AI Hackathon Season 5 Grand Finale 2026: Live AI Use Case Demonstration by ICAI
ICAI AI Innovation Summit 2026
📌About the Event
AI Hackathon Season 5 – Grand Finale: Live Demonstration on AI Use Cases is an ICAI-led innovation event where selected participants showcase practical AI solutions for professional, audit, finance, tax and business use cases. The hackathon invited participants to present 10-minute live AI use cases through a structured multi-episode evaluation series, and the grand finale will be held on 26 June 2026 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Theme: Innovating the Future of Professional Excellence
- Focus area: AI, audit automation, finance, taxation, professional workflows and real-world AI applications
- Mode of conduct: Hybrid-style finale
- Finalists’ live finale is scheduled at ICAI AI Innovation Summit 2026, Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
- Public/webinar registration is available through ICAI’s Zoom webinar link.
- Event format: Live demonstration of AI use cases
- CPE credits: 2 unstructured CPE credits mentioned on the ICAI event page.
📅 Important Dates
- Semi-finals: 12 June 2026 and 19 June 2026
- Grand Finale: 26 June 2026, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Eligibility:
- AICA Level-1 participants
- Chartered Accountants
- Professionals using AI in practice or industry
- Innovators working on real-world AI applications
- Participation format:
- Participants present a 10-minute live AI use case.
- The hackathon follows a multi-episode evaluation series.
- The finale features selected use cases after earlier rounds and semi-finals.
🏆 Benefits for the Participants
- Recognition: Finalists get a national ICAI platform to showcase AI innovations.
- Exposure: Participants present their AI use cases before a professional and industry-focused audience.
- Finalist support: Travel and accommodation will be arranged by the AI Committee for finalists, as per the official hackathon page.
- CPE benefit: 2 unstructured CPE credits are mentioned for the event.
- Cash prize: No specific cash prize amount is mentioned on the official event pages found.