AFFECIO HACKS '26

AFFECIO HACKS ’26 — by Affecio

Welcome to AFFECIO HACKS ’26 — an online hackathon by Affecio, bringing together students, developers, designers, innovators, and problem-solvers to turn ideas into meaningful digital solutions.

About the Opportunity

AFFECIO HACKS ’26 is an online hackathon bringing together students and aspiring builders to solve real-world problems through technology, creativity, and collaboration.

Participants can work individually or in teams to build a functional solution during the hackathon. Teams are encouraged to experiment with modern technologies, APIs, open-source tools, frameworks, and AI tools where permitted.

The hackathon is designed to give participants hands-on experience in ideation, development, problem-solving, teamwork, and product building.

Projects will be evaluated based on technical implementation, innovation, impact, UI/UX, and presentation.

Challenge Tracks

Human Connection

Build technology that helps people connect, understand, support, and relate to one another.

AI & Social Interaction

Explore how AI can enable more meaningful, natural, and human-centered interactions.

Communities

Create tools that help people discover, build, and strengthen communities around shared interests.

Communication

Reimagine how people communicate, express themselves, and build relationships in the digital world.

These are broad challenge themes. The actual problem statements will be revealed when the hackathon begins.

Problem Statement Reveal

The official problem statements will be revealed on 21 October 2026, at the start of the hackathon.

Participants will receive the specific challenges at the beginning of the build phase and can start working on their solutions from that point.

No problem statement will be provided before the official reveal.

️ Hackathon Timeline

21 October 2026 — 9:30 AM ISTHackathon Begins + Problem Statement Reveal

21–28 October 2026Build Phase

28 October 2026 — 9:30 PM IST⏳ Build Phase Ends

28 October 2026 — 9:30–11:30 PM ISTFinal Submission Window

After SubmissionEvaluation

Results & Winners Announcement

Event Details

Format: OnlineTeam Size: 1–4 membersParticipation: FreePrize Pool: ₹10,000Open To: Students

️ What Can You Build?

Participants can use technologies and tools that best fit their solution, including:

- Web & mobile applications

- AI/ML solutions

- APIs & third-party services

- Open-source technologies

- Modern frameworks

- Cloud platforms

- Other relevant…

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