In September, Clarifai participated in a Streamlit-hosted LLM Hackathon, aimed at fostering creativity in developing AI-first products using advanced language models. Participants were challenged to create Streamlit apps utilizing technologies from Clarifai and partners such as LangChain, AssemblyAI, Weaviate, and LlamaIndex, resulting in 36 projects. Among these, two standout winners were selected: GPT Research Buddy and Persona Simulator. GPT Research Buddy is a Q&A and summarization bot for research papers, employing the Nougat Transformer, LLamaIndex, and Clarifai's models for a seamless question-answering experience. Persona Simulator features AI personas with distinct characteristics that engage in tasks like creating art and writing blog posts using tools like Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 and GPT-4. Other notable projects included DocuTalk, Tube-to-Text-Coach, and Design Aid, showcasing diverse applications of AI technologies. The hackathon highlighted the impressive innovation and collaboration within the Clarifai community.