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Launches 15 August 2026 · 90 Days · Open Source
Code for a Billion
Bharat Agentic-AI Hackathon 2026
Build open-source digital public goods for India's health. 90 days of building, from 15 August to 15 November 2026. Sign up on AgentFoundry.me, create a project in the IDE, invite your collaborators, and get 1M smart-code tokens free. Winners announced 5 December 2026.
By Code for India · Built on AgentFoundry.me · APIs by xSpan CareHub
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About / Why now
Technology in service of a billion.
Launching on India's Independence Day, Code for India invites developers, designers, and data scientists everywhere to spend 90 days building open-source solutions for the country's hardest public-health problems. Sign up on AgentFoundry.me, spin up a project in the IDE, invite collaborators, and build with 1M free smart-code tokens. Founded in Silicon Valley on 15 August 2013, CFI has connected 1,500+ volunteer technologists with Indian NGOs. In 2015, CFI ran a transcontinental hackathon during the launch of the Digital India mission. This is the next chapter — every line of code released open-source for the nation to use.
From the Red Fort · 80th Independence Day, 15 August 2026
“From the ramparts of the Red Fort, I want to make an announcement for the youth of the country. We have decided that, during the next one year, we will train 1 crore young people in AI skills, so that the youth of our country have the capability to lead in the world of AI as well.”
Code for a Billion launches the same day — a 90-day sprint to turn that 1 crore pledge into deployed, open-source agents serving real communities.
- 90
- days
- 1M
- free tokens
- ₹18 lakh
- in prizes
- 100%
- open source
The Challenge — ten impact areas
Pick an impact area. Define your own problem statement. Build for 90 days.
There are no pre-set project briefs. Choose one of the ten areas below, define the problem you want to solve and how big it is — how many people it affects and how severely — then build and deploy your agent. Every project is built in the AgentFoundry.me IDE with 1M free smart-code tokens.
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Sanitation
Toilet access and upkeep, sewage mapping, community hygiene, field reporting.
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Waste Management
Segregation, collection routing, recycling markets, landfill and plastic tracking.
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Clean Air
Hyper-local AQI sensing, source attribution, exposure alerts, compliance monitoring.
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Clean Water
Source quality testing, leakage and contamination detection, groundwater intelligence.
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Health
Frontline health workers, preventive care, diagnostics access, public-health surveillance.
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Timely Justice — Legal Backlog
Case triage, document summarisation, legal aid access, court scheduling efficiency.
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Transportation Safety
Road-accident hotspots, driver behaviour, pedestrian safety, emergency response times.
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Livelihood for the Uneducated
Skill matching, informal-sector income, micro-entrepreneurship, benefits access.
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Tech Employment for Youth
Job discovery, portfolio building, apprenticeships, hiring signal for first-time coders.
Prizes
₹18 lakh in cash prizes — announced 5 December 2026.
Judging covers every project deployed to any cloud by 15 November 2026. Winners are announced on 5 December 2026.
🥇 1st place
₹1,50,000
per track / category
🥈 2nd place
₹1,00,000
per track / category
🥉 3rd place
₹50,000
per track / category
₹18,00,000 total prize pool.
Plus sponsor recognition awards — "Best Use of AgentFoundry Agents" and "Best xSpan CareHub Integration" — and a fast-track to CFI's open-source incubation for standout projects.
Timeline
From signup to ship.
- 15 Aug 2026Launch day. Registration and building open — sign up on AgentFoundry.me.
- Aug–Oct 202690 days of building. Create your project in the AgentFoundry IDE, invite collaborators, use your 1M free smart-code tokens.
- 15 Nov 2026Submissions close. Projects must be deployed on any cloud and open-sourced.
- Nov 2026Judging — deployed projects reviewed for impact, openness, and technical quality.
- 5 Dec 2026Winners and prizes announced.
Sponsors & partners
Built with India, for India.
Platinum sponsor
AgentFoundry.meThe agentic IDE for builders — 1M free smart-code tokens for every participant
Technology / API partner
xSpan CareHub
Digital Twin & care-coordination APIs for Bharat.
Founding knowledge partners
NASSCOM IT-ITeS Sector Skills Council & FutureSkills Prime — a MeitY–NASSCOM digital skilling initiative.
Industry partner
How to participate
Four steps, start to submission.
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Build in AgentFoundry
Start your project in AF, the official IDE for Code for a Billion.
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Publish your repo
Push your work to a public GitHub repo with a clear README.
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Record a demo
A 2–3 minute video walkthrough, or a live link we can open.
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Submit on GitHub
One click — a structured form captures your problem statement, repo, and demo.
Judging
How you'll be judged.
Four criteria, weighted equally — 25% each.
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Size of the problem
How many citizens face it.
25%
Severity of the problem
The human suffering or economic loss it causes.
25%
Quality of the solution
Design craft plus real effectiveness.
25%
Proven impact
Actual deployment data, not intentions.
Ready to build?
Organized by Code for India. Official IDE: AgentFoundry.
FAQ
Common questions.
- Who can participate?
- Students, professionals, and indie developers — solo or in teams. Anyone, anywhere on Earth.
- What does it cost?
- Free. Every participant gets 1M smart-code tokens on AgentFoundry.me at no cost.
- How do I take part?
- Sign up at AgentFoundry.me, create a project inside the IDE, invite your team collaborators, and start building. That's your hackathon entry.
- How are projects judged?
- On projects actually deployed to any cloud by 15 November 2026. Winners are announced on 5 December 2026.
- Do I keep my IP?
- Projects are released open-source (Apache-2.0 or MIT) to the Code for India GitHub organization so any NGO or government body can adopt them. You retain attribution as a contributor.
- Can I join if I'm not in India?
- Absolutely. It runs fully online for 90 days — it is 100% virtual, so developers, designers and data scientists from the US, UK, EU — anywhere on Earth — can join.
90 days. One billion reasons to build.
Launches 15 August 2026. Sign up on AgentFoundry.me, create your project, invite collaborators, and claim 1M free smart-code tokens. Deploy by 15 November — winners announced 5 December.