We have a team of one 18+ aged student and exceptionally talented two high school juniors (17 years old). Can we participate in this hackathon? We live in Washington State, United States.
According to the official rules, each participant must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a legal resident of one of the 50 United States or Washington D.C., or one of the listed countries.
- Be over the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence.
Since the two high school juniors are 17 years old and thus below the age of majority, they do not meet the eligibility requirements to participate individually. Additionally, participation as part of a group is not allowed.
For full details, refer to Section 4. ELIGIBILITY of the official rules. You can find the official rules of the Gemini API Developer Competition on the competition website.
Given these points, your team as described cannot participate in the competition.