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Sat May 02 2026

StepOne AI Engine Buildathon

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The StepOne AI Buildathon is a national-level online hackathon designed to identify exceptional builders who can create real-world AI systems for marketing automation. view more...

online Hackathon 2 - 4 Team Members View full Schedule

Last date to Register

Sat May 02 2026

StepOne AI Engine Buildathon

StepOne AI Engine Buildathon

The StepOne AI Buildathon is a national-level online hackathon designed to identify exceptional builders who can create real-world AI systems for marketing automation.


Last date to Register

Sat May 02 2026


Virtual | online Hackathon 2 - 4 Team Members View full Schedule


About

The StepOne AI Buildathon is a national-level online hackathon designed to identify exceptional builders who can create real-world AI systems for marketing automation.

Participants will develop an intelligent content engine that transforms raw event media into platform-ready marketing assets without human intervention.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.


Challenges

Content & Design Engine

Build an automated system that turns raw event data into publish-ready marketing assets.

Market Intelligence Engine

Build a system that not only understands a brand, but identifies, reaches, and engages the right decision-makers automatically.

Content & Design Engine

Build an automated system that turns raw event data into publish-ready marketing assets.

Market Intelligence Engine

Build a system that not only understands a brand, but identifies, reaches, and engages the right decision-makers automatically.


Jury Panel

Pallavi Rakhecha

Marketing Manager

StepOne

Rajat Khaitan

Founder

StepOne

Tara Dheer

Head of Operations

StepOne

Venkata Satyasai Razolu

Software Engineer

StepOne

Pallavi Rakhecha

Marketing Manager

StepOne

Rajat Khaitan

Founder

StepOne

Tara Dheer

Head of Operations

StepOne

Venkata Satyasai Razolu

Software Engineer

StepOne


Schedule

20 Apr 2026
00:00
Registrations Open
Mon Apr 20 2026
00:00
All Problem Statements Released
Fri Apr 24 2026
00:00
Live AMA / Q&A Session
Sat May 02 2026
00:00
Submission deadline
Mon May 04 2026
00:00
Evaluation Phase
Wed May 06 2026
00:00
Top 10 Teams Announcement
Thu May 07 2026
00:00
Final Pitching Round + Winners Announcement

Rewards

Rs. 30,000

Mega Winner

by StepOne and specially designed for teams that take on both challenges and deliver the most efficient, effective, and scalable solutions.

Rs. 20,000

1st Prize in each category

by StepOne, they will recognizes the team that excelled across from each challenges, delivering a highly efficient, effective, and scalable solution, just shy of the top spot.

Rs. 15,000

2nd Prize in each category

by StepOne celebrates the team that demonstrated strong performance across each challenges with a well-crafted, efficient, and scalable solution.


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