Voice AI Hackathon Manila 2026
Voice AI Hackathon Manila 2026
✨ About the Event
🎙️ Building Real-Time Voice AI Systems used to feel complex. Now you can prototype faster with AI-assisted development workflows and real-time voice tools.
🚀 You will use TRAE IDE to practice modern AI-assisted development workflows, and Agora technologies to build real-time, low-latency Voice AI solutions.
👥 Who should join
Students, developers, professionals, and tech enthusiasts with basic programming knowledge.
🛠️ What you will do
📘 Learn the basics fast including the core building blocks and a simple starter flow
🧑🏫 Build and iterate during the hackathon with mentor support and guided checkpoints
🤝 Collaborate in teams, test ideas quickly, and ship a working prototype demo
🌟 Why it matters
You will build innovative solutions using Agora, learn practical AI-assisted development workflows with TRAE, and connect with builders across the Philippines 🇵🇭. You will also see other teams’ projects, exchange ideas 💡, and grow your network in the local developer ecosystem 🔗.
🏆 Prizes
💰 Prizes Worth 130,000 (including Cash and Credits):
Grand Prize: ₱15,000 Cash, and ₱57.3k worth of Credits
2nd Prize: ₱10,000 Cash, and ₱28.7k worth of Credits
3rd Prize: ₱5,000 Cash, and ₱17.2k worth of Credits
📍 Event Details
📅 Date: Monday, March 16, 2026
📍 Venue: Arthaland Century Pacific Tower, 4th Ave, 30th St, Taguig
👥 Format: In-person, single-day event
🧑💻 Tech Support: Guidance for vibe-coding and Voice AI models
🍽️ Food and drinks will be available throughout the day. 🥤
Team Size: 1 to 4 members per team.
⏱️ Event Schedule
8:00 AM to 8:30 AM — Registration and Check-in, badge distribution, team confirmations, seating.
8:30 AM to 9:00 AM — Opening Ceremony, welcome remarks, event overview, partner introductions.
9:00 AM to 10:00 AM — Workshop, Intro to TRAE IDE and Agora
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM — Hackathon Begins, Build Phase 1 🧑💻🚀, teams start building with the required tech stack.
12:00 PM to 12:40 PM — Working Lunch Break 🍽️, lunch will be distributed, informal mentoring.
12:45 PM to 4:00 PM — Build Phase 2, Deep Work 🔧💡, continue building, mentor rotations, technical support.
4:00 PM to 4:15 PM — Working Snack Break 🍩☕, refreshments.
4:15 PM to 5:30 PM — Build Phase 3, Final Sprint ⏱️🔥, polish solutions, prep submissions and demos.
5:30 PM to 6:00 PM — Submission Deadline and Dinner 📩🍽️, submit via GitHub PR, catered dinner.
6:00 PM to 6:40 PM — Judging Deliberation 🧑⚖️🗳️, judges review submissions, select Top 10.
6:40 PM to 8:00 PM — Top Team Presentations 🎤🏆, 5 min pitch, 2 min Q and A, selected teams present on stage (5 to 7 min each).
Ready to join?
Please ensure that you bring an internet-facing laptop for this hands-on session.
Please register the Agora Developer account in advance.
https://console.agora.io/
Agora Community
• Join Agora Community Discord
• Follow Agora on Linkedin, Twitter / X & Facebook
• Subscribe to the Agora YouTube Channel
• Subscribe to the Agora Convo AI World Podcast
🎙️Host
Agora powers real-time voice, video, and interactive experiences at scale — trusted by thousands of developers worldwide to seamlessly embed communication into any application.
Voice AI is fundamentally reshaping how we interact with technology. Agora's SDKs combined with the TEN (Transformative Engagement Network) framework — an open-source voice AI toolkit — give you everything needed to build next-generation voice experiences. TEN's modular STT, LLM, and TTS integration makes it the perfect launchpad for rapid hackathon innovation.
Join us and build the future of voice!
🤝🏻 Organizers
AWS Cloud Clubs Philippines is the official national network of student-led cloud communities supported by Amazon Web Services. It empowers university students across the Philippines to learn cloud computing, build real-world projects, and develop careers in technology through workshops, certifications, mentorship, and hands-on learning experiences. The organization connects students directly with industry professionals, AWS experts, and global opportunities, helping cultivate the next generation of cloud engineers, solutions architects, and technical leaders.
Agora Ambassador Philippines is a team of developers and technology advocates dedicated to promoting the real-time engagement technologies of Agora across universities in the Philippines. The community empowers students to explore and build innovative applications using real-time voice, video, and interactive streaming solutions through workshops, hackathons, mentorship, and collaborative projects. Through these initiatives, the community fosters creativity, technical growth, and collaboration, enabling students to transform ideas into impactful real-time experiences that connect people and communities through technology.
🥂 Partners
TRAE (The Real AI Engineer) is ByteDance’s AI-powered IDE designed to change the way you build software. With IDE Mode providing smart coding assistance and SOLO Mode enabling end-to-end automation, TRAE helps you turn natural language prompts into complete, working applications from scratch.
Our mission is clear: remove the friction between ideas and execution, so builders at any skill level can move faster and stay focused on what matters, creating standout products.
TRAE, where human creativity connects with AI intelligence.
AWS User Group Philippines is the official community of AWS professionals, developers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts in the country. It provides a platform for knowledge sharing, technical talks, workshops, and networking among individuals working with or interested in AWS technologies. The group fosters collaboration between industry practitioners, students, and organizations, helping strengthen the Philippine cloud ecosystem and supporting career growth in cloud computing.