YouCam API Skin AI & eCommerce VTO Hackathon

Unleash Your Innovation: Shape the Future of Skincare and eCommerce.
Calling all builders, creators, and visionaries: it’s time to completely reimagine the way we shop. The YouCam API Skin AI & eCommerce VTO Hackathon is your launchpad.
We’re unlocking our most advanced, market-tested AI and AR infrastructure just for you. It's time to build the real-world, scalable products, including cutting-edge Agentic AI workflows.
We’re challenging you to push the boundaries of what’s possible. Seamlessly integrate YouCam APIs into your wildest ideas, whether that means engineering a self-learning styling assistant, a hyper-personalized skin analysis tool, or an entirely new solution to everyday consumer pain points.
Bring your boldest concepts to the table, and we’ll back your vision with serious prize money. Are you up for the challenge?
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About the challenge
All solutions must integrate at least one [
YouCam API
] into a functional web or mobile prototype that delivers clear consumer value. We want fresh, unexpected solutions to real-world pain points in beauty, fashion, or eCommerce—not surface-level wrappers. You can even take it a step further by building scalable products that include cutting-edge Agentic AI workflows.
Pick the topic that best fits your vision and submit:
Skin AI:
People don't wonder about their skin in the abstract; they wonder right before a purchase, right after a bad break

Requirements
What to Build
Like our previous hackathon, your challenge is to integrate at least one
YouCam API
into a functional web or mobile prototype that delivers clear consumer or retail value.
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)
We want fresh, unexpected solutions to real-world pain points in beauty, fashion, or eCommerce, not surface-level wrappers. The experience must be intuitive enough that a first-time user instantly grasps its value.
Whether it’s a brand-new build or a major upgrade to an existing project, show us real impact beyond a simple API call!
What to Submit
Provide a URL to your code repository for judging and testing. The repository must contain all necessary source code, assets, and instructions required for the project to be functional. The repository must be either public (with relevant licensing) or private and shared with
[email protected]
.
Include a text description that should explain the features, functionality and demonstrate clear consumer or retail value of your Project.
Must include screenshots of the project.
Include a 1-3-minute Demo video showing the experience end-to-end
Judges are not required to watch beyond three minutes
should explain the YouCam API used in the submission
should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube (highly preferred), Vimeo, or Youku, and a link to the video must be provided on the submission form on the Hackathon Website; and
must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Entrant has permission to use such material.
Must participate in an exit interview if chosen as winner
Must agree to be included in a blog article

Judging Criteria
Technological Implementation:
How thoroughly and skillfully does the project integrate at least one YouCam API? Does the project demonstrate clear consumer or retail value? Does the code reflect genuine effort and a working, non-trivial implementation?
Design
Does the project deliver a complete, coherent product experience — not just a technical proof of concept?
Potential Impact
Does the project make a credible, specific case for solving a real problem for a real audience — and does the solution actually address that problem based on what's demonstrated?
Quality of Idea
Is this a creative, non-obvious use of at least one YouCam API — and does the team demonstrate genuine understanding of the problem space they're working in?