🚀 About the challenge

Welcome to the Agentic AI Innovation Challenge 2026!

This hackathon invites students, developers, designers, and innovators worldwide to build autonomous AI agents that can reason, plan, make decisions, and take actions to solve real-world problems.

Whether you're creating AI agents for healthcare, education, productivity, sustainability, accessibility, or entirely new domains, this is your opportunity to showcase the future of intelligent systems.

📢 Cummunication & Updates

All announcements, reminders, and important updates will be shared through our official channels. Stay connected for event news, submission deadlines, judging updates, and winner announcements.

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Good luck and happy building! 🤖🚀🌍

🌐 Hackathon Updates:

https://agentic-ai.innovationhacks.in

Requirements

🤖 What to Build

Build an Agentic AI solution that can reason, plan, make decisions, and take actions to solve real-world problems.

Examples include:

  • 💼 AI Agents for Business & Productivity
  • 🏥 AI Agents for Healthcare & Wellbeing
  • 🎓 AI Agents for Education & Learning
  • 🌱 AI Agents for Sustainability & Smart Living
  • 🚀 Open Innovation Agent Projects

What to Submit

Your submission must include:

  • 📝 Project Name & Description
  • 🎥 Demo Video
  • 💻 Source Code Repository (GitHub)
  • 📸 Screenshots or Presentation
  • 🤖 Explanation of your AI Agent
  • 🔗 Live Demo (Optional)

Projects will be judged on innovation, impact, technical implementation, and usability. 🚀🏆

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Prizes

3 non-cash prizes
1st Place Winner
1 winner

Premium Winner Certificate
Devpost Recognition
Social Media Promotion

2nd Place Winner
1 winner

Premium Runner-Up Certificate
Devpost Recognition
Social Media Promotion

3rd Place Winner
1 winner

Premium Certificate
Devpost Recognition
Social Media Promotion

Participation Award
Digital Participation Certificate
Devpost Recognition

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Divyaraj Singh Jatav

Divyaraj Singh Jatav
Supply Chain Manager at Amazon

Mitchelle Ashley

Mitchelle Ashley
Software Engineer at Microsoft

Swarnamalya Mohan

Swarnamalya Mohan
Senior AI/ML Advisor at FedEx

Prathusha Prakash

Prathusha Prakash
Software Engineering Manager at TikTok

Reshmika Dhandapani
Product Manager at Motorola

Sarjan Patel

Sarjan Patel
Founding Engineer at Helix Hubs

Harish Gaggar

Harish Gaggar
Staff Software Site Reliability Engineer at Credit Karma

Varun Gaur

Varun Gaur
Netflix

Maryna Ahieieva

Maryna Ahieieva
Software Engineer at Atlassian

Varin Nair
Factory AI

Urvish Gajjar

Urvish Gajjar
Sr Software Test Manager

Sumit Bhasin

Sumit Bhasin
Senior Staff Software Engineer @ UKG

Vasuki Uday Kiran Vudathala
Staff Performance Engineer at ServiceNow

Udaya Bhaskar Vemuri

Udaya Bhaskar Vemuri
DevSecOps

Srikavya Pajjuru

Srikavya Pajjuru
Software Engineer – Retail Intelligence Platforms

Jay Thakkar
Senior Product Manager at Auditoria AI

Sai Rakshit Yerram

Sai Rakshit Yerram
Staff Software Engineer at Visa

Mandar Chaudhari

Mandar Chaudhari
ML Engineer

Gaurav Shah

Gaurav Shah
Director-Staff Engineer

Nilesh Dhage

Nilesh Dhage
Director Product Management

Keerthana Gadde

Keerthana Gadde
Backend Developer at AMS IT Solutions

Suraj Devatha

Suraj Devatha
Senior Software Engineer Distributed Systems | AI-driven Platforms

Preethi Bharathy
Data Scientist | AI & Scalable Systems

Darsana Usha Devi

Darsana Usha Devi
Senior Product Manager

 Rodrigo Martinez Pinto

Rodrigo Martinez Pinto
Senior Software Engineer

Judging Criteria

  • Innovation & Creativity
    How unique, creative, and original is the solution? Does it introduce new ideas or approaches?
  • Technical Implementation
    Quality of development, AI agent capabilities, technical complexity, and overall functionality.
  • Real-World Impact
    How effectively does the project solve a meaningful real-world problem and create value for users?
  • User Experience & Design
    Ease of use, interface design, project demonstration, and clarity of presentation.
  • Presentation & Demo
    Clarity, quality of demonstration, and effectiveness in showcasing the solution and its impact.

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