Pixels to Products — Cloudinary AI Hackathon 2026

Build real AI-powered media products. Win up to ₹1,20,000 in prizes. This is a fully virtual hackathon open to developers, designers, and builders across India. You will use Cloudinary — one of the world's leading media management platforms — to build something real. Images, video, audio, AI generation, automated pipelines. Your stack, your idea, your build. No credit card required to get started. Cloudinary's free tier has everything you need. Prize Pool 1st Place — Up to ₹1,20,000 ₹30,000 per teammate for teams of up to 4 members. Distributed as Amazon.in gift cards. Runner Up — ₹20,000 total Divided equally among team members. Distributed as Amazon.in gift cards. Total Prize Pool: Up to ₹1,40,000 To be eligible for prizes, every participant must complete the Cloudinary feedback survey at cld.media/hackathon-survey. This is mandatory. No survey, no prize consideration. The 3 Challenge Tracks Pick one track. Build something real. Every project must use Cloudinary as a core part of the product, not just for storing images.