Champion
Kurasu AI
A multi-agent life companion for foreign residents and tourists navigating Japan.
Hackathons
Cognisor hosts impact-focused, in-person hackathons. Browse each event below — register on Luma, explore the full site in a live preview, and join our LinkedIn community for updates.
Winners announced · Agentic AI hackathon · Kyoto
IMPACT KYOTO 2026 · Agentic AI for Japan's Future
Building autonomous AI solutions for real world challenges. Join students, developers, founders, researchers, and innovators from across Japan to create the next generation of AI agents that transform industries and communities.
When
4th July 2026
Full-day agentic AI hackathon with team formation, build sessions, and demo day.
Where
Kyoto, Japan
Kyoto's innovation and education ecosystem — details on the official event site.
Focus
Agentic AI for Japan's Future
Education, tourism, healthcare, SME productivity, and sustainability — AI that plans, acts, and creates impact.
Winners
Top projects from IMPACT KYOTO 2026 — Champion, 1st Runner-up, and 2nd Runner-up.
1st Runner-up
YARIGAI
A human-centered productivity agent for startup founders and SME operators.
2nd Runner-up
Chuken.AI
A restaurant booking, tipping, and social platform where international tourists book with ease, share menu recommendations, and tip restaurants that typically do not accept tips — tips are paid out to restaurants monthly.
Impact Kyoto — live website preview
Explore the official IMPACT KYOTO 2026 website directly from this page. Scroll, click, and read through the full event details.
impactkyoto.cognisorai.com/
Winners announced · Urban AI hackathon · Dhaka
Impact Dhaka 2026 · AI for Urban Transformation
A high-energy, 6-hour sprint for builders and strategists — vibe coding and open innovation tracks on real Dhaka urban challenges. Presented by Cognisor AI.
When
Date TBA
6-hour physical hackathon — schedule and timing on the event site.
Where
Dhaka
Exact venue to be announced on Luma and the Impact Dhaka site.
Focus
AI for Urban Transformation
Mobility, environment, public services, and smart-city themes — prototypes or structured concepts welcome.
Winners
Top projects from Impact Dhaka 2026 — Champion, 1st Runner-up, and 2nd Runner-up.
Champion
AI Driven Traffic Governance for Dhaka
Developed by Team Alamouti STBC from BUET, this AI-based system detects illegal parking, unauthorized bus stops, street vendors, license plates, ambulances, and fire trucks from camera footage. It sends violation and location data to traffic authorities, DNCC, and DSCC, helping reduce congestion and improve emergency response.
1st Runner-up
DMP Shohayok
Developed by Team Catalyst from BUET, DMP Shohayok is an AI-powered police reporting and public safety platform. It converts raw incident descriptions into structured police reports, extracts key details, and provides approved crime hotspot information through a controlled chatbot — reducing paperwork, improving report consistency, and increasing public access to crime-related information.
2nd Runner-up
NagrikAI
Developed by Team Dreams of X from Northern University Bangladesh, NagrikAI is a voice-powered civic complaint system for Bangla and English speakers. It converts spoken complaints into structured reports, identifies the issue, location, and priority, then routes the complaint to the relevant authority — designed for elderly citizens and people with limited digital skills.
Impact Dhaka — live website preview
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impactdhaka.vercel.app/
Winners announced · Global-impact AI hackathon · Tokyo
IMPACT TOKYO 2026 · AI for Global Good
Join builders, designers, and changemakers in Tokyo for an impact-first AI hackathon focused on real problems and deployable solutions. Build with purpose. Code with vision. Impact the world.
When
7th March 2026
Full-day hackathon with focused building and live demos.
Where
Antler Head Office, Tokyo
A founder-first space in the heart of Tokyo, designed for building ambitious products.
Focus
AI for Global Good
Tackle climate, education, healthcare, inequality, and other high-impact problem spaces using practical AI systems.
Winners
Top projects from IMPACT TOKYO 2026 — Champion, 1st Runner-up, and 2nd Runner-up.
Champion
Beacon
When the next massive earthquake strikes Japan, the grid won't just fail — it will go dark. Beacon is a decentralized, AI-powered P2P disaster communication app for offline BLE mesh chat, triage, and situational awareness when cell towers are down.
1st Runner-up
KamiShield
A real-time AI scam call firewall that protects elderly people in Japan from phone fraud. It uses multi-model AI consensus (Claude + Alibaba Cloud Qwen) to analyze conversations as they happen, detects deepfake voice cloning with 97% confidence, and instantly alerts family members via n8n — before any money changes hands.
2nd Runner-up
MimamoAI
A web app of an AI agent that does everything around caring.
Impact Tokyo — live website preview
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tokyohacackathon.vercel.app/
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