AI hackathons in India, open now
Open hackathons in AI and machine learning: models, agents, data and the tools around them. 107 ai hackathons open in India now, 26 closing this week, ₹11.9Cr in listed prizes, 73 online. Dates, fees and prizes from the organisers' own listings, refreshed daily.
Checked against the organisers' listings on .
Closing this week
Registration shuts first on these. Sorted by deadline.
- SustainX 2026: The Sustainability Hackathon
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Gurgaon · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowGurgaonFree ₹50K 132 registered - BESCOM POWER HACK 2026: "EM" Powering Tomorrow
Presidency University (PU), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowBengaluruFree ₹50K 107 registered - Ostad Presents YUNet AIgnite Buildathon 2026
Youth Upskill Network - YUNet · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 418 registered - Redshifted Cortex - AI built by High Schoolers
Redshifted · listed on Devpost
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 19 registered - BharatCode Build League
Bharat Code · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 1,049 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Db2Hack 2026 | Build AI Applications on IBM Db2
GL Bajaj Group of Institutions, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 92 registered - CodePuneThinkers Hackathon - Hack With Pune
HackWithPune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 1,637 registered - Learn AR with SPECS
Devpost · listed on Devpost
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovOnlineFree ₹2.1L 1,122 registered
Paid internships for builders
Open now, with a stipend. Most you can do from home.
Biggest prizes
As the organisers list them.
- Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Meta · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 NovOnlineFree ₹8.4Cr 5,146 registered - UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS
UGREEN · listed on Devpost
Register by 16 NovOnlineFree ₹38.6L 1,285 registered - HackTheFashion Global'26
FabricVTON · listed on Devpost
Register by 25 NovOnlineFree ₹37.8L 95 registered - DeveloperWeek New York 2027 Hackathon
DevNetwork · listed on Devpost
Register by 17 JunOnlineFree ₹10.5L 18 registered
Join from anywhere
Online, most registered first.
- Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Meta · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 NovOnlineFree ₹8.4Cr 5,146 registered - Anna AI OS Founding Builder Challenge 2026
Talentsec Technology (Hong Kong) Limited · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree 2,764 registered - Catalyst - Solo AI Hackathon
Makers Need More (MnM) · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 2,381 registered - NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 1,967 registered - AETHOS - Day Zero
Together We Solve · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 JanOnlineFree 1,698 registeredAI/MLResearch - Codegeist 2026: Build with context. Ship with confidence.
Atlassian · listed on Devpost
Register by 22 DecOnlineFree 1,662 registered
Where they are
All 107 open ai hackathons
By deadline. Each opens the organiser's listing to register.
- SustainX 2026: The Sustainability Hackathon
Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Gurgaon · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowGurgaonFree ₹50K 132 registered - BESCOM POWER HACK 2026: "EM" Powering Tomorrow
Presidency University (PU), Bangalore · listed on Unstop
Closes tomorrowBengaluruFree ₹50K 107 registered - Ostad Presents YUNet AIgnite Buildathon 2026
Youth Upskill Network - YUNet · listed on Devpost
Closes tomorrowOnlineFree 418 registered - Redshifted Cortex - AI built by High Schoolers
Redshifted · listed on Devpost
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 19 registered - BharatCode Build League
Bharat Code · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 7 NovOnlineFree 1,049 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Db2Hack 2026 | Build AI Applications on IBM Db2
GL Bajaj Group of Institutions, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 92 registered - CodePuneThinkers Hackathon - Hack With Pune
HackWithPune · listed on Unstop
Closes in 3 days · 8 NovOnlineFree 1,637 registered - Learn AR with SPECS
Devpost · listed on Devpost
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovOnlineFree ₹2.1L 1,122 registered - HerHack
ECHELON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 9 NovFaridabadFree ₹2L 408 registered - CodeNova India 2026 - National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Closes in 5 days · 10 NovOnlineFree 817 registered - Synapase 3.0
Kalindi College (KC), University of Delhi (DU), Delhi · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovDelhiFree 804 registered - NexHack 2.0
Geeta University, Naultha, Panipat · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovPanipatFree ₹50K 749 registered - AgentX | Agentic AI Showcase
Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM), Mangaluru · part of Aerophilia · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovMangaluru ₹15K 278 registered - INFRASHIFT Hackathon
Infrasity.com · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovDelhiFree ₹88K 140 registered - Great Indian AI Internship Challenge
Gnani.ai · listed on gnani.ai
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovOnline ₹5LMachine learningPython - Prompt Battle
Sahyadri College of Engineering & Management (SCEM), Mangaluru · part of Aerophilia · listed on Unstop
Closes in 6 days · 10 NovMangaluru ₹15K 123 registered - Cognition- AI Hackathon
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce (SGGSCC), New Delhi · part of TechTonics · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovDelhiFree ₹10K 56 registered - Innovate - Online Hackathon
Aveeranex (OPC) Private Limited · listed on Unstop
Closes in 7 days · 11 NovOnlineFree 514 registered - The Liar's Chatroom
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore · part of Synergy 2026 · listed on Unstop
Register by 12 NovOnlineFree ₹25K 133 registered - CodeZen India 2026 - National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree 890 registered - Catalyst - Solo AI Hackathon
Makers Need More (MnM) · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 2,381 registered - Hack-a-Sol 5.0
International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Naya Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 13 NovRaipurFree ₹1.2L 260 registered - Agentic AI Hackathon
Product Space · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹1L 36 registeredAPIsAI/ML - Beat The Market | TECHKRITI | IIT KANPUR
Techkriti · part of Techkriti 2027 · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovKanpurFree 73 registered - CIVIC Hack 2026
Future Cities Institute · listed on Devpost
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹92K 11 registered - Project Last Mile: Analytics Case Challenge
Xavier School of Management (XLRI) · listed on Unstop
Register by 14 NovOnlineFree ₹15K 25 registered - NASA Space Apps Challenge 2026
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 1,967 registered - Homingo Hack Days: Online AI Hackathon
Homingo · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree ₹5K 1,022 registeredAI/MLAutomation - Srujan 2026 - 1.5 Lakh Mega Hackathon In association with L&T Edutech - Online Round is Free, No Rs 1200 Charged in it
Bk birla College · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovKalyan 22 registeredSecurityAI/ML - Mathematics for systems security
Software Engineering Club (DEV) · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 169 registered - NorCal Hacks 27
Lynbrook Engineering Club · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree 25 registered - GTransformer AI Buildathon 2026 — AI for Global Good
GTransformer Foundation · listed on Devpost
Register by 15 NovOnlineFree ₹84K 8 registered - Build with Agora - BLR
KNOTiC · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree 292 registeredAPIsAI/ML - WIE HackEarth 2.0
Galgotias University (GU), Greater Noida · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovGautam Buddha NagarFree 228 registered - Prompt to Product
Acharya Institute of Technology · listed on Unstop
Register by 15 NovBengaluruFree ₹6K 48 registered - UGREEN Hackathon 2026 on AI NAS
UGREEN · listed on Devpost
Register by 16 NovOnlineFree ₹38.6L 1,285 registered - AGENTIC X 2.0 – AI & Robotics Hackathon
Woxsen University, Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 16 NovHyderabadFree 74 registered - 13th Protocol: An AI Hackathon 2026
KCC Institute of Management and Technology, Greater Noida · listed on Unstop
Register by 17 NovGreater NoidaFree 20 registered - Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026
Meta · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 NovOnlineFree ₹8.4Cr 5,146 registered - DataNyx'26
Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology (MJCET), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovHyderabadFree ₹1L 379 registered - TechFusion MERN Stack Coding Challenge 2026
HI-Tech Institute Of Engineering And Technology (HIET), Ghaziabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovOnlineFree ₹500 573 registered - Singularity 2.0
KC College of Engineering and Management Studies and Research · listed on Unstop
Register by 19 NovThaneFree ₹40K 173 registered - Hacknova'27 2.0
Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) · listed on Unstop
Register by 20 NovKharghar ₹1.4L 25 registered - Dakar Bitcoin Hack by BTrust
Dakar Bitcoin Days · listed on Devpost
Register by 20 NovOnlineFree ₹76K 160 registered - STEM2Connect AI Hackathon
STEM2Connect · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree 323 registered - Bridge The Gap Hacks
Bridge The Gap Hacks · listed on Devpost
Register by 21 NovOnlineFree 62 registered - KUK VIRTUAL HACKATHON
Kelab UMNO Korea · listed on Devpost
Register by 22 NovOnlineFree ₹67K 22 registered - OBSCURA: Satellite AI Research Challenge
BTAJI CREW · listed on Devpost
Register by 24 NovOnlineFree ₹4K 47 registeredAI/MLResearch - CMR HACKFEST 4.0
CMR College of Engineering and Technology (CMRCET), Hyderabad · listed on Unstop
Register by 25 NovHyderabad ₹2.2L 177 registered - HackTheFashion Global'26
FabricVTON · listed on Devpost
Register by 25 NovOnlineFree ₹37.8L 95 registered - Build Your First AI App
Yasir Insights · listed on Devpost
Register by 27 NovOnlineFree 296 registered - Agents that act. Systems that answer. | Free Virtual Agentic-AI Hackathon
Studentchakra · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 NovOnlineFree 31 registered - Global AI Builder’s Challenge
Refactor The World · listed on Devpost
Register by 28 NovOnlineFree 120 registered - Hacknexus
Mastermind Research Technologies · listed on Unstop
Register by 29 NovOnlineFree 392 registered - Anna AI OS Founding Builder Challenge 2026
Talentsec Technology (Hong Kong) Limited · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovOnlineFree 2,764 registered - Health Hackathon 3.0
VIT Bhopal University · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovBhopalFree 68 registered - VIT Bhopal University to Host Health Hackathon 3.0 in January 2027
VIT BHOPAL · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 NovBhopalAI/MLAnalytics - National Online Hackathon 2026
EDXcellence LLP · listed on Unstop
Register by 1 DecOnlineFree 15 registered - CodeAstra India 2026 – National Hackathon
WeCodeCoders · listed on Unstop
Register by 2 DecOnlineFree 219 registered - ML Empowerment Build Challenge 4.0
ML Empowerment Foundation · listed on Devpost
Register by 2 DecOnlineFree 75 registered - NeuroHack
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · listed on Unstop
Register by 3 DecChennaiFree 171 registered - CyberPeace Foundation ISR Innovation Hackathon | Defence Intelligence Summit 2027
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 DecOnlineFree ₹90K 1 registered - PromptWars Hyderabad 2026 - AI & Prompt Engineering Competition
St. Peter's Engineering College (SPEC), Hyderabad, Telangana · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 DecHyderabad 63 registered - Rack It Up 2026: 48-Hour Online Hackathon by Rack'Em
Karma Enterprises · listed on Unstop
Register by 9 DecOnlineFree 325 registered - The Black-Box Protocol: Stage 03 - System Convergence
TECHhelp4U · listed on Unstop
Register by 10 DecDelhiFree ₹2L 1,283 registeredCloudAI/ML - AI Agents for Founders Challenge — HETIC 2026
HETIC · listed on Devpost
Register by 18 DecOnlineFree ₹91K 187 registered - Codegeist 2026: Build with context. Ship with confidence.
Atlassian · listed on Devpost
Register by 22 DecOnlineFree 1,662 registered - Hacksprint 3.0
Karpagam Academy of Higher Education · listed on Unstop
Register by 28 DecOnlineFree 113 registered - TCU Hack Day
Technical Community Universe · listed on Unstop
Register by 30 DecDelhiFree 164 registered - Goa Buildathon 27
Goa Buildathon · listed on Unstop
Register by 31 DecSouth GoaFree ₹10L 760 registered - AETHOS - Day Zero
Together We Solve · listed on Unstop
Register by 7 JanOnlineFree 1,698 registeredAI/MLResearch - checkpoint 1 — games for good
Checkpoint · listed on Devpost
Register by 10 JanOnlineFree ₹10L 77 registered - DeveloperWeek 2027 Hackathon
DevNetwork · listed on Devpost
Register by 11 FebOnlineFree ₹5L 289 registered - AI for Human Impact: A Global BASIS Hackathon
BASIS Independent Silicon Valley · listed on Devpost
Register by 13 FebOnlineFree ₹8.6L 3 registered - DeveloperWeek New York 2027 Hackathon
DevNetwork · listed on Devpost
Register by 17 JunOnlineFree ₹10.5L 18 registered
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Questions
How many ai hackathons are open in India right now?
107, with 26 closing their registrations within a week. The list is refreshed from the organisers' listings through the day, and a hackathon leaves it when registration closes.
Are there online ai hackathons?
Yes: 73 of the 107 open now can be joined from anywhere.
Are ai hackathons free to enter?
97 of the 107 open now are free to register for; the rest list a registration fee, shown against each one.
Which ai hackathons have the biggest prizes?
Meta VR Start Developer Competition 2026 (Meta) lists ₹8.4Cr, then PayPal AI Hackathon with ₹56.7L. Prize amounts are as the organisers list them.
Listings come from Unstop, Devpost, HackerEarth and Google Developer Groups, and each links to the organiser's own page to register. Dates, fees and prizes are as the organisers list them; check there before you commit.