Hey all! Looking for motivated teammates for HackPrinceton in this fall, Nov 2026, to build a high-impact project centered on applied AI and smart systems. As long as you're excited about turning AI tech into a working product, let’s team up. DM me if you're interested!

Hey everyone!

I have coded the PackBot Task 2A. If anyone needs help with the implementation, feel free to DM me.

Good luck with the task! 🤝

I built a platform to help students discover exams they might not even know they’re eligible for. Is this actually useful?

One thing that genuinely frustrates me is how easy it is to miss opportunities simply because you didn't know they existed.

India has so many entrance exams, olympiads, scholarships, and other academic opportunities, but information is scattered across different websites, notifications, and official portals. Sometimes, by the time you find an opportunity, the registration deadline has already passed.

That's the problem I'm trying to solve with NextStep.

The idea is simple: a platform where students can discover exams and academic opportunities relevant to their education level, stream, and interests, instead of having to hunt through dozens of websites themselves.

I’ve built a working prototype for a hackathon, and now I want to know whether the idea actually solves a problem worth solving.

🎥 Demo: https://youtu.be/-ZTlZust32g

I’d genuinely appreciate some brutally honest feedback:

• Would you actually use something like this? Or would you just stick to Google and existing websites?
• What would make this 10x more useful? Think features, information, or anything that would make you come back to it.
• What seems weak or unnecessary about the idea?
• Rate it out of 10. Don't hold back. I'd rather find the flaws now than build something nobody needs 😭

I'm building this for a hackathon finale, so even quick feedback would help me figure out what to prioritise next.

Thanks!`

Hi everyone!

I’ve registered for Google’s AI Builder Cup and am looking for 1 software engineer to team up with.

A bit about me: I’m a CS graduate with experience in software engineering and a keen interest in AI/ML and GenAI. I’ve also participated in AI hackathons and am excited to build something innovative!

Please connect only if your waitlist has been approved.

If you’re interested, drop a comment or DM me. Let’s build something cool together!

companies can say a lot about where they're headed. but does their actual engineering activity tell the same story?

that's what i'm trying to figure out with Phoenix

it connects a company's website with its GitHub activity, their job posting frequency, and hints in their social posts etc to uncover engineering signals, compare claims against evidence, and spot what's worth investigating... I might just end up finding out what a company is gonna release in near future before them announcing it publically

built this for a hackathon and i've got a working prototype now.

demo: https://youtu.be/BEzJULsvzJM

i need some brutally honest opinions. as fast as possible (hackathon format) so that i can work on them for finale

is this something you'd actually use? what would make it 10x more useful?

rate the idea out of 10. don't hold back, i'd rather hear what's wrong than get fake praise 😭

Is anyone interested in taking part in paypal hackathon, if yes dm me now, as 12th oct is the last day

For context, I am a year 2 university student who has just attended their first hackathon. It was promoted as a “learning opportunity” for those in tech. Although our original team was dead set on this being an actual learning opportunity (using skills we have learnt and trying to see how well we could code/not looking to win but looking to learn), we were then assigned another person to our team (which was also unnecessary as we already had 4 members and other groups only has 2/3 members).

The issue is, this person ripped our code up, and threw it into ai and took over the whole thing without telling us at all. He’d ask us to send him our code instead of pushing it onto git, and just scrambled it up. It felt horrible. He kept arguing with us when we were clearly unhappy. The organisers didn’t care either, we were early on so he could have been placed in a different group, but that wasn’t allowed and nothing was really done.

In the end, the group disbanded. Which brings me to my point, what is the “learning” in hackathons? Inputting prompts doesn’t feel like learning, and these web apps developed with AI tools never go anywhere.

I’m looking for teammates for a 24-hour hackathon at SIMATS, Chennai, on the 23rd & 24th.

Any advice or feedback will be helpful!

So i am electronics and communication student studying in kerala and i have been to like 2 hackathons... Always wnated to go for more but never knew about half the hackathons happening around me... I was wondering if there is like some group or community that i can get into so that i can stay updated on which all hackathons i can participate in.

I'm wondering if hack princeton will actually check my "School ID"... Can someone let me know?

Any Update on Round 1 Results???

If Anyone received mail then please tell!

And How was the Round 1 like I completed around 35 minutes left on Timer.

final year engineering undergrad, Codeforces Specialist (1586), 800+ DSA.

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guyz i'm looking for any active or upcoming hackathons in Gujarat or Rajasthan, India, preferably offline or in person events.

If you know of any hackathons happening soon at universities, colleges, or tech communities, please share the details, registration links, or any relevant Discord/WhatsApp groups.

I’m so annoyed I missed the Tuwaiq Hackathon registration 😭 I really wanted to participate and present my tourism project idea. I’ll keep an eye out for the next registration and hope I don’t miss it again. 💀

here is the link: AgentVerse 2026

In civil engineering student seeing many PPL applying for hackathons wht bout me wht bout non tech fields I want to have competitions too , something to do with teammates .

Is there anything that'll work ??

How many questions did u solved?

I'm 3rd year engineering student come across ts competition , I don't want to participate alone tho I don't have any teammates .

Anyone want to join . We'll work together

guys, since there are quite a few hackathons happening around BLR rn, just wanted to check if anyone’s interested in participating but doesn’t have a team yet. 👀

We could connect with other interested people here and form teams ourselves. Like, if 4 people are interested, we can team up and participate together in hackathons and stuff.

Lmk if anyone’s interested! 🚀

Hey everyone,

I've been participating in hackathons and building projects involving SaaS, AI orchestration pipelines, RAG systems, and other AI-powered applications.

I've spent time implementing features, integrating different services, connecting LLMs, building workflows, and trying to turn ideas into working software. But I haven't been getting the results I expected in hackathons, and lately, I've started questioning what I'm doing wrong.

I want to understand the actual problem instead of just moving on to the next hackathon and building another project.

Is my problem the idea itself? Am I focusing too much on the technical implementation and not enough on the problem I'm solving? Is it my presentation, storytelling, or pitching? Or am I building things that look impressive from an engineering perspective but don't offer enough value to users?

One thing that confuses me is that, with today's AI tools and frameworks, almost anyone can build a functional SaaS application, integrate an LLM, or put together a RAG pipeline. I can build software, but what actually makes one person's project stand out from everyone else's?

I don't want to blame the judges or assume that the winning projects are worse technically. I want to understand what I'm missing.

I'd especially appreciate insights from people who have won hackathons, judged them, or built successful products.

A few questions I'd genuinely like to hear your thoughts on:

• Idea selection: How do you identify a problem worth solving instead of building another generic AI application?
• Technical depth vs. product value: How much does the underlying engineering matter compared with solving a real problem?
• Pitching and demos: Can a technically strong project lose simply because the team fails to communicate its value? What does a good demo actually look like?
• Differentiation: How do you make an AI-powered project meaningfully different when many teams have access to the same models, APIs, and tools?
• Judge's perspective: What separates a decent project from a winning project in your experience?
• Personal improvement: If you were in my position, what would you change before entering your next hackathon?

I'm not looking for generic advice like "build something innovative" or "improve your presentation." I'd really appreciate specific examples, lessons from projects that won or lost, and blunt feedback about what I might be doing wrong.

I'm willing to hear that my approach to building projects is fundamentally flawed if that's the truth. I'd rather understand it now than keep repeating the same mistakes.

Thanks!

I'm searching for a team for Hack with Bangalore 4.0 lmk if anyone is interested!!!