Wayne Sutton

2 months ago

Zero to One Hackathon V2 Winners

We just finished up our second hackathon on DevPost and had a great time reviewing all of the applications sent our way. Thousands of developers and startup founders built some impressive fullstack apps on Convex. The range of submissions was inspiring; from an AI-powered CRM tool for commercial real estate brokers to AI prompt Agents and converting Hacker News job listings into real-time alerts, the creativity and execution were on point.

It was awesome to see the variety of submissions roll in throughout the hackathon and we hope everyone keeps pushing their projects forward with Convex.

After some tough competition and careful judging, we’re pumped to announce the winners!

Winners and Prizes

Best fullstack app that uses Convex (overall)

• Winner: Fireview live app
• Description: Notion for your application data
• Why we chose it: One of our judges responses was “amazing” and “one of the more complex use of Convex I've seen”. The timeline for Fireview works as they made more than a signficate amout of changes to their app at the start of the hackathon. We’re fans of Fireview and the problems it solves for developers. Great job team!
• Check it out their demo and submission. here

Best Startup Idea

• Winner: Relio CRM live app
• Description: Relio CRM and it’s a tool based for commercial real estate brokers. Talk to your data with AI and collaborate with your brokers and agents in real time.
• Why we chose it: There are CRMs, and then there are CRMs built on Convex for markets with massive potential. That’s like putting ice cream on cake—it’s got all the ingredients for a winning startup! Relio CRM taps into Convex features like auth on Next.js, indexes, vector search, and relationships to bring their idea to life.
• Check it out their demo and submission. here

Best use of AI with Convex in your app

• Winner: AIbase live app
• Description: Never rewrite your prompts again, build a library of custom prompted AI helpers and quickly use them anywhere.
• Why we chose it: AIbase stood out as one of the most polished full-stack apps submitted, making great use of AI with Convex. What better way to showcase AI with Convex than by building an app designed to save time on prompting? On top of that, Aibase made excellent use of Convex’s features—auth, schema, relationships, and indexes—all seamlessly integrated. Impressive work!
• Check it out their demo and submission. here

Most Viral App on X or LinkedIn

• Winner: DirectReach AI live app
• Description Unlock Recruiter Connections Instantly – Generate Polished AI Emails and Land Your Dream Job 10x Faster! Why we chose DirectReach AI : Going viral is no easy feat these days, but Nishant and the DirectReach AI team pulled it off by building a much needed platform that helps job seekers connect with recruiters using AI and Convex. What’s viral, you ask? Oh, just 200k+ impressions and 2000+ engagements. Mind = blown, Nishant!
• Check it out their demo and submission. here

nishant-Tiwari24/directReach

RecapIt

Big Congrats To All The Hackers!!

The Convex team is incredibly grateful to all participants for their commitment and feedback throughout the hackathon. We hope to see you in our Discord as you build your apps or launch new ones with Convex.

Thank you to our panel of judges!

• Anjana Vakil, Independent Developer & Educator
• Ian Macartney, Developer Experience Engineer at Convex
• Jamie Turner, Co-Founder / CEO at Convex
• Shawn Erquhart, Product Engineer
• Sunny Rochiramani, VP / Head of Engineering at Descript
• Tom Redman, Head of DX at Convex
• Wayne Sutton, Head of Community and Events at Convex

A big thanks to our judges for evaluating the submissions. We appreciate your time and feedback in helping us select the hackathon winners.

Congrats again to the winners! Keep building, and see you in Discord!