Alibaba Cloud x Atlas Agentic AI Hackathon
Alibaba Cloud x Atlas Agentic AI Hackathon
We are calling on developers, startups, and travel-tech innovators to build real-world AI agents that will reshape how travel is searched, sold, and serviced. Using Atlas travel APIs, Alibaba Cloud infrastructure, and Qoder platform, this is your chance to turn your ideas into production-ready solutions.
📅 Submission Deadline: 30 Aug 2026
🔗 Submit Demo Here
🏆 The top 3 teams pitch live on stage at WiT Singapore, Marina Bay Sands, in front of investors, industry judges, and travel leaders. The winner is announced at WiT's closing ceremony on 2 October.
💰Prizes
Win up to USD 5,000 cash + USD 4,000 in Alibaba Cloud credits
📅 Timeline
5 Aug — Registration opens
19 Aug — Hackathon Kickoff Workshop with Qoder
30 Aug — Submission deadline (3-min video demo)
10 Sep — Top 3 finalists contacted via email
30 Sep — Live pitch at WiT Singapore, Marina Bay Sands
2 Oct — Winner announced on WiT closing stage
What you get
🛠️ Every approved participant receives a free 2-month Qoder seat, plus access to Atlas's flight APIs and curated travel datasets—unlocking content and insights from 140+ airlines across tens of thousands of origin-destination (O&D) pairs.
Who can join
👥 Open to all backgrounds. Participate solo or in a team up to 3. No travel-industry experience required!
🧭 Hackathon themes
One question drives this hackathon: what could a new beginning look like with Agentic AI — and where is growth coming from? Build against any of these tracks:
🏨 Hotels & Hospitality — Autonomous guest concierges, smart property management, dynamic pricing and revenue management.
✈️ Flights & Aviation — Proactive disruption handling and rebooking, intelligent routing, seamless multi-modal journeys.
🗺️ Attractions & Destinations — Context-aware discovery, dynamic crowd management, immersive AR guides.
🎡 Activities & Experiences — Autonomous itinerary orchestration, hyper-personalised local matching, real-time language and cultural bridges.
💳 Payments & Fintech — Agentic commerce and instant checkout, B2B payment reconciliation, dynamic budget management.
📊 Data & Analytics — Predictive travel intelligence, unified customer profiles, operational insight agents.
🚀 AI Agent Startups & Ecosystem — Multi-agent orchestration platforms, trust and verification systems, no-code agent builders for travel SMBs.
💡 Other Travel Innovations — Generative media and content, advanced conversational interfaces, sustainable travel agents, or anything else that moves the industry forward.
⚖️ Judging criteria
Innovation (30%)
Feasibility (30%)
Use of Alibaba Cloud's Qoder Platform (20%)
Demo Presentation (20%)
📅 Submission Deadline: 30 Aug 2026
🔗 Submit Demo Here
*The organises reserves the right to suspend Qoder subscriptions in cases of suspected fraud or abuse.