Registration open July 25 → 27 · 2026 48-hour online build

Unlock the footage.
Build media intelligence with VideoDB.

A 48-hour online hackathon for engineers building with archived video and audio. Ingest footage, index it with AI, search it for answers, and ship a working product in one weekend.

Hackathon starts in
Kickoff · Saturday, 10:00 AM IST
Sat, 25 Jul 2026 · 10:00 IST
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Kickoff
Sat · Jul 25 · 10:00 IST
Brief drops. Archived media projects go live. Clock starts.
Office Hours #1
Sat · Jul 25 · 22:00 IST
Join on Discord
Office Hours #2
Sun · Jul 26 · 22:00 IST
Join on Discord
Submissions close
Mon · Jul 27 · 11:00 IST
GitHub link + demo video required.
// the brief

Turn archived media into searchable intelligence.

Use the VideoDB SDK to ingest archived media, index it with AI, and expose search and retrieval to your application. Build for sports archives, broadcast retrieval, compliance review, lecture intelligence, or meeting knowledge systems. Each team gets $1,000 in sandbox compute credits — see the sandbox guide for setup, supported models, and code examples.

01 / Ingest

Stream or upload

Pipe in uploaded files, broadcast archives, RTSP feeds, YouTube links, or any media library you need to analyze.

02 / Index

AI-powered indexes

Spoken word, scene, and visual indexes. Multimodal search across everything you've ingested.

03 / Act

Programmable editing

Compose clips, extract answers, trigger workflows, and return useful outputs in your app, dashboard, or agent.

Stuck on something? Drop your questions in the hackathon Discord — mentors and the VideoDB team are on standby for setup help, SDK questions, and debugging. Live office hours will happen on July 25 and July 26 at 10:00 PM IST.
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// what you'll submit

Two artifacts. That's it.

Keep it simple. We're judging on the idea and the build, not the deck. Submit before 11:00 IST on Monday, July 27.

Required · 01

GitHub repository

A public repo with your source code and a README that explains what you built, how to run it, and which VideoDB primitives you used.

https://github.com/your-team/perception-hack-entry
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Demo video

A 60–180 second walkthrough showing the project in action. YouTube, Loom, or a public video link. No edits required — keep it real.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=your-demo
// submit your project

Drop your links.

Submissions are open from kickoff. You can re-submit any time before the deadline — only your most recent entry counts.

github.com/
Must be a public repo with a README. We clone it at judging time.
60–180 seconds. YouTube, Loom, Vimeo, or any public video link.
120 characters max. This is what judges see first.
🔒 Submissions open at kickoff — Sat, 25 Jul · 10:00 IST. Form below is locked until then. Haven't registered yet? Sign up on Luma →
● Submissions are timestamped and locked at 11:00 IST on July 27.
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Submission received.

We've logged your entry and sent a confirmation to your email. You can re-submit any time before 11:00 IST on Monday, July 27 — only your latest entry counts.