Want to participate in our Hackathon? Here is all you need to know!
🔥 Registrations are closed – email us if you are with an already registered team or if you want to be added to the waiting list ! 🔥
How to form a team:
Teams are made up of 4 to 5 people.
You can come with a team already formed or find teammates through a marketplace system. You can either register as an individual looking for a team, or register yourself along with your team name!
The deadline for forming your team is January-12th !
We strongly encourage diversity whether it is in gender, background, and skills, as it will be part of the evaluation criteria. Successful teams will mix creativity, tech know-how, as well as business insight to solve real-world challenges from our corporate partners, and help shape the future of AI-driven innovation.
Whether you’re a developer, designer, product manager, marketer, or entrepreneur, you have something valuable to bring!
When & Where:
16–17 January 2026 in Shanghai, Jing’An Beauty Nova Tech Hub, Lingshi Road, No. 718 (美创静界 – 上海市静安区灵石路718号A5栋 美创静界前台).
Check in will start at 4pm on Friday 16th, and after the corporates challenges pitch and a networking dinner, it will be time to build!
Final submission deadline will be on Saturday 17th at 4pm, after which each team will pitch their prototype.
Why join?
Come claim your share of our +35,000 RMB cash prize, network with industry leaders, and even get your project funded by our corporate sponsors!
We can’t wait to see you there — come build something amazing with us!
How to get ready beforehand
Find team mates or complete your team
Join the WeChat participant group with the QR you received after registering.
Join our in-person meetups to talk and find the right partners for you and your team.
Choose your topic
🤖🔥 New – Topics’ brief is now available !
We’ve just dropped the hackathon topics & rules — everything you need to start plotting 😏
Check the attached doc, pick your track, and get ready to build something wild.
Time to hack. Let’s go 💻🚀.
Join the amazing trainings provided by our tech partners
ST Microelectronics and Alibaba are providing top notch training sessions about their products and their development environments so you come prepared and ready to code the day of the Hackathon.
The competition:
The participants will have to pick one topic among the FIVE TOPICS prepared by our Platinum Sponsors.
FIVE COMPETITION TOPICS from Akila, Danone, Forvia, L’Oréal and Safran :
Here are important clues on the FIVE TOPICS… Read carefully and get ready for the competition.
Hack the Future: AI for Real Worlds. Join us to solve tangible challenges from global leaders. Pick your mission:
· 🚗 Build a Guardian Co-Pilot with Edge AI & Computer Vision.
· 🧪 Become a Health Decoder with Diagnostic Vision & Data Science.
· 🗣️ Create a Master Trainer with Conversational LLMs and agent technology.
· ⚙️ Play the Industrial Detective with Root Cause Data Science.
· 🔋 Drive Building Energy Efficiency using AI Forecasting, Digital Twins & Optimization Solvers.
The exact problems remain a secret until the kickoff! Come ready to apply your skills to the cutting edge of applied AI.
Important note: the Edge AI topic will be leveraging the STM32N6 – see more details below.
Tech Partners and what is their role:
Our Tech Partners are :
Alibaba
Alibaba will provide access to their AI set of tools, as well a few sessions of online trainings on their tools and environment.
ST Microelectronics
ST Microelectronics brings a new version of its popular STM32 – the STM32N6, a powerful microcontroller with an embedded NPU for Edge AI applications (computer vision, edge AI, IOT).
ST will provide weekly online training on the development environment, libraries, development boards to all the teams working on the Edge AI topic so you are ready before the competition starts.
On the day of the Hackathon, ST will provide STM32N6 development boards and will have tech support engineers onsite.
The Venue
Our Sponsors and Partners
Our Platinum Sponsors
Our Gold Sponsor
Our Venue Sponsor
Our Hackathon will take place at Jing’an Beauty Nova Tech Hub.
