Hackathon New Delhi: Build AI Agents

Hackathon New Delhi: Build AI Agents, ship by EOD

Register via Luma: https://luma.com/xmn74jyd

Four hours. One working agent. A real problem worth solving.

This is a builder-first, in-person hackathon from Elastic x GDG Cloud New Delhi supported by community partner KNOTIC. The premise is simple: you've got your coding agents, Elastic, GCP Cloud services and a 4-hour build window. The plumbing is no longer the hard part, judgment is.

When you arrive, you'll pick from a set of curated problem themes, all rooted in things New Delhi actually deals with every day. Civic services. Commute. Housing. Health. Things that affect real people. We'll reveal the themes in person so the playing field is level: nobody pre-builds, everybody starts from the same line.

This is not a workshop. There are no step-by-step tutorials. Mentors are around when you're stuck, but the direction is yours. Solo or team, beginner or advanced, the only rule is: ship something that adds value and with solution.

Why problem-first

Most hackathons measure tool fluency. This one measures judgment. With coding agents in the room, anyone can wire up a vector index in 20 minutes. The hard part is knowing what to build, where to find the data, how to cite it, and how to make an agent that earns a real user's trust. That's where the four hours actually go.

Bring your own data — no starter pack

We won't hand you a pre-staged index. Find your sources, ingest them properly, cite them, credit them. Part of the judging is whether you treated the data and the people behind it with respect.

What to bring

Your laptop. An open mind. A coding assistant subscription if you have one (Claude, Cursor, Codex, Kiro, Copilot, bring your own). Energy.

What's on the line

₹30,000 in swags. Food and coffee on us, served at your desk so you don't lose build time. And bragging rights for shipping something that actually matters.

See you at 09:00 IST.