AI Hackathon

About

Only 100 Teams will be accepted! The first 100 registered teams will directly qualify for the Offline Final Contest on 7 October 2026, where all 100 teams will compete together. The AI Hackathon is the flagship competition of AI Dev Fest 2026, where participants design, build and showcase innovative AI-driven projects that solve real-world problems. Teams will work intensively within a fixed time frame to transform their ideas into functional prototypes applying machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision or other AI technologies. The event challenges participants not only to build technically sound solutions but also to demonstrate creativity, practicality and real-world impact. The hackathon concludes with a project showcase, where teams present their solutions before a panel of judges from academia and industry.

Eligibility

Open for all university students.

Rules

1. Teams must develop an AI-based solution for the announced theme/problem during the official hackathon period. 2. AI models, APIs, pretrained models, frameworks, open-source libraries and public datasets may be used unless the challenge brief restricts them. 3. Pre-existing general-purpose components may be used, but a substantially completed solution specifically prepared for the announced challenge is not allowed. 4. Teams must disclose significant external datasets, APIs, services and pre-existing components if requested. 5. The final submission must include the required prototype/project files and presentation or demo specified by the organizers. 6. Every team must be able to demonstrate the project and answer judges' questions about its design, implementation and AI components. 7. Work copied from another team or falsely presented as the team's own will result in disqualification. 8. Teams may have a maximum of 3 (three) members and single-member participation is permitted. 9. Member substitutions without official prior registration are strictly prohibited.

Prizes

• Champion

  First Place

  ৳50,000

• 2nd

  Second Place

  ৳30,000

• 3rd

  Third Place

  ৳20,000

• 4th

  Fourth Place

  ৳15,000

• 5th

  Fifth Place

  ৳10,000

• 6th

  Sixth Place

  ৳5,000