{
  "id": 7994926,
  "title": "India’s top AI teams set to battle in Elastic and AWS's Forge the Future Hackathon finale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/indias-top-ai-teams-set-to-battle-in-elastic-and-awss-forge-the",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:45:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "YourStory",
    "slug": "yourstory",
    "url": "https://yourstory.com/2026/09/indias-top-ai-teams-set-battle-elastic-awss-forge-future-hackathon-finale"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India's leading artificial intelligence teams are set to compete in the final showdown of the Forge the Future Hackathon, organized by Elastic, powered by AWS and in collaboration with Nasscom, Sarvam AI, and HackCulture. The hackathon aims to create autonomous, explainable agents that can solve enterprise problems in search, observability, and security. After registration, team formation, and idea submission, shortlisted teams will face off in four challenge tracks, each evaluated on measurable performance, reliability, and real-world impact. The Grand Finale will be held in Bengaluru on September 18-19, with the top three teams receiving a prize pool of Rs 6,00,000. Winners will receive additional rewards and a platform to showcase their solutions at the Elastic{ON} Mumbai event on September 30.",
  "summary": "After weeks of registration, idea submission, and shortlisting, India's top AI teams are set to compete at the Forge the Future Hackathon's Grand Finale in Bengaluru, with the winners earning a place at Elastic{ON} Mumbai.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}