AI Infrastructure

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

EpirusBank OpenHackathon is proudly powered by Google Cloud, providing a robust and cutting-edge infrastructure to support your innovation and creativity.

Here’s what you need to know about the infrastructure and the resources available to you:

  • Each team will be provided with a pre-configured Google Cloud Platform (GCP) environment, specifically set up by the organizers to ensure a seamless experience.
  • The environment will include all necessary tools and resources to facilitate your project development, including access to Google’s powerful Vertex AI and Gemini services.
  • Shortlisted teams shall have full access to their dedicated GCP environment to develop and finalize their projects.

Vertex AI

Vertex AI offers access to the latest Gemini models from Google, including Gemini 3. Gemini is capable of understanding virtually any input, combining different types of information, and generating almost any output.

Prompt and test Gemini in Vertex AI Studio, using text, images, video, or code. Using Gemini’s advanced reasoning and state-of-the-art generation capabilities, developers can try sample prompts for extracting text from images, converting image text to JSON, and even generate answers about uploaded images to build next-gen AI applications.

You can also choose from the widest variety of models with first-party (Gemini, Imagen, Chirp, Veo), third-party (Anthropic’s Claude Model Family), and open models (Gemma, Llama 3.2) in Model Garden.

Use extensions to enable models to retrieve real-time information and trigger actions. You can also customize models to your use case with a variety of tuning options.

Training Sessions:

Still under planning

Hackathon Pre-Work:

You can begin experimenting and working on your hackathon projects with Google AI Studio.

You get a free access and have a very similar environment and tools to Vertex AI. So a great way to begin your journey to Google’s AI experience.

Credentials and Instructions:

Detailed instructions and credentials for accessing your team’s GCP environment

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