AI AGENTS
Autonomous agents that reason, act and collaborate.
₹50KHYPERNOVA HACKATHON
A high-stakes hackathon designed for real builders with real products.
What is HYPERNOVA Hackathon?_
About the HYPERNOVA Hackathon
HYPERNOVA is not just a typical hackathon. It is a 48-hour competition designed for teams with bold ideas, working MVPs or live products ready to scale, backed by mentors, cloud credits and investors who show up for demo day.
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About the Organizers
A community of engineers, founders and designers who have run 30+ hackathons across India, helping 12,000+ builders turn weekend prototypes into real companies.
About the Network
A launchpad connecting winning teams with incubators, angel investors and enterprise pilots, so great projects do not die on Monday morning.
What makes
us stand out?
Backing from a ₹10L prize & grant pool
Cash prizes, cloud credits and follow-on grants for top teams.
Mentors who have shipped at scale
60+ engineers, founders and product leaders on call for 48 hours.
Built for real products
Judged on working software, user impact and a path to market.
What powers your 48 hours
Your hack stack_
Every team gets a full layer of compute, models and tooling, unlocked the moment your passes are issued.
GPU compute credits
Train, fine-tune and serve models on dedicated GPUs for 48 hours.
Frontier AI APIs
Credits for LLM, vision and speech APIs, ready from minute one.
Cloud & database
Hosting, storage and managed databases so demos run live.
Hardware lab
Boards, sensors and XR headsets you can borrow on site.
Prize pool: Up to ₹0 prizes & grants
Grand champion₹3,00,000
Runner up₹1,50,000
Third place₹75,000
Six track winners₹50,000 each
Best first-time team₹25,000
FINTECH
Payments, credit and on-chain trust for a billion users.
₹50KCLIMATE
Measure, reduce and reverse our planetary footprint.
₹50KHEALTHTECH
Diagnostics, wellness and care access at scale.
₹50KGAMING & XR
Worlds you can walk into. WebGL, AR, VR and beyond.
₹50KOPEN INNOVATION
No box, no rules. Bold ideas that work.
₹50KExclusive packages_
For Hackers
- 1:1 mentorship with founders & senior engineers
- ₹25,000 in cloud & API credits per team
- Swag kit, meals and a place to crash for 48h
For Startups
- Go-to-market support from partner accelerators
- Growth milestones unlock follow-on grants
- PR exposure via sponsors, media and community
Timeline_
From October to November 2026PHASE 1
Registration phase
Team onboarding & invites
PHASE 2
Shortlisting
Idea review, passes issued
PHASE 3
Development sprint
48-hour on-site & online build
PHASE 4
Pitching round
Final pitching with judges & VCs
PHASE 5
Finals ceremony & awards
Prize ceremony, leaderboard, afterparty
Eligibility_
01
Teams of 1–4
Register solo or invite up to three teammates with a team code.
02
18 years or older
Students, professionals and founders are all welcome.
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₹100 solo · ₹500 team
Every member gets a pass token to enter the venue.
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Build it fresh
Existing MVPs are welcome, but new work must happen during the 48h.
Frequently asked questions_
Create an account, create your team and share the team code or email invites with your teammates. They sign up and accept the invitation with the code.
After payment, every team member receives a unique pass token with a QR code. Show it at the venue to check in.
Solo registration is ₹100. Team registration is ₹500 for the whole team of 2–4. If a solo hacker adds teammates later, the leader pays only the ₹400 difference.
Yes, while the team has fewer than four members. A paid team's new members get their pass instantly at no extra cost.
Yes. Online teams compete for the same prizes with dedicated mentors on Discord.
Ecosystem partners_
NimbusForgeLabsQuantaPulsar
VoltixVertex CapitalHelix VenturesMonolith
Ready for liftoff?_
Pick your plan, invite your crew with a code, grab your hack passes. Applications close 31 October.
₹100
1 hacker · 1 pass token
- Full 48-hour access
- Mentors, meals & swag
- Upgrade to a team any time
₹500
2–4 hackers · a pass for everyone
- One payment covers the whole team
- Invite members with a team code
- Solo upgrade costs only ₹400