October 13, 2016 – dtac accelerate joins forces with Google Developer Group Thailand (GDG Thailand) to host the first DevFest Hackathon in Thailand. The event gives application developers an exclusive opportunity to develop their product with Google’s hottest tool Firebase, which makes application development easier and faster, and expand user base and increase revenue over the 2 days 1 night on October 29-30, 2016 at dtac House.
The competition will select the top 20 teams, with a maximum of 6 members in each team, who will get an opportunity to work with mentors and experts from Google and a chance to win prizes and business support from Google Developer Group and dtac, worth total of 420,000 Baht.
The winner will receive a 100,000 Baht cash reward from dtac and prizes from Google Developer Group, such as Google Pixel, Google Home, Google WiFi, Chromecast Ultra, DayDream View, and $5,000 Firebase credit, totaling 270,000 Baht.
The first runner up will receive 3X Chromecast and $1,000 Firebase credit, totaling 35,000 Baht.
The second runner up will receive 3X Chromecast and $500 Firebase credit, totaling 17,500 Baht.
Each of the final 20 teams will receive $20 Firebase credit.
DevFest Hackathon is now open for online application at wi.th/devfesthackathon. All startups at every stage are welcome to join and develop their product with Firebase. The winners will be selected out of the final 20 teams and will receive shields and prizes from Google Developer Groupand dtac.
