The article covers the Grand Finale of the Forge the Future Hackathon, organized by Elastic and powered by AWS in partnership with Nasscom, Sarvam AI, and HackCulture.
- The Challenge: Top AI developers across India gathered to build autonomous, explainable agents designed to solve actual enterprise problems within fields like search, observability, and security. Rather than relying on simple demos, the solutions were rigorously evaluated on measurable performance, reliability, and real-world production readiness.
- Tracks & Infrastructure: Teams built their projects using the Elasticsearch Platform running on AWS cloud infrastructure. Competitors focused on various tracks, including intelligent search and AI platforms (such as hybrid search engines and RAG agents), observability operations, and AI-powered SOC workflows.
- The Grand Finale & Prizes: Following initial phases—including online registrations, team formations, and idea submissions—shortlisted teams advanced to an in-person Grand Finale in Bengaluru. The competition featured a total prize pool of Rs 6,00,000 alongside Sarvam AI credits for the top three winning teams.
- Road to Elastic{ON} Mumbai: The top-performing teams earned the opportunity to showcase their production-ready AI solutions to technology leaders, industry experts, and the broader community at the upcoming Elastic{ON} Mumbai event.