Hackathons, pitch competitions, and startup challenges with prize pools above ₹1 lakh.
Showing 40 competitions for Indian startups
Rusk Media & Recur Club
India's premier startup reality show is back for Season 2 — revenue-generating Indian founders pitch to a panel of investor "Tycoons" for ca…
GitLab
A global online hackathon by GitLab with a $20,000 prize pool — open to developers, DevOps engineers, and AI enthusiasts worldwide.
The TechShare Project
An online beginner-friendly hackathon by The TechShare Project with a $2,310 prize pool, focused on social good and low/no-code projects.
PhysicsWallah (PW) — School of Startups
Pitch your AI startup to PhysicsWallah for a shot at funding from a ₹10 Cr pool — open to seed–pre-Series founders and college students buil…
UiPath
A global online hackathon by UiPath with a $50,000 prize pool, focused on building AI agents using the UiPath platform.
Amazon
A global online hackathon by Amazon to build with Vercel v0 and AWS Databases — $80,000 prize pool.
Gappy AI
Build a real AI product using Lemma SDK, win ₹1 Lakh, and get hired by partner companies.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras
An online hackathon for BIMSTEC countries (excluding India) focused on AI-driven road safety solutions, with a ₹1 lakh prize pool.
Aethra
A global online hackathon by Aethra with a $33,532 prize pool — open to all, beginner-friendly, and focused on AI/ML and open-ended innovati…
IIMT UNIVERSITY IIMTU , GREATER NOIDA CAMPUS
India's largest online student hackathon focused on FinTech, AI, and Trading Technology, offering ₹3.15 Lakhs+ in prizes and internship oppo…
Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta
A national analytics case competition for Indian students, organised by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur, and ISI Kolkata, with Sun Pharma as tit…
Alibaba Cloud
A global online AI hackathon by Alibaba Cloud with a $45,000 prize pool — open to Indian teams and individual builders.
Kaya
An online AI hackathon by Kaya with a ₹3,50,000 prize pool, open to Indian participants.
Pegasus Tech Ventures
The Bangalore regional qualifier for Startup World Cup, offering Indian founders a chance to compete for a $1 million investment at the Gran…
Salesforce
Build AI agents on Slack's platform for a chance to win $42,000 in prizes — open to global participants including Indian teams.
A global online hackathon by Reddit to build games with a hook — $40,000 prize pool.
Elite Forums
A national-level online hackathon by Elite Forums for India's top developers, innovators, and startups, offering cash prizes, funding opport…
Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts & Science (SRCAS)
A national-level innovation challenge for Indian students, organized by SRCAS Coimbatore, with ₹1.80 L cash prize and a chance to visit Sing…
Celesta
A data challenge for Indian high school students to analyze exoplanet data — $10,300 prize pool.
Arm
A global online hackathon by Arm challenging participants to optimize AI workloads on Arm architecture — $8,000 prize pool.