Bessemer Tech Catalyst Brings Together 300+ Engineers To Solve Real World AI Challenges From Bessemer Portfolio Companies
Bengaluru, September 7, 2026: Bessemer Venture Partners concluded the first edition of Bessemer Tech Catalyst , bringing together more than 300 engineers, developers and AI enthusiasts in Bengaluru to solve real world engineering challenges posed by four of its portfolio companies. Held on September 5 at the Polaris School of Technology, the AI hackathon brought together talent and technology…
Bessemer Venture Partners concluded the first edition of Bessemer Tech Catalyst, an AI hackathon that brought together over 300 engineers, developers, and AI enthusiasts in Bengaluru. The event, held on September 5 at the Polaris School of Technology, focused on solving real-world engineering challenges posed by four of its portfolio companies: Aivar, dCortex, MoveInSync, and TBX.
The hackathon was organized in partnership with MetaMorph and aimed to give portfolio companies an opportunity to assess young builders and for participants to experience the companies and products they could potentially build with. Anant Vidur Puri, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, highlighted the importance of AI in changing the way everything is built and the need for traditional ways of engaging with and assessing talent to evolve.
Deepa Pappanna, VP of Talent & Community at Bessemer Venture Partners, emphasized the need to watch people in action to identify the right talent for their portfolio companies and to provide the broader ecosystem with an opportunity to experience startups solving real-world problems with AI.
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