Session B — Fully In-Person at FIU

CodeFest: Edition Dec 2025 / Two Competitions, One Event

Website: CodeFesthack.vercel.app
 Volunteers: HackUniversity.vercel.app

CodeFest | Edition Dec 2025 — Two Sessions

  • Session A — Online (168 hours)

  • Session B — Fully In-Person at FIU (12 hours)

CodeFest features two parallel competitions:
 1. Code/Hardware Hackathon (Tech Track)
 2. Business Venture Arena Competition (No-Code Track — business pitch, venture design, and market strategy)

Theme: Marketing, Business, Finance, and AI
 Open to: All Majors, All Universities, and High School Students (16+)

 

Dates Session A — Online (Worldwide)

Nov 28 – Dec 6, 2025
 A flexible 168-hour online hackathon sprint with virtual mentor hours and asynchronous submissions.

Session B — Fully In-Person at FIU

Saturday, Dec 6, 2025
 Time: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM ET
 Location: Florida International University (On-Campus)

 

Overview

Join CodeFest: Edition Dec 2025, an innovation challenge that brings together builders, analysts, strategists, and founders. Hosted by Hack University and partner organizations, CodeFest empowers participants to build real-world solutions at the intersection of business, finance, marketing, design, and AI.

Participants may choose to work through the 168-hour online session (A) or compete in the high-intensity, one-day sprint (B) on campus at FIU.

 

Session B — Fully In-Person

Date: Sat, Dec 6
 Time: 9:00 AM – 9:00 PM ET
 Location: Florida International University

This 12-hour in-person sprint includes:

  • Live workshops

  • Mentor support

  • Team formation & collaboration

  • AI, analytics, and strategy labs

  • Final presentations to a panel of judges

Teams in either competition track (Tech or Business) will build, validate, and pitch their solutions for prizes and recognition.

 

Access & Perks

Participants gain access to:

  • API credits

  • Software tools & dev resources

  • Business modeling templates

  • AI credits (when applicable)

  • Startup pitch guides

  • Cloud resources

 

These unlock after completing the Hack University Participant “One-Stop Form” using your Google Account sign-up at HackUniversity.vercel.app

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

2 non-cash prizes
General Build [Track #1 — Hackathon Competition]
1 winner

Digital Certificate + Raffle for 4 M5Stack StickC Plus2 units (among the winners) + MLH Swag & MongoDB Swag

Venture Arena (Pitch) [Track #2 — Business Venture Arena Competition]
1 winner

Digital Certificate + Raffle for 4 M5Stack StickC Plus2 units (among the winners) + MLH Swag & MongoDB Swag

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

CODE CRUNCH JUDGES

CODE CRUNCH JUDGES
CODE CRUNCH

Judging Criteria

  • Judging Criteria
    Visit hackuniversity-hackerguide.vercel.app

Questions? Email the hackathon manager

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