Stellaris & Entrepreneur First Organise GenAI Hackathon, 150+ Participants Build Solutions for India
Stellaris Venture Partners and Entrepreneur First teamed up to host a Generative AI Hackathon in Bengaluru last weekend. With the theme ‘AI for India’, this hackathon aimed to bring together developers, data scientists, and AI enthusiasts to build innovative solutions for India-specific use cases.
The 24-hour-long hackathon saw an overwhelming response, with over 150 participants forming 60 teams to leverage AI to tackle India’s most pressing issues. The hackathon was supported by Whatfix, a leading digital adoption platform, AWS, a global cloud services partner, and LlamaIndex, a data framework for LLM applications.
The hackathon kicked off with a panel discussion with Alok Goyal, Partner at Stellaris Venture Partners, Soumyadeep Mukherjee, Co-Founder at Dashtoon, Mansoor Khan, Co-founder & CEO at Beatoven.ai, and Arvind Nair, Co-founder & CEO at, NeuroPixel.AI. AI practitioners and technical leaders at the forefront of India’s GenAI domain also joined the GenAI Hackathon as mentors. Their expertise and guidance helped teams refine their thought process and create sharper solutions.
Commenting on India’s potential in the Generative AI field, Alok Goyal, Partner, Stellaris Venture Partners, said, “Generative AI is evolving at a rapid pace with each breakthrough unlocking boundless possibilities. We believe India’s talent pool is brimming with potential to solve some of our most complex challenges, and the hackathon was a testament to this depth of talent, their level of creativity, and technical prowess.”
On the second day of the hackathon, Rahul Samat, Partner & India Head, Entrepreneur First, addressed the room and said, “Economic indicators point to a $1T valuation for India’s technology sector by 2030. We believe a substantial portion of this potential lies within the realm of AI. India may have missed the bus on manufacturing and Web 2.0, but it is imperative for us to seize the opportunity and establish ourselves as frontrunners in the AI landscape. In pursuit of this goal, Entrepreneur First joined forces with Stellaris to host this Generative AI hackathon, aiming to discover and empower India’s most promising AI talent while offering them early-stage support.”
The hackathon presented an incredible array of projects across various captivating use cases, each leveraging Generative AI. Among the standout solutions was an emergency response application that swiftly analyses and prioritises emergency calls, a generative video solution empowering Indian businesses to create personalised videos, a platform for rural India enabling access to vital information on government schemes, and more.
