📌 About the Event

Pune is set to host its first OpenAI Codex Community Hackathon, a high-stakes, in-person event dedicated to the next frontier of development: Agentic Coding. This isn’t about simple chatbots; it’s about architecting autonomous agents that can build, debug, and orchestrate software at scale.

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ℹ️ EVENT OVERVIEW

• Theme: Beyond the Chat Interface Orchestrating AI Agents.
• Format: In person only (Approval required).
• Organizer: Codex Community.
• Target: Builders, developers, and designers (Beginners are welcome).
• Venue: Pune, Maharashtra (Exact address revealed upon approval).

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📅 CRITICAL TIMELINE

• Event Date: Sunday, June 14, 2026.
• Registration & Check-in: 08:00 AM.
• Start Time: 09:00 AM Sharp (Late arrivals will not be admitted).
• Duration: 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM IST.

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🎯 BUILD DIRECTIONS

Participants are encouraged to explore the following frontiers:

• Agentic Coding: Dev-tools that maximize leverage from Codex agents.
• UX for Agents: AI-native interfaces for agent-driven software.
• Multimodal Intelligence: Reasoning across text, image, and data.
• Building Evals: Tools to measure and debug agent performance.

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🏆 PRIZES ($100K+ TOTAL POOL)

The winners will receive massive API support to scale their projects:

• 🥇 1st Place: $10,000 USD in OpenAI API credits.
• 🥈 2nd Place: $5,000 USD in OpenAI API credits.
• 🥉 3rd Place: $1,000 USD in OpenAI API credits.

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📝 REGISTRATION & TEAM RULES

• Team Size: Solo or up to 4 members.
• Individual Approval: Every team member must register separately and receive their own approval email.
• Organization ID: You must provide your OpenAI Organization ID (found at platform.openai.com/account/org-settings) during registration.
• Hardware: Bring your own laptop and charging gear.