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We're running our first hackathon: Build with VectorAI DB, win Claude subscriptions

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The Actian VectorAI DB Build Challenge is our first community hackathon, and we want to see what you build. Solo or team, beginner or experienced, local or cloud. If you've been looking for a reason to actually ship something with a vector database, this is it. April 13-18, 2026 | Virtual | Register on DoraHacks What you're building An AI application that solves a real, tangible problem using Actian VectorAI DB. It can run on your laptop, on a server, in the cloud, wherever. The only rule: VectorAI DB has to be a core part of your stack, not something you bolted on at the end. Your project also needs to go beyond basic similarity search. Pick at least one of these: Hybrid Fusion - combine multiple search signals into one ranked result. Not just meaning, not just keywords. Both, fused together. What that looks like in practice: A job board that ranks candidates by semantic fit ("backend engineer who gets distributed systems") AND keyword match ("Golang, Kubernetes") merged into one list

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