Find everything you need to build your project. Use these platform links, AI assistants, and machine learning toolkits to accelerate your building cycle.

Essential Communications & Platforms:

  • Devpost [Required]: The official submission and hacking platform. Track progress and submit your final project here.

  • Discord [Required]: The central hub for GIBC V2. Join to find teammates, receive real-time mentor support, and track live announcements.

AI Assistants & Development Tools:

  • Cursor: An AI-first code editor with deep repository context—highly recommended for full-stack prototyping.

  • Claude Code: Advanced AI-assisted command-line coding tool to accelerate development pipelines.

  • OpenCode: An AI-powered CLI tool built specifically for rapid interface design and system prototyping.

  • ChatGPT / OpenAI: Access standard LLM APIs and leverage a robust playground environment for quick prototyping.

  • GitHub Copilot: Your AI pair programmer directly integrated within VS Code to speed up boilerplate code generation.

  • v0 by Vercel: Generate clean, modern frontend UI components in seconds using simple text prompts.

  • Replit: A fully collaborative web-based cloud IDE featuring a built-in AI agent to code and deploy instantly.

Machine Learning, Training & Hardware Hubs:

  • Hugging Face: The open-source standard. Access pre-trained foundational models, curated datasets, and open model training hubs.

  • Unsloth: A memory-efficient LLM fine-tuning library that allows you to train small-scale models up to 2x faster.

  • Weights & Biases: Seamless experiment tracking, hyperparameter logging, and loss curve visualization.

  • Groq: An ultra-fast, low-latency LLM inference engine ideal for powering live application backends.

  • Perplexity: An AI-powered research engine featuring inline citations to assist with literature and market review.

Frontend, Design & Database Hosting:

  • Figma: The premier collaborative interface layout tool for software/app UI/UX design and wireframing.

  • Vercel: Fast hosting for modern frontend applications and lightweight serverless backend functions.

  • Netlify: Seamless static site deployment, forms integration, and continuous delivery setups.

  • Supabase: An open-source, relational Firebase alternative providing quick Postgres databases, authentication, and instant APIs.

Frameworks & Learning Foundations:

  • Fast.ai: A widely respected learning platform providing practical, code-first deep learning courses from the ground up.

  • TensorFlow: Google's production-ready, open-source deep learning framework for building data-driven systems.

  • JAX: A high-performance, hardware-accelerated machine learning framework optimized for complex, custom transformer architectures.

Contact Us & Support Channels:

If you have any questions, need technical guidance, or require assistance with team formation, please connect with the organizing team directly through our official channels: