The challenge will take place May 18-19 and is open to both in-person and online participants as companies compete to implement intelligent AI solutions.
AI and Big Data Expo North America has expanded its offerings by announcing an AI hackathon to be held alongside the flagship conference event in May 2026. Featuring Google as a headline technology partner, the competition challenges developers, engineers, and AI innovators to design and prototype solutions for enterprise businesses across automation, robotics, security, connected systems, and data intelligence.
The hackathon will be held May 18-19, 2026 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center as part of TechEx North America, and will be available both on-site and online to accommodate as many people as possible.
May 18th will serve as a build day, where teams will work on solutions in person or remotely and present their completed projects at a demo and awards session on May 19th. Winning teams will have the opportunity to present their solutions live in the AI Developer Track on the second day of the conference.
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Build with Gemini
Participants will have access to Gemini, Google’s next-generation family of multimodal AI models that can make inferences across text, images, code, video, and audio. Gemini is a great fit, allowing developers to build powerful AI agents and intelligent systems for real-world applications.
Google AI Studio, a browser-based environment where developers can prototype, test, and iterate on Gemini models before integrating them into production via the Gemini API, will also be available to participants throughout the challenge.
The competition challenges participants to design and prototype scalable solutions that solve real-world problems using AI, robotics, automation, data, or connected technologies. Projects will be judged on their practical value, technical thinking and finally practical demonstration.
Teams will choose from one of five competition tracks: AI and Automation, Robotics, Security and Trust, Connected Systems, and Data and Intelligence. The event is open to solo participants as well as teams, who can collaborate on-site in San Jose or entirely online.
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