What Was This Hackathon All About?

In July 2025, Covasant Technologies hosted its first AI Hackathon 2025, an exclusive invite-only competition designed to tap into the immense creativity of budding engineers from India's elite technical institutions, including IIT Bhubaneswar, IIIT Raichur, IISER Mohali, IIT Chittoor, SRMIST, and VIT Chennai. After receiving an overwhelming response of over 100 registrations, 22 carefully selected teams competed over three weeks to build real-world AI accelerators and agents using the Google Cloud Platform. The hackathon challenged participants to move beyond theoretical knowledge and create practical, scalable AI solutions addressing complex real-world problems.

The teams demonstrated remarkable technical depth and creativity across diverse domains, developing innovative projects ranging from AI agent testing systems to intelligent model routing engines and legacy system modernization tools. Throughout the development phase, each team received dedicated mentorship, invaluable industry insights, and exposure to enterprise-level product development from Covasant's senior technology and product leadership teams.

The hackathon served as a comprehensive platform for students to gain direct exposure to industry practices while transforming complex ideas into functional prototypes under expert guidance.