</>The Singapore Hackathon2027 / Marina Bay Sands

Qualifier opens soon / Finale at Marina Bay Sands

The Singapore Hackathon 2027: APAC's Premier Developer Mega-Festival.

The ultimate convergence of AI, Data, Security, Web3, and Code. Join 10,000+ top engineers or become a corporate problem partner in the region's largest APAC coding competition.

Become a Corporate Sponsor

LIVE / submissions routing to 1.3521°N, 103.8198°E

Top engineers
10,000+
Industry arenas
5
Live at Marina Bay Sands
48h
Global online qualifier
2 mo

The Format

Online global qualifier. Physical mega-festival finale.

A hybrid Singapore hackathon: compete asynchronously from anywhere, then converge on Marina Bay Sands for the APAC developer festival.

Phase 01 / Month 1-2

The Global Qualifier & Bounties

Inspired by Devpost and Kaggle. Asynchronous problem-solving, open bug bounties, and corporate datasets.

  • Asynchronous problem-solving, open to every timezone
  • Open bug bounties from enterprise partners
  • Real corporate datasets to model and optimize

Phase 02 / The Finale

The Mega-Festival Finale at Marina Bay Sands

Inspired by ETHDenver and DEF CON. 48 hours of live building, VC networking, hardware hacking, and closing ceremonies.

  • 48 hours of live building and hardware hacking
  • VC networking with investors and founders
  • Closing ceremonies and arena finals on stage

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

The 5 Arenas

Five arenas for the APAC coding competition

From a data science competition to a cybersecurity CTF Singapore teams will remember, every arena is a sub-brand with real enterprise bounties behind it.

  • ARENA / 01

    Pure Coding Track

    The SG Code Cup

    Algorithmic speed-runs and infrastructure optimization.

    Sample bounty

    Sponsored by a Top Tier Cloud Provider

    Optimize this enterprise cloud architecture for the lowest latency and compute cost.

  • ARENA / 02

    Data Science Track

    The SG Analytics Challenge

    Kaggle-style predictive modeling.

    Sample bounty

    Sponsored by a Global Logistics Hub

    Optimize port container routing using live supply chain datasets.

  • ARENA / 03

    LLMs, Agents & RAG

    The Enterprise AI Arena

    LLMs, Agents, and RAG architectures.

    Sample bounty

    Sponsored by a National Telco

    Build a multi-modal LLM agent for telecom network support and customer routing.

  • ARENA / 04

    Hacking & Cybersecurity Track

    The Cyber Citadel

    Black Hat/DEF CON style Attack & Defense CTF.

    Sample bounty

    Sponsored by a Tier-1 Bank

    Find zero-day vulnerabilities in our sandboxed FinTech API.

  • ARENA / 05

    Protocols & Auditing

    The Web3 & Crypto Node

    Protocol building and smart contract auditing.

    Sample bounty

    Sponsored by a Global Crypto Exchange

    Build a low-latency decentralized trading bot or RWA tokenization platform.

Corporate partners

Crowdsource Your R&D and Hire the Top 1%

Built for CMOs, HR Directors and DevRel Managers. Corporate tech sponsorship Singapore teams trust, a direct line into the tech talent pipeline, and developer recruitment Singapore employers can act on.

  • Submit a Dataset

    Become a Problem Partner. Provide your anonymized data and let 5,000+ data scientists solve your most expensive logistical problems.

  • Ongoing Bug Bounty Hunt

    Host your company's bug bounty on our year-round platform.

  • Talent Matrix Access (Recruitment)

    Bypass technical screening. Pay to access our scored database of the top 100 finalists' resumes and code repositories.

Ticketing

Passes for the APAC developer festival

Compete online for free, step onto the floor at Marina Bay Sands, or take a seat in the investor room.

  • Online

    General Admission

    Open to the public

    Free

    • Global qualifier access
    • Open bug bounties and corporate datasets
    • Community Discord and livestream
  • Physical

    Live Arena Pass

    The Marina Bay Sands floor

    SGD $49

    • Access to the physical venue
    • Food included
    • High-speed WiFi
  • Investors & execs

    Physical

    VC & Executive VIP Pass

    Investors, founders and executives

    SGD $999

    • Access to the startup pitch room
    • VIP lounge
    • Direct founder matchmaking

Official merch

Represent the Mega-Festival.

High-quality minimalist black hoodies, mechanical keyboards, and heavy metal CTF challenge coins.

Shop Official Merch
  • Minimalist black hoodie on a dark backdrop

    Minimalist black hoodie

  • Black mechanical keyboard with purple accent keys

    Mechanical keyboard

  • Heavy metal CTF challenge coin with green enamel ring

    CTF challenge coin

Talent Portal

Join the tech talent pipeline

Looking for your next engineering role or want to staff the event? Drop your CV here. Our corporate sponsors are actively hiring from this talent pool.

Drag and drop your CV, or PDF, DOC or DOCX

General AdmissionFree / Online