Anyone above the legal age of majority in their country of residence from eligible countries can participate.

What is the objective of the hackathon?

Participants must build AI agents that can reason, plan, and execute real-world tasks using Gemini and Google Cloud Agent Builder.

Which technologies are encouraged?

Participants are encouraged to use Gemini, Google Cloud Agent Builder, MCP servers, LangGraph, AutoGen, AI orchestration tools, and integrations with partner platforms like MongoDB, GitLab, Elastic, Fivetran, and Arize.

What should participants submit?

Participants must submit a hosted project URL, open-source repository, demo video, selected partner track, and completed Devpost submission form.

The hackathon offers up to $60,000 in total prizes distributed across multiple partner challenge tracks.

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Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon

Name: Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon
Start: 2026-05-01T07:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-06-11T21:00:00.000Z

Date

May 1, 2026 – June 12, 2026

Where

Online

Mode

online

Entry

Free

Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon poster

FREE

Starts

Fri, 1 May

Entry

Free

Venue

Online

Eligibility

College students

About this event

Free entry

Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon is a global online AI hackathon hosted on Devpost by Google Cloud. Participants build functional AI agents powered by Gemini and Google Cloud Agent Builder to solve real-world problems. Developers integrate partner MCP servers from companies like MongoDB, GitLab, Elastic, Fivetran, Dynatrace, and Arize to create intelligent agents capable of reasoning, planning, automation, and task execution.

Certificates

Winners receive digital certificates.

All participants get digital certificates.

Google Cloud Rapid Agent Hackathon

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