGX Spark unit to build and deploy locally.
- The Cloud Track: Teams will build the exact same stack utilizing fully sponsored cloud compute instances via Brev.dev.
The Arsenal & Prizes: Every team builds on a unified playing field. The top projects will take home heavy enterprise hardware, including:
- NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nanos
- The ASUS Ascent (DGX Spark)
- Jensen Huang signed NVIDIA hats & premium swag
- High-value Brev.dev compute credits
- Monitors
- Internship Opportunities
The Details:
- Who: Open to the top engineers at UC Santa Cruz and local feeder universities.
- Food: Fully catered for 24 hours. Energy, caffeine, and meals are on us.
- Special Guests*: Opening and closing ceremonies featuring VIP industry leaders (to be announced).
- Title Sponsors: Nvidia, ASUS, Baskin School of Engineering
Space is strictly capped at 200 builders. Registration requires application approval.
*May subject to change