Rack It Up 2026: 48-Hour Online Hackathon by Rack'Em

Rack It Up 2026 is a free, online 48-hour hackathon by Rack'Em, the cloud hosting venture of Karma Enterprises, a student-founded company from Bengaluru.

Most hackathons end with slides and a demo video. Rack It Up asks for more: build something real in a weekend, deploy it, and have it live on the internet by the final whistle.

Why join

• Join our official WhatsApp community for updates, reminders and finding teammates: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LRiFw5cUMoW3F5R6VhyeVH

• Free $1,250 in Adaption credits + 3 months of Builder access for every participant, no card needed. Claim here: https://adaptionlabs.ai/app/auth/referral?ref=325edeb6303f24f391a2f4bc

• Build with a team (or solo) and ship a working, live product in 48 hours

• Solve real problem statements from industry sponsors (announced 2–5 Dec)

• Get your project in front of sponsors and judges in a live final

• Cash prizes for the top teams, revealed between 2 and 5 Dec

• Exclusive Unstop goodies for every member of the winning team, plus 3 lucky draw winners

• Certificates for every team that submits, plus winner certificates, all issued on Unstop

• Special discounts on Rack'Em servers for every participant, and bigger ones for the winners

Themes

• AI for Everyday India

• Student Life & Learning

• Local Business & Commerce

• Developer Tools & Infra

• Open Innovation (build anything)

• Sponsor problem statements (announced before the hackathon)

Prizes

• Cash prizes for the Winner and 2nd place teams, and the best team in each sponsor track. Amounts are revealed between 2 and 5 Dec.

• Best Use of Adaption: $1,000 in Adaption credits for each member of the team that makes the best use of Adaption, judged by Adaption from the final submissions.

• $1,250 in Adaption credits + 3 months of Builder access for every participant, free with no card needed. Claim here: https://adaptionlabs.ai/app/auth/referral?ref=325edeb6303f24f391a2f4bc

• Certificates: every team that submits a project gets a certificate of participation, and winners get winner certificates, all issued on Unstop.

• Exclusive Unstop goodies for every member of the winning team, plus 3 free lucky draw winners from teams that submit a project and follow @karmaenterprises.in on Instagram. More hackers, more loot, so rally your friends.

• Rack'Em perks: special discounts on Rack'Em servers for every participant, and bigger ones for the winners, to keep your project live after the hack.

Dates

• Registrations: 30 Oct to 9…

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