HackathonBuild. Compete. Innovate. Create Impact.
AlgoNation 2026 brings together India's developers, AI builders, marketers, entrepreneurs and innovators to compete, build real solutions and create measurable impact.
Registrations close
Sunday, 20 September 2026
Competition begins
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Offline finale
Sunday, 18 October 2026
Six ways to compete
Choose your category
and start competing.
Four main categories run four rounds from 24 September, ending in an offline finale. Two special challenges run their own way — one turns ideas into companies, the other takes technology to rural India.
Software Developers
DSA & Algorithms
DSA, algorithms and software engineering.
Vibe Coding
AI-Assisted Development
Build products using AI-assisted development.
Digital Marketing
Strategy, execution and growth
Strategy, execution and measurable growth.
Core AI Developers
Building the intelligence itself
Build and engineer advanced AI systems.
Startup Idea Challenge
Bring an idea. Leave with a company.
Turn promising ideas into real startups.
Master National Challenge
Technology for Rural India
Use technology to take rural India online.
How the main categories work
You start alone.
You finish as a team.
- 01
Register individually
Pick your category and register for ₹299. You do not need a team yet.
- 02
Complete Round 1
Compete on your own, online. Top performers move through.
- 03
Form your team
Create your own team of qualifiers, or get matched with others automatically.
- 04
Compete online
Two increasingly demanding real-world challenges, one Sunday to the next.
- 05
Reach the offline finale
Top teams build and present live in front of the jury.
No team needed to register. Team formation opens once you clear Round 1 — create your own, or let the platform match you with other qualifiers.
Startup Idea Challenge · ₹999 per team
Have an idea
worth building?
Submit your startup idea to AlgoNation. There is no fixed number of winners. Every startup that demonstrates exceptional potential may receive support to turn its idea into a real company.
Support depends on the requirements, potential and stage of each selected startup. No fixed funding amount is promised unless officially announced.
Submit Your Startup Idea — ₹999Master National Challenge · Free entry
Can technology
transform rural India?
Help us discover and implement solutions that bring technology to the grassroots. Create solutions that help people learn, earn, access opportunities, build businesses, improve education and participate in India's digital economy.
Participation is completely free.
Awareness
People discover technology.
Access
People gain the devices, connectivity and services they need.
Learning
People understand how to use it.
Adoption
People begin using it.
Value
It improves education, earning, business, health or daily life.
Retention
People keep using it because it genuinely helps.
Scale
The solution expands into more communities.
A technically impressive solution that nobody adopts should not outperform a simple solution that changes thousands of lives.
Enter the Master National ChallengeCompete
Prove your abilities against talented participants.
Build
Create products, campaigns, AI systems, startups and solutions.
Impact
Use those skills to create opportunities and improve lives.
AlgoNation should be a platform where developers, marketers, AI engineers, founders, students and innovators do more than win prizes. They build something worth taking forward.
Registrations close
20 September 2026.
Pick your program and enter. Four main categories at ₹299 each, the Startup Idea Challenge at ₹999 per team, and the Master National Challenge free of charge.