iQOO City Battles: Chennai Edition
Weekend 3. Chennai. Sept 12-13, 2026. The phone-first AI hackathon series arrives in Tamil Nadu. 30 hours to build with on-device AI on the Snapdragon NPU.
For Tamil Nadu’s Tech Community
IIT Madras, Anna University, SRM, VIT, SSN, CEG – Chennai has some of India’s finest engineering talent. If you’ve been searching for “upcoming hackathons in Tamil Nadu” or “hackathons in Chennai” – this is the one worth clearing your weekend for.
What You Build With
- iQOO phone with Snapdragon NPU (free loaner)
- Office Kit – bridges phone to laptop (screen mirror, clipboard, files, remote control)
- On-device AI – local and open-source LLMs running on the NPU
- Free AI credits for the weekend
Red Light, Green Light
55% of build time is Red Light (phone only). 45% is Green Light (both devices). This forces creative phone-first thinking. The build HAS to work on the phone.
Prizes: Rs 6L (Chennai Battle)
Working Professionals: Winner Rs 1.5L, 1st RU Rs 1L, 2nd RU Rs 70K
Students: Winner Rs 1.5L, 1st RU Rs 80K, 2nd RU Rs 50K