Since Google is a tech company and not a video creation company like Runway, most participants tried to come up with ideas that are technologically scalable, not something they know will never go into production, like the dog message translation app mentioned above. Unfortunately, it seems that if the first few seconds of a video didn’t surprise the judges, they likely moved on to the next app without giving it a deeper review.
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Also, if you create an app to benefit your country’s people or solve an issue related to your own country. Maybe they cannot understand it or they do not have the capability to understand it because for them this is not an issue. For example, I created an app to help farmers in my own country. In my country, farmers are not very educated and for them understanding weather apps is a difficult thing. Secondly, my country will be worse affected by climate change. I wanted to create an app that will help them to take timely decisions. I submitted my app in English but also created an Urdu version later. I am now trying to release it. I heard on the news that one farmer who grows potatoes said that his potato field was destroyed. He cultivated potatoes in the same month, he cultivated last year. However, they didn’t grow. However, the potatoes he cultivated next month grew. I quickly understood that it was just because of climate change. This year was hotter than the last year. I became happy that my app would help these people. These kinds of things judges cannot understand. Yes, they can easily understand dog message translation app.
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Let’s not talk about that dog application, I am dying. It is a funny idea, nothing bad. Just using an LLM for it is funny.
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Meu vídeo era simples, simplesmente fiz uma captura da tela mostrando as funções e acrecentei algumas escrita em inglês ja que meu edioma é português, e mesmo assim foi visualizado e meu app foi testado entao creio que não faz diferença se era uma super produção ou apenas um vídeo de demonstração, nao tive nenhum retorno da organização crendo que não passei dessa fase, mas sei que testaram meu app pelo oque ele poderia oferecer e fico feliz por isso.
Maybe your one screenshot tells a lot. My app was not like that and I did not have time to go to the fields, show farmers, and make a video. I needed to explain the whole cycle, and how it works.
“Guys, I think we’ve finally found the owner of the Dog Application!”
@Ikedesigns
Realmente um aplicativo como seu muita das vezes precisa fazer um teste durante o ciclo todo da cultura para ver os resultados e não subestimar o potencial do seu app não duvido que tenha um potencial impactante para os produtores, talvez precisa de um teste mais afundo para ver os resultados, mas creio que realmente isso não tenha acontecido nessa competição
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Next time, I will not put that much effort. I will also develop an app in 10 days. Ideas for you people for the next competition. AI palm reader, AI face reader to check, if your boyfriend is cheating or not. Understanding what your cat is saying etc.
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Let’s wait and see the final results. All jokes aside, the videos we saw were from a different campaign.
My father is a farmer, and @WasimSafdar, you have built an amazing app. My father and grandfather were not educated because we lived in a village where there were no schools during their time. As a child, I also helped my father in the fields. I have already watched your video, and it provides a solution to a problem we face. This is a competition, but I’m not here to promote your app, I just wanted to acknowledge how your app addresses a real issue for us. Thank you for creating this!
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Hi there @lkedesigns Already, your post saying that a friend’s friend won a top prize before the official announcement is enough to disqualify them (those are the rules). This post is sufficient proof that for all those whom @Lloyd_Hightower or your team has already contacted, you must disqualify them. So that next time, people learn to respect the rules and speak properly in forums. Because yes, everything said here is true and does not minimize all the noise that has been made. Everyone is right here . So there you go, his post is already enough to disqualify all those who have been contacted: those are the rules, so Google, apply them!
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I think the goal is to stir up rumors, and Google wouldn’t risk spoiling the results announcement ahead of time, so I think it’s just stirring up controversy.
Lmao, winners already signed up their contract buddy, no one is getting disqualified lmao.
The rules are the rules, no matter what. It is also the shared responsibility of Google staff who venture to contact people before the official announcement. As I have already said, all winners should know on the day of the announcement, not before (all eligibility criteria can be verified without contacting the so-called potential winners, everything is submitted in the submission)
Yes, there is no proof. Friend’s friend. If there is proof, email it to the Google team. Then it is up to them. @lkedesigns Do not post it here.
@Ikedesigns No one is crying here, but your lack of neurons is seriously affecting you. When and where in real life are you going to compare an app with 100,000 lines of code, as you claim, designed to scale in real life, with an app that translates dog language, which is probably what your brain is capable of producing?
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@Hok_Oma not sure because they said they contacted some of the technolgy awards.
All that can be done is wait. What’s done is done.
Hey everyone, I just want to say it’s completely okay to feel upset or disappointed about not winning the competition. Your feelings are valid. Maybe you’re frustrated because you poured countless hours into your app and didn’t get the recognition you hoped for. Maybe you feel the $50K or $200K prize would have made a big difference in your life. Or perhaps you’re second-guessing your choices, like not prioritizing the video aspect or not fully understanding the judging criteria. Whatever it is, it’s natural to feel this way.
That said, I’d like to share some thoughts that might help put things into perspective:
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The odds were incredibly low. With over 3,000 submissions and only a handful of winners, this was always going to be a tough competition. Even if you used all the required technologies, the chances were still slim—just 10 out of 3,000 at most, and even less for others. The winners faced those same odds, too.
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No one had insider information. If you’re frustrated about not focusing enough on certain aspects like the video, just remember: the winners didn’t have any extra clues either. They simply made choices that happened to align with what the judges were looking for. Luck plays a big part in competitions like this.
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Judging is subjective by nature. People naturally have biases, and judges are no different. If a judge resonates with a particular type of app or story, that can influence the outcome. It’s not necessarily about fairness—it’s just human nature. A parent will naturally like apps that cater well to parents instead of a dating app, for example.
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Winners deserve recognition. Everyone here worked incredibly hard, but it’s important to celebrate the winners for their achievements. If you had won, you’d want the same acknowledgment. This was a competition, and sometimes things don’t go the way we hope, but that doesn’t diminish your effort or value.
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Kindness matters. Let’s support one another instead of harboring resentment toward the winners, judges, or competition organizers. Everyone from the hosts to the participants did their best. The competition may be over, but our community and connections can still thrive.
Finally, consider this: the competition was just one stepping stone. The real opportunity lies in what you do next. Focus on launching your app, building a user base, and creating impact in the real world and free markets. Success in the free market can far outweigh all the prize money combined here.
“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.”
– Aeschylus
Let’s strive to be those few. Celebrate your work, learn from this experience, and keep moving forward. You’ve already done something amazing just by participating. It was an honor to participate in this competition alongside you all! Congratulations again to the winners!
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@luluthepooh Everything you’re saying might seem like the best words to say in this situation, the “wisest”, and that many people here envy the winners. While that’s fine, all that has been said isn’t out of envy… We’re waiting to see the winning apps. We’ll see. I hope what you said is true and that the chosen apps really deserve it and are really useful, making a real impact, and “changing the world”(as said in the featured video in the post)