AI Hackathon - Sri Lanka

AI Hackathon 2026 is a one-day, in-person hackathon on Saturday 17 October 2026 at the Measurements Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa. Teams of three turn an idea into a working AI-powered product in a single day using Jac, an open-source, AI-native programming language that brings agents, data, backend and frontend together.

One language. A whole AI stack. Endless possibilities.

Powered by Jaseci Labs, with EESoc. The main track is Hack the Future with Jac: build working software that makes real use of Jac and Jaseci, with at least 80% of your code in Jac.

What makes it special

• $1,000 in prizes: $500, $300 and $200 for the top three projects.
• Same-day results: judging happens after the deadline and winners are announced at the venue that evening.
• Jaseci team on-site: on hand all day to help with Jac and Jaseci.
• Free meals: a morning snack, lunch and an evening snack.
• All skill levels welcome.

Schedule (Sri Lanka time, Saturday 17 October)

1. Register on this page and form a team of 3. Every team member must register.
2. Read up on Jac before the day: the docs are at jaclang.org/docs/latest, and the Jaseci site is jaseci.org.
3. Look at Jac Hammer at jachammer.ai (docs). It lets you host your app for free on the sandbox, which is encouraged so judges can try your project.
4. Arrive by 8:00 AM at the Measurements Laboratory, University of Moratuwa. Every team member checks in on the day.
5. Star the Jac repo at github.com/jaseci-labs/jac. It is part of the submission checklist.