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Impact Osaka 2026: Autonomous Agents Hackathon [Global Startup Expo 2026 - Side Event]
Impact Osaka Hackathon 2026: Autonomous Agents for Real-World Impact
Build AI agents that do, not just respond.
Date: October 5, 2026
Venue: Osaka, Japan
Event Overview
Impact Osaka 2026 is an international Autonomous Agents Hackathon bringing together students, developers, researchers, founders, designers, AI engineers, creators, and innovation enthusiasts to build practical AI solutions for real-world challenges.
AI is rapidly moving beyond systems that simply answer questions. Autonomous agents can understand objectives, reason, plan, use tools and APIs, make decisions, execute workflows, and complete real tasks with human collaboration.
This is not just a coding competition.
It is a practical buildathon where participants move from idea → prototype → execution. Teams will build solutions that can support individuals, businesses, developers, organizations, and communities in Japan and beyond.
Osaka represents entrepreneurship, commerce, creativity, technology, and international connection. Impact Osaka brings this energy together with the next generation of AI builders to create solutions that are practical, scalable, and grounded in real needs.
Core Theme
Autonomous Agents for Real-World Impact
Participants will explore how AI can move beyond conversation and become capable of meaningful execution.
The core idea is simple:
AI that answers → AI that acts.
Projects can use AI agents, APIs, automation platforms, voice AI, coding tools, databases, external services, and other technologies to create working solutions.
Two Ways to Build
Impact Osaka welcomes both technical agent development and AI-powered visualization of new concepts.
Participants can choose the direction that best fits their skills and idea.
Track 01 — Build a Working Autonomous Agent
Build an AI agent that solves a real-world problem.
Your system should go beyond simply generating responses. It can reason, use tools, connect with APIs or databases, automate workflows, and perform meaningful actions.
Examples include:
Business agents for sales, operations, research, marketing, or customer support.
Personal agents for careers, productivity, learning, travel, or research.
Developer agents for coding, testing, debugging, documentation, or deployment.
Enterprise agents for knowledge management, document processing, analytics, and workflow automation.
Social-impact agents for education, accessibility, communities, sustainability, or public services.
Participants can also use ElevenLabs Agents to create voice-powered autonomous experiences and connect them with tools, APIs, and external workflows.
The objective is:
Understand → Reason → Use Tools → Take Action
Track 02 — Visualize a New Business or Agentic Concept
You don't need to have a fully developed product to participate.
Have an idea for a new startup, business, AI product, autonomous agent, or social-impact solution?
Use AI creative tools, including ElevenLabs, to turn the concept into a compelling product concept video or agentic presentation.
Show us:
The Problem → The Idea → How It Works → Who It Helps → The Impact
Participants can combine AI-generated voice, narration, dialogue, sound, storytelling, visuals, and product concepts to communicate what the future solution could become.
The focus is not simply on making a promotional video.
The goal is to make an idea understandable, believable, and ready to demonstrate.
Prizes
🏆Total Prize Pool : $1,194+ worth of Credits
Track 01 — Build a Working Autonomous Agent
Winner receives a 3-Month ElevenLabs Pro Plan
Track 02 — Visualize a New Business or Agentic Concept
Winner receives a 3-Month ElevenLabs Scale Plan
Two tracks. Two winners. Build something real.
Build with ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is supporting Impact Osaka as a Credit Sponsor, giving participants opportunities to build with its voice and AI technologies.
Participants can explore:
Voice AI × AI Agents × Audio × Storytelling × Multilingual Experiences
ElevenLabs can be used in either direction: to build a working voice-enabled AI agent or to communicate and visualize a new business or agentic concept.
One winning project will be selected from each track.
🏆 Prize Pool
For each event: Overall Winner: 3 Month Pro Tier Best Project Built with ElevenLabs: 3 Month Scale Tier
What Makes Impact Osaka Different
Execution > Conversation
We want to see AI that performs useful tasks, not simply another chatbot.
Build in 6 Hours
Teams move rapidly from problem identification to a working prototype or demonstrable concept.
Vibe Coding Friendly
Use AI copilots, LLMs, APIs, automation platforms, agent frameworks, low-code tools, creative AI tools, or custom systems.
Technical + Creative Builders
You don't need to be an advanced engineer. Developers, designers, creators, founders, students, and business thinkers can contribute in different ways.
Japan + Global
Build something relevant to Japan with the potential to create value anywhere.
What to Submit
For Working Agent Projects
Teams should submit:
A working prototype or functional demo
A clear problem and target user
What the agent actually does
Tools, APIs, models, or platforms used
Demonstration of real execution
Future potential or scalability
For Business / Agentic Concept Projects
Teams should submit:
A concept video or agentic presentation
Clear problem and target audience
Proposed solution
Explanation of how AI is used
Potential business or social impact
Vision for turning the concept into a real product
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on:
Problem Relevance
Does it address something worth solving?
Innovation
Is the idea or approach interesting and differentiated?
AI Usage
Is AI being used meaningfully rather than added superficially?
Execution
Does the prototype work, or is the concept communicated convincingly?
Real-World Potential
Could this continue as a useful product, startup, business solution, or social-impact project?
Impact Osaka's main judging philosophy is focused on whether projects can perform useful work and have potential beyond the hackathon.
Who Should Join
Impact Osaka is open to:
Students and researchers
Developers and AI engineers
Startup founders
Creators and storytellers
Designers and product thinkers
Business and operations professionals
Automation specialists
Researchers and domain experts
Anyone interested in building practical AI solutions
No prior hackathon experience is required.
You don't need to know everything.
Bring your skills. Find your team. Build something real.
Impact Osaka 2026
October 5, 2026
Osaka, Japan
Build AI agents that do, not just respond.
Build. Create. Automate. Deploy.
Organizer
Cognisor AI
Co-Hosts
TIU Impact Next
Creators Circuit
Credit Sponsor
ElevenLabs
Two Tracks. Two Winners. One Goal.
Turn AI ideas into real-world impact.
Organizers
Cognisor
Website : www.cognisorai.com
Co-Host
TIU Impact Next
Website : www.tiuimpactnext.com
Website : www.creatorscircuit.tech
Peer Portal
Website : www.peerportal.app
Credit Sponsors :
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is one of the world’s leading Voice AI platforms, helping builders create realistic voices, AI voice agents, multilingual audio, and voice powered applications.