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200+ hackathons. 15 years. Microsoft, Amazon, Unilever.

Get developers to actually build on your platform.

You set the goal. We bring the developers, design the experience, and run the whole thing end to end.

Built by the team behind Skillenza and OG Club.

  1. 01

    Goal

    You bring the outcome you're chasing.

  2. 02

    Build

    We design the challenge and bring the developers.

  3. 03

    Ship

    Working integrations, not a lead list.

  4. 04

    Measure

    Reported against the metric we agreed.

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Why most hackathons miss

Most hackathons don't fail at the event. They fail at the goal.

The room looks great. The photos are good. Then you check what it actually moved, and the answer is nothing. Three ways that happens:

  • 01

    Nobody shows up. Or the wrong people do.

    You spent the budget and got a half-empty room.

  • 02

    They show up, then leave.

    A weekend of activity, zero developers still using your API on Monday.

  • 03

    You carry all the risk.

    Ops, judging, prizes, turnout, the lot. If it flops, it's your name on it.

A hackathon is easy to run and hard to make pay off. That gap is the whole problem.

What you get

One method. Three outcomes.

We start from the result you're accountable for, then build the event backwards from there. Pick the one that's yours.

01 / DEVELOPER EVANGELISM

Get developers building on your platform.

The goal isn't signups. It's integrations. We design the challenge so the only way to win is to actually use your API, and we run it with developers who can. You leave with working builds, not a lead list.

02 / CROWDSOURCED SOLUTIONS

Put a real problem in front of people who can solve it.

You bring the problem. We bring the builders and frame it so the submissions are usable, not toy demos. You walk away with real attempts at a real thing, ranked and ready to act on.

03 / EMPLOYER BRAND

Become a company developers want to work for.

The best engineers don't read your careers page. They show up where building happens. We make your brand the one they associate with good problems and a good time, so hiring gets easier later.

How it works

You set the goal. We build everything around it.

This is the part that takes the risk off your desk. Here's the split.

What we own

  • 01
    Design. We work backwards from your goal and engineer the format, the problem statement, and the scoring to produce it.
  • 02
    Audience. We bring the developers and make sure the right ones turn up. More on that below.
  • 03
    Program management. We run it end to end, working alongside your ops team or partner. You're not project-managing a hackathon on top of your day job.
  • 04
    Accountability. We measure against the goal, not the headcount in the room. You get a report on the outcome you paid for.

What stays yours

The goal, the brand, and the result.

Our unfair advantage

We don't hope developers show up. We bring them.

This is the part nobody else can copy. Turnout is the thing that kills in-house hackathons, and it's the thing we've spent fifteen years solving. We've spent that time building real relationships with developers across India, first through Skillenza, now through OG Hacks. So when you run with us, "will anyone come?" is already answered before you sign.

India-first, globally wired. The talent pool is here. We know how to reach it.

The team

Built by the people who put hackathons on the map in India.

OG Hacks comes from Subhendu Panigrahi and Siv Souvam. Between them, 200+ hackathons over 15 years. They built Skillenza, one of the first platforms to make challenge-driven hiring work in India, and OG Club, both since acquired. This isn't a side project. It's what they've done for a decade and a half, rebuilt for the way developers work now.

Subhendu Panigrahi

Subhendu Panigrahi

Co-founder

"Built Skillenza. 200+ hackathons."

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Siv Souvam

Siv Souvam

Co-founder

"15 years running developer programs."

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2013 Venturesity→
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Acquired, 2022→
OG Hacks, today
Before you ask

The questions every buyer asks us.

How long does it take to stand one up?
Depends on scope, and we'll be straight about it on the call. We've run enough of these to move fast when you need to.
How do you work with our existing ops or agency?
We slot in. You tell us who's already on this and we draw the line on who does what. We've never needed to replace a team to run a good event.
Who owns the IP and the submissions?
You do, by default. We set the terms up front so there's no awkward conversation after the winners are picked.
How will we know it worked?
We agree the metric before we start and report against it after. If the goal was adoption, you get adoption numbers, not a photo album.
Get started

Tell us the goal.
We'll design the hackathon that hits it.

Thirty minutes. Bring the outcome you're chasing. You'll leave with a sense of how we'd build for it, whether or not you work with us.

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