An online AI hackathon for developers who love building. Create innovative AI products, solve real-world problems, work on exciting ideas, and compete for amazing rewards.
Projects will be evaluated based on innovation, execution, impact, and product quality. Build anything you can imagine, there are no industry or domain restrictions.
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4 days to turn an idea
into something real.
Before July 19, 11:59 PM, every team submits a hosted prototype, a three-minute demo, a public repo, and a slide deck. Quality of execution matters as much as the idea itself.
The Product must be created with the use of AI.
Use OpenAI Codex, to build your projects along with any tech stack of your choice.
A working product judges can click, type, and break.
Timeline at a Glance.
Exclusive prizes, goodies, and certificates.
Course access, coupons, swags, and verified certificates for every participant.
Winning team
- One year ChatGPT Codex Pro subscription worth ₹1.2L for each team member
- Swags and goodies
- Access to all existing NamasteDev courses for each team member
- Recognition across our platforms
- Winner certificate for each team member
Top 2-5 teams
- One year ChatGPT Codex Pro subscription worth ₹1.2L for each team member
- Swags and goodies
- Access to any two existing NamasteDev courses for each team member
- Recognition across our platforms
- Winner certificate for each team member
Top 6-10 teams
- Access to any one existing NamasteDev course for each team member
- Swags and goodies
- Participation certificate for each team member
- Exclusive discount coupons for all our courses, up to 80% off.
- A verified Certificate of Participation from NamasteDev for valid submissions.
Top 11-20 teams
- Exclusive discount coupons for all our courses, up to 70% off.
- A verified Certificate of Participation from NamasteDev for valid submissions.
All Participants
- Exclusive discount coupons for all our courses, up to 60% off.
- A verified Certificate of Participation from NamasteDev for valid submissions.
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Eight tracks. Endless ways to surprise us.
You're free to bring your own brief. These are starting points, not a checklist.
AI agents
Autonomous workflows, multi-step reasoning.
Developer tools
IDEs, copilots, code-review surfaces.
Education
Tutoring, personalized learning loops.
Productivity
Business automation, internal ops.
Creative
Design, writing, video, sound.
Vertical AI
Healthcare, finance, legal, industry.
Commerce
Storefronts, support, recommendations.
Your Idea
Don't fit a category? Make your own.
Six lenses, weighted equally.
Originality
Fresh angle on a real problem, not a wrapper on a wrapper.
Impact
Solves something a user, business, or community actually feels.
AI fluency
The model is core to the experience, used with intent.
Prototype
A live URL judges can poke, in production, today.
Demo
Three minutes of clarity - problem, product, payoff.
Creativity
Ideas, visuals, experiences. Thoughtfully crafted.
What lands in our inbox.
By 23:59 IST on 19 July 2026. Anything required missing means the entry isn't evaluated.
All submitted links must be publicly accessible.
Hosted URL
A live prototype that is publicly accessible to judges.
Maximum three-minute demo
A public demo video walking through problem, solution, flow.
Public code repo
A publicly accessible codebase plus a README that ships.
Pitch deck
Good to have: five to seven slides on idea, market, what's next.
Quick answers before you build.
Your idea
deserves to be built.