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Artificial Intelligence is evolving beyond models into autonomous systems capable of reasoning, decision-making, and real-world execution. AI Agents Hackathon 2026 brings together developers, researchers, founders, and innovators to build the next generation of intelligent systems powered by modern AI infrastructure.
Organized by HackIndia, India’s largest hackathon series, this hackathon is designed for builders exploring AI agents, automation, large language models, retrieval systems, evaluation pipelines, and real-world AI applications at scale.
Participants will work on impactful problems across productivity, healthcare, finance, language technology, automation, and open innovation while collaborating with mentors, ecosystem partners, and leading AI companies.
AI Agents Hackathon 2026 is supported by leading companies, developer platforms, and AI infrastructure ecosystems working at the forefront of innovation, developer tooling, and emerging technologies.
Our sponsors and ecosystem partners play an active role in empowering participants through mentorship, technical workshops, infrastructure credits, challenge tracks, product access, and real-world problem statements.
Adaption - Adaptive Data Track Sponsor
Adaption is building infrastructure for the next generation of AI systems through Adaptive Data — a platform designed to help developers ingest, adapt, evaluate, and export high-quality datasets for AI agents, fine-tuning pipelines, and real-world AI applications.
The platform enables builders to create dynamic, multilingual, and domain-specific datasets that improve AI system performance across underserved languages, industries, and use cases.
Through the Adaptive Data Track at AI Agents Hackathon 2026, Adaption is empowering developers to experiment with scalable AI data workflows, evaluation systems, and intelligent agent architectures while addressing real-world challenges in language technology and AI accessibility.
Adaptive Data currently supports 242 languages, enabling developers to build solutions for global and regional communities often underserved by mainstream AI systems.
The Sharp Economy Track focuses on building next-generation AI products, developer tools, and digital experiences that leverage the Sharp ecosystem and emerging decentralized technologies.
Participants are encouraged to explore innovative applications across AI, creator economies, productivity systems, developer platforms, tokenized ecosystems, and internet-native communities.
Suggested problem areas include:
• AI-powered creator and developer platforms
• Decentralized productivity and collaboration tools
• Token-driven engagement systems
• AI applications integrated with digital economies
• Community-driven platforms and automation systems
• Open innovation using the Sharp ecosystem
Participants in this track will have the opportunity to build impactful products while experimenting with modern AI workflows, automation systems, and scalable internet-native applications.
Hackathon Begins
May 15, 2026
Project Submission Deadline
June 15, 2026 • 5:30 PM IST
Finalists Announcement
Selected teams will be notified via email
Final Showdown
June 25, 2026
Results Announcement
June 30, 2026 via HackIndia official channels
• High-intensity AI development sprint
• Real-world AI agent and automation use cases
• Mentorship from industry experts and ecosystem partners
• Collaboration with developers, researchers, and builders
• Live demos and final project presentations
• Exposure to emerging AI tooling and infrastructure
• Networking opportunities across India’s growing AI ecosystem
Participants can build projects across multiple AI-focused domains, including:
• AI Agents & Autonomous Systems
• Conversational AI & Voice Agents
• Generative AI Applications (LLMs, RAG, Multi-Agent Systems)
• AI for Healthcare
• AI for Finance & Productivity
• AI Developer Tools & Infrastructure
• Open Innovation
The Adaptive Data Track focuses on building intelligent AI systems powered by dynamic, real-world datasets and multilingual AI infrastructure.
Participants will use Adaptive Data by Adaption to ingest, adapt, evaluate, and export model-ready datasets for AI agents, fine-tuning pipelines, and evaluation systems.
This track specifically encourages builders to address India’s linguistic diversity and underserved regional languages through adaptive AI systems.
Suggested problem statements include:
• Build an AI agent for a low-resource language using Adaptive Data, where the dataset continuously improves through user feedback and corrections
• Build domain-specific evaluation agents for sectors such as healthcare, legal, agriculture, or financial compliance using Adaptive Data-powered evaluation pipelines
Participants in this track must demonstrate meaningful integration and usage of the Adaptive Data platform within their project.
All eligible participants will receive 500 Adaption credits at the beginning of the hackathon to build using the platform.
Adaptive Data currently supports 242 languages.
AI Agents Hackathon 2026 is open to:
• Undergraduate and postgraduate students
• Developers and software engineers
• Designers and AI researchers
• Startup founders and innovators
• Individual participants and teams
• Anyone passionate about building AI-powered products and systems
Join the Discord server for questions and everything: https://discord.gg/3XFn3jgRnB
Participants applying for the Adaptive Data Track must submit their projects before June 15, 2026 • 5:30 PM IST.
Required submissions:
• Submit the Adaption dataset using the official submission form: https://uc9yb.share.hsforms.com/2VyQDViA5RQOCS3ydhGF6mA
• Open-source the dataset on Hugging Face and Kaggle
• Credit Adaption within the dataset description and README documentation
• Demonstrate active usage of the Adaptive Data platform within the project
Projects that do not meaningfully integrate Adaptive Data may not be considered eligible for the Adaption prize pool.
Participants applying for the HackIndia Main Track must submit their projects before June 15, 2026 • 5:30 PM IST.
Required submissions:
• Submit complete project code through the official HackIndia GitHub submission workflow
• Include a 2-minute demo video explaining the product and technical implementation
• Submit project details, architecture, and setup instructions
• Demonstrate a functional prototype or working AI workflow
Selected finalists will present their projects live during the final showcase on June 25, 2026.
Finalist teams will:
• Demonstrate a working live product
• Present technical architecture and implementation decisions
• Explain scalability, real-world applicability, and innovation
• Participate in live Q&A with the judging panel
Projects will be evaluated based on:
• Innovation and originality
• Technical implementation quality
• Real-world usefulness and scalability
• AI agent capabilities and execution
• Product thinking and user experience
• Quality of presentation and demonstration
1st Place
$1,000 USD from Adaption
2nd Place
$600 USD from Adaption
3rd Place
$400 USD from Adaption
1st Place
20,000 Sharp Tokens
2nd Place
10,000 Sharp Tokens
3rd Place
5,000 Sharp Tokens
Winning teams from the Adaptive Data Track will receive prize money directly from Adaption. Selected winners will be contacted through their registered email address.
Winning teams from the HackIndia Main Track will receive Sharp Tokens directly to the wallet connected to their HackIndia account.
• Build production-ready AI applications and agent systems
• Experiment with modern AI infrastructure and tooling
• Gain mentorship from experienced AI professionals
• Collaborate with high-signal developers and builders
• Showcase projects to ecosystem partners and industry leaders
• Strengthen your portfolio with real-world AI products
• Become part of one of India’s fastest-growing AI developer ecosystems