🚀 Hackathon Alert: Google Chrome Built-in AI Challenge 2025 🚀

Google Chrome is bringing Gemini Nano and a powerful suite of built-in AI APIs right into the browser — and this hackathon is your chance to innovate!

🧩 What You Can Build
Web Applications or Chrome Extensions using Chrome’s new AI APIs:
- Prompt API
- Summarizer API
- Writer & Rewriter APIs
- Translator API
- Proofreader API

💡 Why Join
- Hands-on experience with cutting-edge on-device AI
- Opportunity to showcase your project on Google’s channels
- Open-source portfolio boost + direct feedback from Chrome engineers

🏆 Prizes Include:
- $14,000 for Most Helpful apps
- $9,000 for Best Multimodal AI and Best Hybrid AI apps
- $1,000 honorable mention awards
- Virtual coffee chats with Chrome team 🚀

📅 Important
- Project must be new and original in 2025
- Submission includes: working demo + GitHub + description + 3-minute video
- Open to both solo developers and teams

👉 Join here: Google Chrome AI Challenge 2025

🌟 Subscribe for more! 🌟

🚀 It’s here! Be part of the inaugural Citadel–NUS Invest Stock Pitch Competition 2025 — the first-ever Citadel × NUS Investment Society collaboration.

If you love markets, valuation, and high-conviction ideas, this is your arena.

What’s in it for you
🏆 Attractive prizes for the champion and runner-up!
🤝 Network with industry leaders & like-minded peers

Timeline
📣 Info Session + Case: 3 Nov 2025
📤 Round 1 Due: 17 Nov 2025
🏁 Top 5 Reveal: 28 Nov 2025
🎤 Grand Finals: 9 Dec 2025

🕓 Register by 2 Nov 2025, 23:59 (Sun)
👥 Open to all students (any faculty/year) across all universities — solo or teams of up to 4

👉 Join the pioneer batch: https://bit.ly/citadelnusinvestspc2025
📩 Questions? nusinvestspc@gmail.com (email header: Citadel x NUS SPC | Enquiry)

Subscribe for more! 🌟🌟

🚀 Ready to Build the Next Big Security Tool? Join HackSmith v6.0! 🚀

When 🕐: 6-7 Dec 2025, 24 hours
Where 📍: CyberSG TIG Collaboration Centre
Who 👥: Open to all teams of 1–3 who want to develop a cybersecurity tool together!
Sign Up Here 🔗: forms.gle/hETHh6Ae9sxz2ZeLA

Got an idea for a cybersecurity tool but need that extra push to get started? HackSmith v6.0 is your launchpad! 🛠 Join a community of builders, innovators, and problem-solvers in a 24-hour hackathon by Div0 designed to bring your ideas to life. Whether you’re a seasoned security researcher or just curious to learn, HackSmith is open to everyone—no prior experience required!

Think you can build the ultimate robot or drone? Team up in fours and prove it on the CNA Tech Challenge - a new reality game show where tech meets talent.

🚀 Tackle robotics- and drone-based missions
💡 Get exposure on CNA platforms
🤝 Connect with fellow tech enthusiasts and industry experts
🏆 Win amazing prizes

Sign up before 30 Nov 2025 👉 cna.asia/cna-tech-challenge

Are you ready to make waves in the maritime industry? 🌊

We invite you to apply your creativity and problem-solving skills to tackle real-world issues at the Maritime Hackathon 2026, happening on 6 – 7 February 2026.

Work with peers, mentors, and industry leaders to develop innovative solutions that could shape the future of maritime!

💰 Stand to win up attractive cash prizes!
🎓 What you can look forward to
A Masterclass by RightShip
Databricks Academy Workshop worth up to USD 1,000
Exclusive networking opportunities with maritime professionals and potential employers

📅 Register your interest by 28 November 2025 – scan the QR code in the flyer or visit: 👉https://www.maritimestudies.nus.edu.sg/events/maritime-hackathon-2026/

Don’t miss this chance to make an impact and explore new frontiers in technology, sustainability, and maritime innovation!

Brought to you by Centre for Maritime Studies, NUS
in partnership with
Singapore Maritime Foundation (SMF) and RightShip

🚍 SBS Transit Hackathon 2025
Hack for Innovation, Build for Sustainability! 🌱Think you can reimagine the future of Singapore’s public transport? Here’s your chance to solve real industry challenges that impact millions of commuters daily.

👥 Who can join?
Open to all students and mid-career learners — just grab a teammate and dive in!

🛠 Virtual Briefing Day
📅 17 December 2025
⏰ 9:00 AM
🔗 Scan the QR code in the poster to register

🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st: $3,000
🥈 2nd: $2,000
🥉 3rd: $1,000

💡 Problem Statements include:

1) Making travel safer & more independent for Seniors and Persons with Disabilities

2) Reducing energy consumption at train stations

3) Building a real-time bus locator in multi-storey depots

4) Optimising fuel efficiency across bus fleets

🚀 Bring your creativity, tech skills, and passion for sustainability — and help shape Singapore’s next era of smart mobility.

Subscribe for more!

🚀 APECS Venture Capital Case Competition 2026

Registration Now Open!

Ready to experience what it’s like to think, analyse, and pitch like a real VC? Assemble your team of 2–4 members and take on a high-impact venture capital case judged by industry leaders.

💰 Prizes:
🥇 Up to $2,000 + Fully-Funded CAIA FAI Scholarships

🎓 Other Perks:
• Exclusive masterclasses
• Networking with VC professionals
• Opportunities from CAIA & ESSEC

📅 Key Dates:
• 5 Jan – VCCC Masterclass
• 6 Jan – Case Release
• 12 Jan – Case Submission
• 2 Feb – Finalists Announced
• 3–5 Feb – Developmental Case
• 7 Feb – VCCC Finals

📝 Sign-up Deadline: 28 Dec 2025, 23:59
🔗 Register here: tinyurl.com/APECSVCCC2026

Don’t miss your shot to break into the world of venture capital! 💼🔥

Subscribe for more!

Start your journey with the SIC Case Competition 2026, where students across Singapore come together to solve real organisational challenges in revenue innovation and long-term youth engagement.

This year, the case is centred on SIC itself, ASEAN’s largest youth-driven impact organisation, giving you a rare chance to solve a real, mission-critical problem with tangible application.

🏆 Prizes:
🥇 1st Place - S$400
🥈 2nd Place - S$200
🥉 3rd Place - S$100

What’s in it for you?
🌐 Gain insights into purpose-driven businesses
📈 Build consulting, problem-solving and pitching skills
💡 Support sustainable impact & youth innovation

👥 Who can sign up?
All tertiary students are welcome!
Sign up individually, as a pair or as a team of 3-5

Don’t miss this chance to challenge yourself and create an impact!

🔗 Register HERE by 28th December 2025, 11:59 PM

For any questions, reach out to Ruotong (@krtong) or Sanjana (@s8njana) via Telegram.

⭐️ Calling all technical AND non-technical builders! During next year’s SG AI Research Week, join us for the AAAI26 Build for Good Hackathon, where you get to co-create SEA-LION use cases with local founders working in charity, sustainability and wellness.

Why join?
• FREE Lovable credits and cash prizes to be won 👀
• Exclusive merch to be won 🎁
• Good Coffee and Free Food 🌮
• Develop solutions that might REALLY get implemented by local founders 🚀
• Connect with local founders and speakers from Google, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, AI Singapore and Stanford University, and more! 🗣

SNEAK PEEK: https://buildforgood2026.lovable.app

Where & When:
📅 24th – 25th Jan 2026 (Sat & Sun)
🕔 9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
📍Hack through SGInnovate’s Office!!!

👉 Register here, limited to 80pax!: https://central.sginnovate.com/hub/events/9aaa4595-36ed-474f-aedd-7e846959b36e?types=EVENT

The National AI Student Challenge (NAISC) 2026 is now open!
Are you ready to lead the next wave of innovation?

Whether you’re based in Singapore or across the region, this is your chance to turn your AI skills into real-world impact.

Why join NAISC 2026?

Unlock internship opportunities: Get your foot in the door with industry leaders like Singtel, Certis, and Huawei.

Mentorship from industry experts: Learn directly from experts at AI Singapore and our esteemed partners.

Exclusive prizes: Stand a chance to win cash prizes and tech products, along with professional recognition for your ideas, skills, and impact.

Important dates

Registration closes: 16 February 2026 (12:00 PM SGT)

Notification of successful registration: By 23 February 2026

Sign up early—registration is first-come, first-served and will close once all spots are filled. Select your track and start exploring the next generation of AI.

Register now: naisc.aisingapore.org

Deep Learning Week 2026 (DLW’26) is back. As one of NTU’s largest AI hackathons, and among the largest student-led AI hackathons in Singapore, DLW brings together students, researchers, and industry professionals for a high-energy week of building end-to-end intelligent systems.

Expect hands-on workshops, technical talks, mentorship tracks, and networking opportunities, plus an overnight hackathon where teams stay up, hang out, and hack together 🌙

🗓 28 Feb – 8 Mar (timings: dlweek.com/agenda)
📍 Venue: LKC Lecture Theatre, South Spine @ NTU
💻 Website: www.dlweek.com

🤝 Backed by industry
Supported by industry partners actively involved in research, technology, and innovation.

Highly recommended for students interested in AI, machine learning, and data science, whether you’re here to build, compete, or stay up all night building with friends.

Register now: dlweek.com/signup

Didn’t manage to sign up for NES START Phase 2?

😌 Fret not! We’re opening limited slots for YOU to attend the sessions!

🎯 NES START (Phase 2) is an entrepreneurship programme by NUS Entrepreneurship Society (NES), designed for students with a strong interest in entrepreneurship who want to explore startup-building. Lessons are held weekly on Tuesdays, 7-9pm!

What to expect:
💬 Learn directly from industry professionals, startup founders & entrepreneurs
💡 Build practical startup skillsets — from validation to pitching
🤝 Network with like-minded peers, founders & angel investors

‼️ Open to all faculties
‼️Slots are limited and applications are subject to approval
‼️No MCs will be awarded
‼️Weekly lesson slots are allocated on a FCFS basis

📩 Interested? Sign up here! 🔗

💡 Got a startup idea but not sure where to start or think you need coding skills?

FinTech Innovators’ Hackathon 2026 (sponsored by Schroders & NTUpreneur) is an inter-university hackathon open to undergrads from ALL faculties across Singapore’s 6 autonomous universities.

Use AI & coding assistant tools to:
💡 Develop your idea
🛠 Build a viable solution
🎤 Pitch like a founder

💰 $4,500 prize pool
👥 Teams of 1–5 (same university)
🗓 Registration closes 2 March 2026

👉 Register: https://forms.office.com/r/c7uJqLLtA6
👉 Telegram: https://t.me/+tEaqxgkG9eJkNDc9

Organised by Nanyang FinTech Catalyst | Sponsored by Schroders, NTUpreneur, and Nanyang Business School