1. Dates and Timing

• Registration and Submission Period: Sept 9th 2025 – Sept 26th 2025, EOD [PT]
• Event Period: Sept 27th, 11am PT - 4pm PT
• Location: 2200 Geng Rd suite 100, Palo Alto, CA 94303, USA
• Winners Announced: Sept 27th, 4pm PT

2. Sponsor and Administrator

Sponsor and Administrator:

• Liquidmetal AI
• SambaNova

3. Eligibility

The Hackathon IS open to:

• Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry ("Eligible Individuals")
• Teams of Eligible Individuals ("Teams")
• Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry

(the above are collectively, "Entrants")

An Eligible Individual may join more than one Team or Organization and an Eligible Individual who is part of a Team or Organization may also enter the Hackathon on an individual basis. If a Team or Organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the "Representative") to represent, act, and enter a Submission on their behalf. By entering a Submission on behalf of a Team or Organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your Team or Organization.

The Hackathon IS NOT open to:

• Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, Russia, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and any other country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control)
• Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor ("Promotion Entities")
• Employees, representatives and agents of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household
• Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, and each member of their immediate family or household
• Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge
• Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate of any organization described above
• Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, a real or apparent conflict of interest

4. How to Enter

Registration Process:

1. Visit https://luma.com/xcx9dvik and click "Register" or "Join Hackathon"
2. Complete the registration form with accurate information
3. Agree to these Terms and Conditions
4. Create an account on LiquidMetal Raindrop if you don't already have one
5. Entrants will receive LiquidMetal Raindrop credits for the purpose of completing your Project for the Hackathon. Platform credits will only be received by individuals registered for the Hackathon and who demonstrate a valid submission idea. The Sponsor reserves the right to only provide credits to participants who demonstrate a valid submission idea. Platform credits are subject to the LiquidMetal Raindrop terms and conditions. Platform credits are not redeemable for cash and can only be applied to LiquidMetal Raindrop services.

Project Requirements:

What to Create: Entrants must build, develop, and deploy a working software application that uses LiquidMetal Raindrop and incorporates one or more of the designated technology partner APIs/SDKs (each a "Project"). Each working application must meet all conditions listed below:

Required Platform Integration:

• Must be built using LiquidMetal Raindrop backend/hosting services
• Must demonstrate meaningful integration with SambaNova
• Application must be deployed and accessible via LiquidMetal Raindrop

Technology Partner Integration:

Projects must use one or more of the following technology partners:

• SambaNova - Low-latency inference powered by SN40L chips - get responses fast enough for natural conversation. Access DeepSeek, Llama, Qwen and other models with sub-second response times.
• Hume.ai - creates advanced voice AI technology with emotional intelligence. Their main product, Octave, is a text-to-speech system that can understand context and follow natural language instructions to change emotional delivery and speaking style, making it highly realistic and expressive.

Technical Requirements:

• Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function as depicted in the video and/or expressed in the text description
• Platforms: Projects may be built for web, mobile (iOS/Android), desktop, or other platforms as specified
• New & Existing: Projects must be either newly created by the Entrant or, if the Entrant's Project existed prior to the Hackathon Submission Period, must have been significantly modified after the start of the Hackathon Submission Period. Entrants should explain how their Project was significantly updated during the Submission Period
• Third-Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Entrant must be authorized to use them in accordance with any terms and conditions or licensing requirements of the tool

Submission Requirements:

All submissions must include:

1. Project built with required technologies that meets the above Project Requirements
2. Public code repository URL for judging and testing. The repository must contain all necessary source code, assets, and instructions required for the project to be functional
3. Architecture diagram showing how the system components interact
4. Text description explaining the features and functionality of your Project
5. Demonstration video of your Project that:
   • Should be approximately 3 minutes (judges are not required to watch beyond three minutes)
   • Shows the Project functioning on the device/platform for which it was built
   • Must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook Video, or similar platform
   • Must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material
6. URL to your deployed project accessible for testing
7. Technology partner integration documentation describing how partner APIs/SDKs were utilized
8. Feedback on the Raindrop platform experience - provided to you at the end of the Hackathon
9. All submissions must be made via Github URL over email to [email protected]

Multiple Submissions

An Entrant may submit more than one Submission, however, each Submission must be unique and substantially different from each of the Entrant's other Submissions, as determined by the Sponsor in their sole discretion.

Testing Access

Access must be provided to an Entrant's working Project for judging and testing by providing a link to a website, functioning demo, or test build. If Entrant's application is private, Entrant must include login credentials in testing instructions. The Entrant must make the Project available free of charge and without any restriction, for testing, evaluation and use by the Sponsor and Judges until the Judging Period ends. Judges are not required to test the Project and may choose to judge based solely on the text description, images, and video provided in the Submission.

Language Requirements

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted.

Team Representation

If a team or organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the "Representative") to represent, act, and enter a Submission on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above.

Intellectual Property

Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization's) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. An Entrant may contract with a third party for technical assistance to create the Submission provided the Submission components are solely the Entrant's work product and the result of the Entrant's ideas and creativity, and the Entrant owns all rights to them. An Entrant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Entrant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product.

Financial or Preferential Support

A Project must not have been developed, or derived from a Project developed, with financial or preferential support from the Sponsor. Such Projects include, but are not limited to, those that received funding or investment for their development, were developed under contract, or received a commercial license, from the Sponsor any time prior to the end of Hackathon Submission Period. The Sponsor, at their sole discretion, may disqualify a Project if awarding a prize to the Project would create a real or apparent conflict of interest.

5. Submission Modifications

Draft Submissions

Prior to the end of the Submission Period, you may save draft versions of your submission before submitting the Submission materials to the Hackathon for evaluation. Once the Submission Period has ended, you may not make any changes or alterations to your Submission.

Modifications After Submission Period

The Sponsor may permit you to modify part of your Submission after the Submission Period for the purpose of adding, removing or replacing material that potentially infringes a third party mark or right, discloses personally identifiable information, or is otherwise inappropriate. The modified Submission must remain substantively the same as the original Submission with the only modification being what the Sponsor permits.

6. Judges & Criteria

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the "Judges"). Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the sponsor.

Stage One: Technical Viability Review

The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether submissions meet baseline requirements:

• Project reasonably fits the hackathon theme
• Proper use of LiquidMetal Raindrop services
• Meaningful integration with at least one technology partner
• Functional demonstration of the project

Stage Two: Detailed Evaluation

All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated based on the following weighted criteria:

Tie Breaking

If two or more Submissions are tied, the tied Submission with the highest score in Technical Implementation will be considered the higher scoring Submission. If ties remain, this process will be repeated using the next criterion (Innovation & Creativity), and so forth.

7. Intellectual Property Rights

All Submissions remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organizations that developed them. By submitting an entry, entrants agree that the Sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such entry for judging the entry. Entrants agree that the Sponsor shall have the right to promote the Submission and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a Submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the Hackathon and its results, during the Hackathon Period and for three years thereafter. Some Submission components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission materials may be viewed by the Sponsor and judges for screening and evaluation.

8. Prizes

Prize Terms:

• Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a prize substitution of equivalent or greater value
• Verification Requirement: Prize awards are subject to verification of winner identity and qualifications
• Prize Delivery: Platform credits will be applied to winner accounts within 30 days
• Fees & Taxes: Winners are responsible for all applicable taxes and fees associated with receiving prizes

9. Entry Conditions and Release

By entering the Hackathon, you agree to:

1. Be bound by these Official Rules and decisions of the Sponsor and Judges
2. Release and hold harmless the Sponsor from any claims, expenses, and liabilities arising from participation
3. Allow use of your name, likeness, and Submission for promotional purposes

10. Publicity

By participating in the Hackathon, Entrant consents to the promotion and display of the Entrant's Submission, and to the use of personal information about themselves for promotional purposes by the Sponsor. This includes but is not limited to name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and location, which may be used in any media worldwide without further payment or consideration.

11. General Conditions

• Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend, or modify the Hackathon due to technical failures, fraud, or other unforeseen circumstances
• Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify any individual or Entrant for tampering with the entry process or violating these rules
• These Official Rules may be amended at any time, with changes posted on the Hackathon Website
• If any provision becomes illegal or unenforceable, the remainder of these rules remain valid

12. Limitations of Liability

Entrants agree to release the Sponsor from any and all liability in connection with the prizes or participation in the Hackathon, except where prohibited by law.

13. Disputes

By entering, Entrants agree that:

• Any disputes will be resolved individually without class action
• Disputes will be resolved by binding arbitration under American Arbitration Association rules
• These Official Rules are governed by the laws of California, USA.
• Entrants waive rights to punitive, incidental, or consequential damages

14. Additional Terms

Participation in this Hackathon constitutes acceptance of LiquidMetal's Raindrop Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. If there is any conflict between those terms and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.

15. Contact Information

For questions about the Hackathon, contact: [email protected]

For questions about LiquidMetal's Raindrop services, contact: [email protected]