Google Solution Challenge
Pick one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals and build a solution with Google technology. Solo or in teams of up to four.
Explore the challengeGDG Tulsa · build weekends
Turn a real problem into a working demo.
Hackathons are where curiosity gets a deadline. Bring a problem from your campus, company, or city; leave with a team, a prototype, and a clearer sense of what to build next.
Gemini
Google Cloud
Firebase
Android
Agent Dev KitThree ways to build
Choose the pressure that makes you ship.
Some teams start with a global challenge. Some start with a local night and a half-formed idea. GDG Tulsa gives both kinds of builders a place to find momentum.
Build with AI weekends
Learn the tools, then spend a focused build sprint turning the lesson into a deployed AI application you can actually show.
See Build with AILocal hack nights
Shorter loops, local mentors, and a room full of people who will help you get from “what if?” to “look, it works.”
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The weekend loop
Fast feedback beats perfect plans.
Good hackathons move through a simple loop: name the problem, test the smallest useful idea, put it in front of someone, and keep the part that helps. Our mentors and community make that loop easier to run.
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Frame the problem
Start with a person and a moment, not a feature list.
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Build the smallest proof
Use Gemini, Firebase, Cloud, or Android where they remove friction.
3
Show the loop
Finish with a demo someone can open, understand, and react to.
The GDG hackathon formula
Make the idea useful before you make it impressive.
Real problem
Choose a problem with a person attached to it. Judges and users can feel the difference.
Right tool
Use the Google stack where it creates leverage: model, data, identity, deployment, or insight.
Working loop
Close with a live path from input to outcome. A working demo creates the next conversation.