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GOA, INDIA · 28 – 31 OCT 2026
2:47 pm Studio
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4 days. one rhythm. everything intentional.
day 01 - genesis day
where it all begins
day 04 - Launch day
the world watches
day 03 - build day
heads down. ship or ship
day 02 - day of triangle
problem. solution. market
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Anyone with a passion for building! Whether you're a developer, designer, product manager, or just someone with great ideas - you're welcome here. Teams of 1-3 people are encouraged, but solo participants are also accepted.
- First, your team has to attend the shortlisting tasks - Top teams from shortlisting tasks are waitlisted - Best teams from the Waitlisted groups are selected for attending Hacker House Goa in-person.
Bring your laptop, charger, any hardware you might need for your project, and your creative energy. We'll provide workspace, power outlets, WiFi, meals, and caffeine to keep you going.
No! Participation in Hacker House Goa is completely free. We'll provide accommodation, meals, and all amenities during the 4-day event. You just need to get yourself to Goa!
You can come with a pre-formed team or find teammates during our team formation session on Day 1. We'll have networking activities and a team matching board to help you find the perfect collaborators.
You can brainstorm and plan, but all code must be written during the hackathon. Using existing libraries, APIs, and frameworks is encouraged - just don't bring pre-built solutions.
Less Noise. More Signal
Most hackathons are just hype and no substance. We're changing that. From October 28–31, we're taking over Goa for the country's biggest build-station.
This is for the developers who live in their terminals and ship things that matter. No fluff, no useless networking—just 500 elite builders, high-speed fiber, and the ocean at your doorstep. If you're ready to lock in and build your legacy, we'll see you on the sand.
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GOA, INDIA · 28 – 31 OCT 2026
2:47 pm Studio
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The Roadmap
The Timeline at a Glance
Registration Begins
Applications open — start your HH GOA journey.
Open Trials
Skill-based challenges open to everyone.
Alpha Selections
First shortlist from Open Trials performance.
Beta Selections
Deeper technical & portfolio review.
Charlie Selections
Interviews and team-fit assessment.
Delta Selections
Final shortlist confirmed before partner matching.
Partner Trials
Selection based on each partner's requirements and interests.
RSVP & Stake
Final confirmation of your team's participation.
Registration Ends
Last day to register — no new entries accepted after this date.
Residency
247 builders come together to build, ship, and launch projects in Goa.
Build This
Tasks
Task #1
HH Goa Frame / ID Card Generator
Design your own HH Goa 2026 themed photo frame generator. Use that same generator to bring your teammates into one combined frame. Post it on X with a quick how-to on generating your own #FrameInGoa post using your generator — and you're done.
- ✦Instantly recognizable HH Goa 2026 identity
- ✦1-click download + 1-click Share to X
- ✦Works on any photo — no manual cropping
- ✦Personalized: name, stack, a generated builder class
- ✦Seconds from upload to shareable output
- ✦Get to the top of the ladder and win the exclusive HH Goa ID
- ✦Don't forget #FrameInGoa on every post
Task #2
Voice-Enabled RAG Model
Speak a question, get a grounded answer. Build a full voice-to-answer RAG pipeline — transcription, engineered chunking, vector retrieval, and generation — wired together end to end, fast and guardrailed.
- ✦Speak the question — real voice-to-text input, not typed
- ✦Retrieval that's actually engineered — multiple chunking strategies, not one naive split
- ✦Blazing-fast — full pipeline under 200ms
- ✦P50 / P70 / P100 latency, benchmarked across real queries, not a lucky run
- ✦Runs inside a real harness — retries, structured I/O, error recovery
- ✦Guardrails that know when *not* to answer
- ✦Don't forget #RAGInGoa on every post
Task #3
Face ID + Blockchain Verification
Build a pipeline that detects and encodes a face from a photo, finds a real matching social media post via genuine reverse-image search, and writes that match to a blockchain as a tamper-evident record.
- ✦Detect and encode a face from an input image — any library or API
- ✦Find at least one real, matching social media post via genuine reverse-image search — no hardcoded results
- ✦Upload the match's data to a blockchain for a tamper-evident, verifiable record
- ✦No website or hosting needed — the pipeline itself is what's judged
- ✦Source on GitHub: functionality, how to run it, which blockchain, and known limitations
- ✦An unedited screen recording of the full pipeline running end to end
Task TigerGraph
TigerGraph Agentic Fraud Investigation
Build an agentic AI pipeline on top of TigerGraph's graph database to investigate and flag fraudulent activity — following the connections across accounts, transactions, and relationships that a flat table would miss entirely.
- ✦Model the data as a graph in TigerGraph — entities and relationships, not flat tables
- ✦An agentic pipeline that investigates, not just classifies — multi-step reasoning over the graph
- ✦Surface real fraud rings / suspicious patterns via graph traversal, not a single heuristic
- ✦Explainable output — show the graph path that justifies each flag
- ✦Source on GitHub: functionality, how to run it, known limitations
Task Wispr Flow
Wispr Flow Shortlisting Task
Build anything you want — a web app, tool, game, utility, automation, or experiment — but build it entirely using your voice with Wispr Flow, not by manually writing the code yourself. Show how effectively you can turn an idea into a working project through voice-driven development alone.
- ✦Build the entire project using your voice — no manually writing the code yourself
- ✦Any project type: web app, tool, game, utility, automation, or experiment
- ✦Screen recording must show the actual build process, not just the final result
- ✦Working, functional project — it doesn't need to be production-ready
- ✦Any language, framework, or tech stack, as long as it's built with Wispr Flow
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