Registration open May 16 → 18 · 2026 48-hour online build

Build something that
sees, hears & remembers.

A 48-hour online hackathon for engineers building with the perception layer. Index any video, search everything, ship a working agent — in one weekend.

Hackathon starts in
Kickoff · Saturday, 10:00 AM IST
Sat, 16 May 2026 · 10:00 IST
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Kickoff
Sat · May 16 · 10:00 IST
Brief drops. Repos go live. Clock starts.
Mid-point check-in
Sun · May 17 · 10:00 IST
Office hours on Discord. 24 hours to ship.
Submissions close
Mon · May 18 · 10:00 IST
GitHub link + demo video required.
// the brief

Give an agent eyes and ears in one weekend.

Use the VideoDB SDK to ingest media, index it with AI, and expose perception to your agent. Anything goes — surveillance assistants, video search, sports highlights, lecture recall, live event copilots.

01 / Ingest

Stream or upload

Pipe in live streams, uploaded files, RTSP, YouTube links — any continuous media source.

02 / Index

AI-powered indexes

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

03 / Act

Programmable editing

Compose clips, fire events, and let your agent respond. Wire it into anything: Slack, the web, a phone.

// 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 10:00 IST on Monday, May 18.

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, 16 May · 10:00 IST. Form below is locked until then.
● Submissions are timestamped and locked at 10:00 IST on May 18.
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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 10:00 IST on Monday, May 18 — only your latest entry counts.