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Agentic Automation
Multi-agent systems that plan, decide, and execute real workflows. Not a chatbot with a nice wrapper — something that gets a job done end to end.
- Planner + executor loops
- Tool-using agents
- Ops automation
07–08 OCT 2026Goa, India24 HRSAGENTIC AI
Build agents that actually do something. 24 hours, Goa, no sleep.
It's happening
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SecBUILD AGENTS THAT ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING24 HOURSGOANO SLEEPFUEL · CODE · REPEATGOOD VIBES · CODE · ALL NIGHT
What this is
Goa Hack Nights is a 24-hour in-person hackathon for people who want to build real agentic AI systems, not slide decks about them.
Teams design, build, and ship a working multi-agent or AI-automation project across three tracks — with food, WiFi, power backup, and mentor support handled on-site.
24-hour in-person hackathonAgentic AI / AI automationSolo or teams of 2–4Students & early-career
Who's running it
Top 10
of 697 teams
Google's AI Agent Builder Series Grand Finale, Bengaluru. The team running this has been on the other side of the table.
4,200+
users on PaperX
Organised by Kadhirvel, engineering lead on PaperX — an AI-native EdTech platform shipping to real users.
Small
on purpose
Mentors and judges who actually engage with every team. Nobody is skimming 300 submissions in an hour here.
This is a first-time independently organised event. Small, hands-on, and honest about it — which is exactly why the refund terms are written out in full further down instead of buried in a PDF.
AGENTIC AUTOMATIONAI FOR GOAOPEN INNOVATIONPICK A LANE
Pick your lane
You choose at kickoff and can switch until the build window opens. Same judging criteria across all three — the track just tells us what problem you decided to point your agents at.
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AI for Goa
Agentic AI pointed at real local problems — tourism, fisheries, waste management, traffic, heritage, local commerce. Build for the place you're sitting in.
- Tourism & heritage
- Fisheries & waste
- Traffic & local commerce
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Open Innovation
Anything agentic AI, your call. If it's genuinely interesting and it runs by demo time, it belongs here.
- Your idea
- Your stack
- Your rules
Run of show
Indicative timings. Exact schedule goes out to registrants once the venue is locked.
- 09:007 OCTday
Doors open, check-in
Badges, breakfast, WiFi codes. Find a table with a plug.
- 10:007 OCTday
Kickoff & team formation
Tracks explained, rules laid out. Solo entries get matched into teams here.
- 11:007 OCTday
The 24 hours begin
Clock starts. Everything after this is build time.
- 19:007 OCTdusk
Dinner + mentor round one
Mentors do the floor. Optional, but take it — it's free scoping advice.
- 01:008 OCTnight
Night shift
Fairy lights on, chai flowing, the good hours. This is where the demo gets made.
- 07:008 OCTdawn
Sunrise + mentor check-in
Last chance to cut scope. Ship what works, drop what doesn't.
- 11:008 OCTday
Tools down. Demos.
Live demos to the judging panel. Working software beats a pretty deck.
- 14:008 OCTday
Winners announced
Prizes, certificates, photos, and then everyone sleeps for a week.
₹15,000 PRIZE POOLTOP 3 TEAMSREFERRAL FAST-TRACKCERTIFICATES + SWAG
What you're playing for
1st place
₹0- Referral fast-track
- Certificate
- Swag
1st
2nd place
₹0- Certificate
- Swag
2nd
3rd place
₹0- Certificate
- Swag
3rd
The full pot
- ₹15,000 total cash pool, split across the top 3 teams.
- Fast-track referral consideration for the winning team through the organiser's professional network.
- Certificates for all finalists. Swag for everyone who shows up and builds.
How you get judged
Technical execution30%
Innovation / originality25%
Real-world impact & feasibility25%
Presentation & demo20%
Get your seat
Registration runs through Unstop. Opens TBA. Early bird is limited — when it's gone, it's gone.
Limited slots
Early Bird
₹499per person
- 24-hour venue access
- All meals + chai on tap
- WiFi and power backup
- Mentor access through the night
- Certificate + swag
Grab early bird
Closes TBA
Regular
₹799per person
After early bird sells out
- 24-hour venue access
- All meals + chai on tap
- WiFi and power backup
- Mentor access through the night
- Certificate + swag
Register
Closes TBA
Read this before you pay
Provisional until we hit minimum headcount.
Your registration is provisional until the event confirms minimum headcount. If Goa Hack Nights doesn't reach TBA registrations by TBA, the event does not run and every registrant gets a full refund — no conditions, no partial credit.
This is a paid event run by a first-time organiser. You should know exactly where your money sits before you send it, so we put the terms here rather than three clicks deep.
Straight answers
Registration is provisional until we confirm minimum headcount. If Goa Hack Nights doesn't hit its minimum of TBA registrations by TBA, the event doesn't run and every registrant gets a full refund. No conditions, no partial credits. We're saying this upfront because it's a paid event run by a first-time organiser, and you deserve to know exactly where your money sits.
Something not covered? Ask us directly.
Working with
GDG GoaPending
Community partner
Partnership pitch sent, response pending.
UnstopConfirmed
Registration & discovery
The event is listed here — registration runs through Unstop.
GDG Goa is a community chapter, not a corporate sponsor — we'll only list a partnership here once it's actually confirmed in writing.