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Best use of GenAI using InterSystems IRIS Vector Search
InterSystems Challenge for MIT Hacking Medicine in São Paulo 2025

As you tackle your healthcare challenge this weekend, think about how Generative AI can boost your solution’s functionality, efficiency, and intelligence.
InterSystems mentors are on-site to help you get started and implement it.

You can participate in InterSystems challenge in combination with other challenges at MIT Hacking Medicine in São Paulo 2025.

Technology Provided

You will gain access to the InterSystems IRIS data platform, which now supports Vector Search. Use Python / SQL / Langchain / Llamaindex to easily search your data with the power of embedding models, and build RAG on your data.

Follow the steps from InterSystems IRIS Vector Search github repo to begin:

Quickstart (GitHub Repo)

InterSystems IRIS Vector Search is our new vector store feature within the IRIS Data Platform. But we're not a "vector database" just like we're not a "string database" or "integer database" -- embedding vectors are just another SQL datatype for us!

InterSystems IRIS data platform gives you the tools to seamlessly integrate GenAI, tabular AutoML, data interoperability, using simple SQL or Python LangChain/Llamaindex connectors.

Recording of InterSystems Workshop on InterSystems IRIS Vector Search on September 6

Watch here

Who Wins

The most innovative solution leveraging GenAI on InterSystems IRIS wins the challenge!

Prizes

To qualify for the prize, your solution needs to include InterSystems IRIS Vector Search.
You can participate in this challenge in combination with other challenges at MIT Hacking Medicine in São Paulo.
1st Place: Amazon Echo Show 5 / each team member
For startups only: guaranteed spot in InterSystems’ exclusive Healthtech incubator - Caelestinus 2026, bypassing the competition and selection process.
2nd Place: JBL Clip 5 / each team member
3rd Place: Under Armour jacket / each team member

Learning Resources

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Video Companion
Different Types of AI Simply Explained (8 min)

Get Inspired

See projects from the past hackathons leveraging InterSystems IRIS Vector Search.
A businessman checking stock charts on a mobile device. Technology and work on the go.
Flipside
Semantic search for news stories to counter opinion based sources
businessman showing data for a presentation
Kaleido
Comparative news analysis to offset bias and sentiment
Female Physician Holding Patient's Hand
MemoryLane
Semantic search for news stories to counter opinion based sources

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