Nano Banana AI trend: Google DeepMind announces hackathon winners; gives away prizes worth $400,000

Google DeepMind has announced the 50 winners of its recent Nano Banana Hackathon. The company is awarding the contest winners non-monetary prizes totalling $400,000. The 48-hour competition, which ran from September 6 to September 8, received 832 project submissions. Each of the 50 winning projects received a prize package that included $5,000 in Gemini API credits, $1,000 in Fal credits, and 11 million Eleven Labs credits valued at approximately $2,000. Google also provided a special technology prize for submissions that demonstrated outstanding technical achievement using Eleven Labs or Fal technologies.

In a thread of posts shared on the social media platform X (earlier Twitter), Google announced the names and the projects of each winner and wrote: “We’re excited to announce the winners of the Nano Banana Hackathon! 832 projects were submitted, 50 winners were selected, and over $400,000 in prizes were given out.”