The Great RAG-athon
A weekend hackathon for anyone who wants to build a real retrieval-augmented generation system — pick your own dataset, wire up retrieval, and show us it actually beats a plain LLM call.
The Great RAG-athon
Build a RAG system that actually finds the right answer.
Sat 26 Sep 2026, 10:00 to Sun 27 Sep, 18:00 IST
Sat 26 Sep 2026, 10:00 to Sun 27 Sep, 18:00 IST
The rules
Teams of up to 4 (solo is fine too).
Build a working RAG-based retrieval/QA system over a dataset of your choice.
Submit a working demo and your source code by the submission deadline — no swaps after judging starts.
Judged on: does it work, code quality, and how much retrieval actually improves answers over a plain LLM call.
Standard code of conduct applies — be respectful, no plagiarized submissions, credit any external libraries or datasets you use.
Are you judge-ready?
Tick what your project already does.
Prizes
₹30,000 cash-equivalent prize pool for the winning team(s).
Get ready
New to retrieval? Start with Introduction to RAG, then RAG & Vector Search in Production. Or try the warm-up quiz.