sciFi Fintech AI Hackathon - powered by sciFi (scifi.ink) Build AI solutions for real-world fintech problems - credit, fraud, payments, lending, and beyond. The hackathon runs in two rounds: a fintech + AI knowledge quiz to qualify, followed by a Kaggle-style ML sprint on sciFi's GPU-accelerated notebook platform. No infra setup. Just open a notebook and start building. Guidelines: Open to all - students, researchers, working professionals, and independent practitioners worldwide are eligible. Individual participation only. Team submissions are not accepted. The competition runs in 2 rounds: Round 1 - Qualifier Quiz A timed online quiz covering fintech concepts, ML fundamentals, and AI for finance. [20 / 30] questions. Duration: [30 / 45] minutes. Each participant attempts the quiz independently. Top [X] scorers qualify for Round 2. Round 2 - AI Hackathon Sprint (Kaggle-style) Qualified participants get access to a fintech dataset and a defined problem statement on sciFi. Build and iterate on ML models directly in sciFi's GPU-powered notebooks - compute is provided free. Submissions are scored automatically on a live leaderboard. Sprint duration: [24 / 48 / 72] hours. Each participant may submit up to [3 / 5] times. The best score counts. Prizes: 1st Place - sciFi Premium Subscription (1 year) 2nd Place - sciFi Premium Subscription (6 months) 3rd Place - sciFi Premium Subscription (3 months) Prizes are awarded to the top 3 individuals on the final leaderboard. Rules: Quiz must be attempted individually - use of AI tools, external help, or answer sharing during Round 1 is not allowed. All model development in Round 2 must happen within the sprint window. Pre-trained public models (e.g. Hugging Face) are allowed; pre-built solutions are not. Only the dataset provided by the organizers may be used. External proprietary datasets are not permitted. Sharing solutions or model code during Round 2 will result in immediate disqualification. Each participant must register individually on scifi.ink before the quiz opens. Top finishers may be asked to do a brief code walkthrough to verify their submission. Organizer decisions are final.
