At ColorCloud, hackathons are all about teamwork, creativity and fun, but this time it was also about your morals! You experiment, iterate, fail, learn, grow and this time get challenges to make choices that may go against your usual self đ â all in one day. You team up with others and work together within a limited time to build a solution, prototype, or idea around a specific challenge. This is going to be a dynamic day â with lightning challenges to win benefits or penalties for your team! Throw away what you know about hackathons â this one will be different!
In 2026, the hackathon will be all about Copilot Studio solutions. This yearâs theme is Chrono: time is not just a constraint, but part of the challenge itself.
The hackathon is open to all skill levels and backgrounds. Whether youâre new to Copilot Studio or already an experienced builder or have never heard of it at all, youâll gain hands-on experience across: Agentic AI fundamentals, design principles, trust & assurance, testing, validation and red teaming.
Not much! Bring your personal laptop, an open-mind and motivation to try out new stuff, oh and maybe leave your usual judgement and morals at the door! Youâll get guidance, inspiration, tools, and support throughout the day and meet a ton of awesome people.
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Absolutely! A hackathon is not a competition for the âbest codeâ or the âmost complex solutionâ. A hackathon thrives on diversity! Everyone brings their own strengths, learns from the team, and grows together â no matter their background or experience level.
We kick off together by introducing the day, and jumping into an hour of learning about Agentic AI, designing principles, trust and assurance approaches to enable Responsible AI development and adoption, and Quality assurance. After that, we will dive into the challenge and explain why this hackathon is going to be VERY different!!!! Each team starts with the same time budget and how you use it, steal it, or risk it will shape your journey.
Then you come together in diverse and colorful teams and start turning ideas into something real. Throughout the day, you explore, experiment, discuss, and build â supported by our hackathon leaders whenever questions come up. Collaboration, creativity, and having fun are just as important as the solution itself. At the end of the day, each team presents their idea and prototype. A jury selects a winning team, and the winners take home a prize.
At the Copilot Studio â Chrono Hackathon, youâll learn by building. You gain hands-on experience with Copilot Studio, explore agentic AI concepts, and apply design, testing, and validation techniques in a real team setting. Beyond tech, you sharpen your collaboration and decision-making skills and learn how to work strategically under time pressure. Youâll leave with new skills, fresh ideas, valuable connections â and a prototype you built yourself. And who knows: maybe even a prize.
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Youâll leave with new skills, new connections, and fresh inspiration.