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Catalyst · AI Hackathon 2026  ·  by deccan.ai
Catalyst
🏆   Results Announced

1,500+ registrations. 500+ submissions. After weeks of careful review, we're thrilled to announce the top projects from Catalyst 2026.

1,500+
Registrations
500+
Submissions
3
Winners
results

Top 3 submissions

Selected on real-world criteria — does it work, is the architecture sound, is the code production-minded.

2
Runner-up
N
NVSK
Talent Hunt
Mokobara Bag
Gaming Mouse

A full-stack AI recruitment agent that autonomously sources, screens, and ranks candidates — reducing manual review time significantly.

AI Agent Recruitment Full-stack
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Winner
B
Balakoti
IkBal — Interview AI
Mokobara Bag
Mechanical Keyboard

An end-to-end AI interview agent that conducts structured technical interviews, evaluates responses in real time, and generates hiring recommendations.

Interview AI LLM Agentic
3
Second runner-up
H
Hariharan Sharma
Sizuka
Mokobara Bag
Power Bank

An intelligent hiring pipeline agent that automates candidate evaluation, shortlisting, and communication — built with a clean, modular architecture.

Pipeline Automation Open source
honourable mentions

Consolation prizes

Two standout submissions that came incredibly close.

A
Consolation · 4th
Anchit
Agentic Recruitment
Mokobara Bag

A multi-agent recruitment system with end-to-end automation for sourcing, screening, and scheduling candidates.

Multi-agent Scheduling Automation
R
Consolation · 5th
Ronak Ahir
Talent Scout
Mokobara Bag

An AI-powered talent scouting agent that identifies high-potential candidates from raw submissions and generates structured evaluation reports.

Talent Scout Evaluation AI Agent
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Thank you for building with us.

Catalyst was our first attempt at something like this — and the response blew us away. Every submission reminded us why we love this industry. We're not done. Watch this space.

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