Alibaba Cloud x Atlas Agentic AI Hackathon

We invite developers, startups, and travel-tech innovators to create real-world AI agents that will transform the travel industry! 🌍✨

Utilize Atlas travel APIs, Alibaba Cloud infrastructure, and the Qoder platform to bring your ideas to life.

📅 Key Dates

• Submission Deadline: 30 Aug 2026
• Registration Opens: 5 Aug 2026
• Hackathon Kickoff Workshop: 19 Aug 2026
• Top 3 Finalists Contacted: 10 Sep 2026
• Live Pitch at WiT Singapore: 30 Sep 2026
• Winner Announcement: 2 Oct 2026

🏆 Prizes

• Win up to USD 5,000 cash + USD 4,000 in Alibaba Cloud credits!

What You Get

🛠️ Every approved participant receives a free 2-month Qoder seat and access to Atlas's flight APIs and curated travel datasets, featuring insights from 140+ airlines across thousands of origin-destination pairs.

Who Can Join

👥 Open to all backgrounds! Participate solo or in teams of up to 3. No travel industry experience required!

🧭 Hackathon Themes

Explore the potential of Agentic AI across various tracks:

• 🏨 Hotels & Hospitality: Autonomous guest concierges, smart property management, dynamic pricing.
• ✈️ Flights & Aviation: Proactive disruption handling, intelligent routing, seamless journeys.
• 🗺️ Attractions & Destinations: Context-aware discovery, dynamic crowd management, immersive AR guides.
• 🎡 Activities & Experiences: Autonomous itinerary orchestration, hyper-personalized matching.
• 💳 Payments & Fintech: Agentic commerce, instant checkout, dynamic budget management.
• 📊 Data & Analytics: Predictive travel intelligence, unified customer profiles.
• 🚀 AI Agent Startups & Ecosystem: Multi-agent orchestration platforms, no-code agent builders.
• 💡 Other Travel Innovations: Generative media, advanced conversational interfaces, sustainable travel agents.

⚖️ 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 organizers reserve the right to suspend Qoder subscriptions in cases of suspected fraud or abuse.