Nebius X Nova AI Buildathon
Welcome to the Nebius x Nova Buildathon: a high-intensity, 3-hour AI buildathon for India's most ambitious engineers and founders, hosted at RVCE Bangalore and powered by Nebius Token Factory.
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Participants will leverage Open Models hosted on Nebius Token Factory to build and ship AI-powered products in a single sprint. The top five teams will walk away with a share of a 2 LAKH INR prize pool in Nebius Token Factory credits, judged by a panel of operators and investors from the Nova and Nebius networks. Come with your team, bring your idea, fire up your favorite agents - Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode or whatever it takes to build something real and impactful with the Open Models hosted on Nebius Token Factory. ABOUT THE HOSTS Nebius is an AI-native cloud platform built for developers and AI teams, offering high-performance GPU compute, fast inference, and developer-first infrastructure. Nebius Token Factory is Nebius’s Inference Platform for using open-source LLMs in production and AI workloads at scale. Every participant receives Nebius Token Factory credits at the start of the day. https://nebius.com/services/token-factory Nova Residency: India's first female-only founder residency, bringing together the country's most exceptional female builders for an intensive week of focused product execution in Bangalore. --- EVENT SCHEDULE 09:00 AM — Doors Open and Registration 09:15 AM — Introductions and Guidelines 09:30 AM — Buildathon Begins 12:30 PM — Submissions Close and Rapid Demos 01:15 PM — Winners Announced and Wrap-up --- PRIZE POOL — ₹2 LAKHS in Nebius Token Factory Credits 1st Place — $1,000 2nd Place — $500 3rd Place — $300 4th Place — $200 5th Place — $100 All submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges and Judging criteria will be shared at the start of the event. --- WHO SHOULD ATTEND & RULES This event is designed for serious builders, developers, and AI enthusiasts who want to push the limits of what they can ship under a tight deadline (3-hours). Team Structure: Participate as Individuals or Teams (max 4) Every Eligible project must be built on the Open Models hosted on Nebius Token Factory using Nebius Token Factory API. All 8 residents of Nova Cohort 0 receive guaranteed direct entry. The remaining spots are open to the wider Bangalore builder community. Spaces are strictly limited. Applications will be screened to ensure a high-caliber, technical room. --- SPONSORS Nebius: Token Factory credits for all participants and prize pool Nova Residency: co-host --- CONNECT Nova Residency: novatheresidency.com Nova on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/novatheresidency Nebius website: Questions: novaresidencyhq@gmail.com Nebius Token Factory: https://tokenfactory.nebius.com/ Nebius Token Factory on Twitter: https://x.com/nebiustf Nebius on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nebius
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