Timeline · 4 phases · two rounds

From registration
to the winner's mic.

All timings in IST (UTC+5:30). Mark your calendar — each gate is non-negotiable.

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Phase 01 · Open
Apr 24, 2026 — May 10, 2026 · 11:59 PM IST

Registrations & Team Formation

Register your team on Unstop. Teams of 1–5, cross-institutional welcome. Join the WhatsApp group for announcements, find teammates, ask questions, and meet community leads.

Registration deadline · May 10Solo participation allowedFree to enter
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Phase 02 · Round 1 · Open Hackathon
May 4, 2026 · 12:00 PM IST — May 16, 2026 · 11:59 PM IST

Build the 3-Pipeline Benchmark

Build all three pipelines side-by-side — LLM-Only, Basic RAG, and GraphRAG (on the TigerGraph GraphRAG repo) — plus the comparison dashboard. Minimum dataset: 2 million tokens of text. Use any LLM (Gemini free tier, Ollama local, etc.). Submit on Unstop before the deadline.

3 pipelines required≥ 2M tokens datasetLLM-as-Judge + BERTScore
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Phase 03 · Round 2 · Production Showcase
May 18, 2026 — May 24, 2026

Top 10 Announced · Scale to 50–100M Tokens

Top 10 teams are announced on May 18 and scale their winning approach to 50–100 million tokens. TigerGraph provides $50 worth of Gemini API credits per team, shared via secure endpoints — no out-of-pocket cost. 1:1 mentoring with TigerGraph engineers runs through May 24 to sharpen the solution before final demos.

Top 10 announced · May 18$50 Gemini credits / team1:1 expert mentoring
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Phase 04 · Final Judging
May 25, 2026 — May 26, 2026 · 11:59 PM IST

Live Demos & Winner Announcement

On May 25, teams present live to the judging panel — demo the 3-pipeline comparison dashboard, walk through the benchmark report, defend results in Q&A. Winners announced May 26, 2026. Final benchmarks may be featured in the official TigerGraph blog and case studies.

Live demo · May 25Winners · May 26TigerGraph blog feature
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