AI & Machine Learning
Agents, RAG pipelines, on-device inference — build the intelligent systems everyone else only demos.
LLM APIsGPU creditsVector DBs
First edition · Sept 11–12, 2026 · Kolkata
Build boldly.Ship fearlessly.Rise together.
Venomix is where India's 20 finalist teams — 60 of the sharpest builders, designers and dreamers — collide for a single 12-hour sprint. World-class mentors, serious prizes, and zero tolerance for thinking small. Speed is the whole point.
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IEM Research Park, Kolkata September 11–12 20 teams · 3 members each
20Finalist teams
60Builders across India
₹24K+Prize pool
12hrsOne non-stop sprint
Why Venomix
Not another hackathon.
A rite of passage.
Venomix began with a simple conviction: extraordinary products are born when ambitious people are given room — and a deadline — to experiment wildly. No fluff, no participation trophies. Just a room full of people who care too much about building things that matter.
The format is deliberately intense: twelve hours, one team, one problem worth solving. You'll scope ruthlessly, get pushed by mentors who've shipped at scale, and pitch to judges who decide with their checkbooks — all before midnight. Whether it's your first hackathon or your fifteenth, you leave with something real: a product, a network, and proof of what you can do under pressure.
Community firstBuilt by hackers, for hackers. Every decision starts with one question: does this make the experience better for builders?
Learn from the best40+ mentors and judges from frontier labs, unicorns and YC startups — cycling through the floor all sprint long.
Launch real productsCloud credits, APIs and infra from our partners so your prototype doesn't die at hello world.
Fair, transparent judgingPublished rubrics, blind first-round reviews, and deliberations you can watch. No politics. Just craft.
“We don't want you to just attend an event. We want you to leave having built something you're proud of — surrounded by people who push you further than you thought you could go.”
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Partner companies
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Mentors & judges
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Finalist teams
Tracks & Challenges
Six arenas. One relentless standard.
Pick a lane or blur them together. Every track ships with dedicated mentors, curated resources, and one podium worth fighting for.
Web3 & Decentralization
Protocols, DAOs and on-chain tooling. Ship something the decentralized internet actually needs.
Testnet faucetsSmart contract auditsWallet SDKs
FinTech
Reimagine payments, lending and insurance for the next billion users — with sandbox access to real rails.
UPI sandboxesKYC APIsLedger infra
HealthTech
From diagnostics to mental health — technology that measurably improves lives, judged by clinicians.
Health datasetsWearable SDKsClinical mentors
Climate & Sustainability
Energy, agriculture, waste — build for the planet with partners working on decarbonization at scale.
Satellite dataSensor kitsImpact mentors
Open Innovation
No guardrails. Bring the idea nobody has a category for yet and make the judges argue about it.
Any stackWildcard slotsEverything goes
The podium — awarded the same night
₹12,000Winner
₹7,000Second place
₹5,000Third place
Plus fast-track interviews with hiring partners and partner credits for winning teams.
Schedule
One weekend. Twelve relentless hours.
A format engineered for momentum: kickoff night to form your squad and scope the idea, then a single 12-hour sprint from first commit to final pitch.
- Aug 25Registrations open
- Sept 5Team registrations close
- Sept 9Finalist briefing
- Sept 11–1212-hour sprint in Kolkata
- Sept 12Winners crowned same night
Sept 11 · Fri evening
Full agenda with speaker lineups drops one week before the event.
Judges & Mentors
Judged by people who've shipped.
Engineers, researchers, designers and investors who decide with their reputations — and sometimes their checkbooks.
Avik Agarwala
AI Engineer
TCS
Former Research Intern @IISc Bangalore | Finalist @ISRO Space Hackathon 2023 | Winner @Arjuna 1.0 Hackathon | 15x Judge-n-Mentor | Ex-CP Lead @GDG UEMK | Former Lead Organizer @InnoFusion Hackathon
Devesh Tulshyan
Full stack(AI+Cloud) Engineer
TCS
FullStack (AI+Cloud) Engineer @TCS Prime | Top 1% Global TryHackMe | 17x Judge Hackathons | Cybersecurity Speaker | Community Advisor | Mentor | Gold Medalist BCA & MCA
Dr. Meera Krishnan
Chief Scientist
Quantek Labs
20 years across quantum computing and ML research. Published author, patent holder, mentor to hundreds.
Rohan Iyer
Founding Engineer
Hexon · YC W24
Third-time founder. Went from hackathon table to YC batch in 18 months — he judges like an investor.
Sara Thomas
Principal Designer
DesignGuild
Designs interfaces used by millions. Believes demos are won in the last 10% of polish.
Arjun Nair
Head of Developer Platform
LoopStack
Built APIs loved by 80k developers. Judges architecture decisions and developer empathy.
Priya Deshmukh
Security Researcher
SecureLayer
Breaks things professionally so they don't break in production. Runs the security track reviews.
Sponsors & Partners
Backed by teams builders trust.
The companies powering prizes, infrastructure and hiring at Venomix — from anchor partners to grassroots communities.
Anchor Partners
NovaCloud
Quantek▪
Technical Partners
devgrid_
▲ StackForge
Polybase
CirrusAI
Sponsors & Community Partners
NeonPayCloudNestDataLoomSecureLayerPixelForgeVertexAILoopStackOrbitBank
DevCircle BLRCampusDAOWomen Who BuildStartupSyndicateOpenSource HubDesignGuildML CollectiveHackTheNight
Partnerships open
Put your brand in front of India's sharpest builders.
Sponsor a track, host a workshop, or run the hiring lounge. Custom tiers from community shoutouts to anchor partnership.
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Community Voices
First edition energy. Already loud.
“The team behind Venomix has run the sharpest student build-events in eastern India for years. If anyone can make a 12-hour sprint feel effortless, it's them.”
FAQ
Everything else, answered.
Search below or browse by category. Can't find it? Ask us directly at hello@venomix.dev.
Registrations
Secure your spot
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Applications take two minutes and are reviewed on a rolling basis. We select 20 finalist teams of 3 members each from across India — early applications stand a better chance.
- Free entry — meals, swag and endless caffeine included
- ₹24,000 prize pool — ₹12K winner, ₹7K second, ₹5K third
- 40+ mentors cycling through the floor all sprint long
- Fast-track interviews with hiring partners
September 11–12, 2026
IEM Research Park, Kolkata
12 hours, one non-stop sprint
20 finalist teams · 3 members each
Don't just watch the future.
Build it.
20 finalist teams. Six tracks. Twelve hours on the clock — one weekend that changes how you think about your own ceiling. The only wrong move is sitting this one out.