🚀Build the next AI breakthrough
Powered by Tata Communications Vayu AI Studio — India’s sovereign AI cloud. Pick a mission, ship a prototype in 48 hours, and put your name on the leaderboard.
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- Students
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● 02 · Why Participate
Build with the best gear in the country
Seven reasons builders say yes
More than a hackathon — a launchpad for your portfolio, your network, and your career in AI.
GPU-Grade Compute
Access H100 / A100 clusters and the full Vayu AI Studio — same gear engineers use in production.
10K+
GPU Hrs
50+
Datasets
20+
Models
Marquee Recognition
Top teams featured by Tata Communications across India.
Mentorship
1:1 office hours with senior AI engineers and product leaders.
Networking
Meet the recruiters, founders & ML talent shaping Indian AI.
Real Business Problems
Curated tracks drawn from Tata Communications’ enterprise customers.
Career Fast-Track
Top performers move to interview pipelines with Tata Group companies.
Verified Certificates
Blockchain-verifiable certificates of excellence from Tata Communications.
● 03 · Choose Your Challenge
Five missions. Pick yours.
Where will you make your mark?
Each track is a real problem from Tata Communications. Skill-up, ship fast, and win bonus prizes.
● 04 · Prize Pool
Worth winning. Worth shipping for.
Total rewards ₹ 0 Lakhs+
Cash + Vayu AI Studio credits + mentorship + recruiter spotlights. Across six prize categories.
Winner
₹ 10,00,000
- Vayu Credits ₹2L
- Tata mentorship
- Interview fast-track
Runner Up
₹ 5,00,000
- Vayu Credits ₹1L
- Mentorship pass
- Career sprint invite
Second Runner Up
₹ 2,50,000
- Vayu Credits ₹50K
- Hackathon swag kit
- Demo Day spotlight
Best Innovation
₹ 1,50,000
- For boldest idea
- Vayu Credits ₹50K
- Featured by Tata Comm
Best UI / UX
₹ 1,00,000
- For craft & polish
- Vayu Credits ₹50K
- Design jury feature
Crowd Favourite
₹ 1,00,000
- People’s choice
- Vayu Credits ₹50K
- Community trophy
● 05 · How It Works
Six missions, one trophy
Your mission briefing
A gamified pipeline from sign-up to demo day. Watch the progress rail fill as you scroll.
M-01 · Mission
Register
Sign-up in under 2 minutes. Solo or with a squad of up to 5.
M-02 · Mission
Pick Challenge
Lock in one of the five AI tracks designed by Tata engineers.
M-03 · Mission
Access AI Studio
Workspace, GPU credits and datasets provisioned instantly.
M-04 · Mission
Build
48 hours of building, with mentors & checkpoints along the way.
M-05 · Mission
Demo Day
Pitch your work to a jury of Tata leaders & industry experts.
M-06 · Mission
Mission Complete
Win, get recognised, and join the Vayu builders’ network.
● 06 · Vayu AI Studio
Your AI development environment, ready in seconds
Build production AI from one line
Same studio you’ll get for the hackathon. Spin up models, train, evaluate, deploy — all from a single CLI or notebook.
GPU On Demand
H100 · A100 · L40S clusters with one CLI flag.
Managed Data
Vector DB, feature store, object storage built-in.
Agent Workflows
Composable pipelines for RAG, agents, evals.
One-click Deploy
Serverless endpoints, autoscale, global edge.
● 07 · Resource Vault
Everything you need, none of the noise
The Vault — your unfair advantage
Open the chest. Find docs, tutorials, sample projects, and the Tata Comm models that ship inside the Studio.
● 08 · Leaderboard
The board is heating up
The race has already begun
Live registrations across India. See which challenge & college is leading the pack.
Most Popular Challenge
- 01🗣️Speak-It412 regs
- 02🔮Predict-It388 regs
- 03👁️See-It301 regs
- 04⚡Flow-It254 regs
- 05🛡️Guard-It189 regs
Top Colleges
- 01IIT Bombay248
- 02IIT Delhi226
- 03IIIT Hyderabad197
- 04BITS Pilani184
- 05NIT Trichy162
Latest Registrations
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Bengaluru · Speak-It
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Mumbai · Predict-It
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Delhi · Guard-It
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Chennai · See-It
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Pune · Flow-It
Total Registered
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● 09 · Testimonials
Builders who shipped on Vayu
From students. About shipping.
Real stories from the alumni of the last edition. Tap a card to hear them out.
I built my first GenAI app in 2 days. The Vayu Studio felt like cheating — fine-tunes ran in minutes.
Aarav Sharma
CSE · Final Year · IIT Bombay
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