📌About the Event

The AWS Communication Developer Services (CDS) Agentic AI Partner Hackathon 2026 is an online hackathon organized by Amazon Web Services (AWS) for members of the AWS Partner Network. Participants are challenged to build and deploy innovative AI-powered solutions that address real-world customer communication problems using AWS Communication Developer Services such as RCS, SMS, WhatsApp, and Amazon Simple Email Service (SES).

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Organizer/Sponsor: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Mode of Conduct: Online
• Theme: Agentic AI, conversational experiences, and AI-powered customer communication
• Participants must develop and deploy an AI solution on AWS addressing a real-world customer use case.
• The project must use at least one eligible AWS Communication Developer Service:
• AWS End User Messaging – RCS
• AWS End User Messaging – SMS
• AWS End User Messaging Social – WhatsApp
• Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)

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📅 Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: October 28, 2026 at 1:00 PM Pacific Time
• Judging Period: November 6, 2026 at 9:00 AM PT to November 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM PT
• Winner Announcement: On or around November 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM PT

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Eligibilty:
• Participants must have reached the legal age of majority in their country or jurisdiction of residence.
• Individual participants must be employed by or authorized to act on behalf of an organization registered with the AWS Partner Network (APN) that has accepted the APN Terms & Conditions.
• All members of a team must be registered with the same AWS Partner organization.
• Eligible AWS Partner organizations may also participate directly.
• An eligible individual may participate in more than one team or organization and may also submit an individual entry, subject to the official rules.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• 1st Place – $18,000 USD
• $18,000 cash prize
• White-glove AWS Marketplace listing enablement support, if desired
• Go-to-market support for solutions aligned with AWS CDS, if desired
• Opportunity for a joint case study with AWS
• 2nd Place – $8,000 USD
• $8,000 cash prize
• AWS Marketplace enablement support, if desired
• AWS CDS-aligned go-to-market support, if desired
• Case study/marketing support, if desired
• 3rd Place – $4,000 USD
• $4,000 cash prize
• AWS Marketplace enablement support, if desired
• AWS CDS-aligned go-to-market support, if desired
• Case study/marketing support, if desired
• Best WhatsApp Solution – $10,000 USD
• Sponsored by Meta
• Available to eligible submissions using AWS End User Messaging Social (WhatsApp)
• Total Cash Prize Pool: $40,000 USD