Hackathons 2026

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<p>The <strong>StepOne AI Buildathon</strong> is a national-level online hackathon designed to identify exceptional builders who can create real-world AI systems for marketing automation.</p> <p>Participants will develop an intelligent content engine that transforms raw event media into platform-ready marketing assets without human intervention.</p> <p>The StepOne AI Buildathon is not a traditional coding competition. It is a search for builders who can design systems that solve real business problems with clarity, robustness, and intelligence. StepOne, an experiential marketing company, executes large-scale brand events across India. Each event generates hundreds of photos and videos, which are currently processed manually into marketing assets.</p> <p>This hackathon challenges participants to automate that entire workflow using AI. Participants will build a Content Intelligence Engine that takes raw event media as input and produces publish-ready outputs for multiple platforms including LinkedIn, Instagram posts, Instagram stories, and a structured case study draft. The system must not only generate high-quality outputs but also define its own selection logic for choosing the best assets. The challenge is designed to test not just output quality, but also system thinking.</p> <p>Teams must ensure their solution works consistently across different datasets without manual intervention. In addition, they are required to clearly document their architecture, decision-making process, and system limitations. The hackathon will be conducted fully online.</p> <p>Teams will submit their final working prototypes along with supporting documentation and walkthrough videos. From all submissions, the top 10 teams will be shortlisted based on evaluation criteria such as output quality, platform differentiation, robustness, and clarity of architecture.</p> <p>These top 10 teams will then be invited for a final pitching round where they will present their systems and thinking in depth. Beyond prize money, this hackathon serves as a hiring funnel for StepOne, with select participants being offered the opportunity to work on building the company’s AI-powered marketing platform. This is an opportunity to build something meaningful, solve a real-world problem, and potentially become part of a product that redefines how marketing is executed.</p>

<p><strong><em>Leverage Agentic AI with the power of GitHub Copilot to build autonomous, intelligent systems solving real-world problems at scale.</em></strong></p> <p>Agentic AI Hackathon is a 30 hour in person hackathon designed to introduce young developers to the power of AI-driven agents, automation, and real-world problem solving. The event blends learning, building, and collaboration—helping developers move from concepts to working prototypes. The hackathon kicks off with a Developer Day focused on fundamentals, tools, and ideation, followed by 30 hours of intense hacking, where teams design intelligent assistants that solve practical industry problems. Participants will work in teams of 2–4, guided by mentors, checkpoints, and fun activities, to build useful, beginner-friendly AI applications. The focus is not just on innovation—but on clarity, usability, and learning-by-doing.</p>

<p>Agentic India 30 is a 3-day hands-on hackathon designed to introduce first-year and early-year students to the power of AI-driven agents, automation, and real-world problem solving. The event blends learning, building, and collaboration—helping students move from concepts to working prototypes. The hackathon kicks off with a Developer Day focused on fundamentals, tools, and ideation, followed by 48 hours of intense hacking, where teams design intelligent assistants that solve practical student and campus problems. Participants will work in teams of 2–4, guided by mentors, checkpoints, and fun activities, to build useful, beginner-friendly AI applications. The focus is not just on innovation—but on clarity, usability, and learning-by-doing.</p> <p>PS - This hackathon is open for Anurag University students only.</p>

AI for All – India’s Open Data & AI-Readiness Challenge AI for All is a nationwide online hackathon by Factly in collaboration with Meta, aimed at identifying innovative, open-source solutions that make India’s datasets and digital resources ready for responsible AI use—bridging data, tools, and inclusion. The hackathon invites students, AI startups, researchers, and civic-tech innovators to build solutions across data readiness, Indic language enablement, public data extraction, and AI for social impact. Shortlisted teams will receive mentorship and present their work to an expert jury. All final solutions will be released as open-source and linked to AIKosh, ensuring long-term public value and reuse.