Enterprise · Innovation Hackathons

Tens Of Thousands Of Teams. Zero Failures

From a 1-day GitHub Copilot sprint to a 1-month POC marathon, CloudLabs runs the platform, the sandbox, the coaches, the judging, and the certificates. You bring the ambition.

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20,000+ Participants powered 4.48 / 5 Avg. proctor rating 5,000 Concurrent teams

6,500+

AI/ML and Copilot participants
5,800+

Cloud and Azure participants
2,500+

Developer productivity
2,200+

App modernization teams

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Two ways to run it

Pick a format that fits the goal

Tight, scenario-driven challenges to crown a winner in a day, or open-ended sandbox sprints where teams ship POCs over weeks. Both run on the same platform.

Structured challenges, automatic scoring

Pre-defined, scenario-based challenges with inline validation, guided instructions, and a coach-side solution guide. Platform tracks completion, accuracy, and speed, and winners are decided automatically.
- Inline validation and auto-scoring
- Coach plus technical SME on-call
- Convert any existing guided lab at no extra cost
- Best for 1-day sprints up to 500 participants
Sandbox, problem statement, jury demo

Teams get a sandbox with pre-configured resources and Azure credits. They build a Proof of Concept aligned to your problem statement, then pitch to a jury who scores against your evaluation criteria.
- Per-team Azure credits and tenant
- 1 hr expert mentorship plus on-demand support
- Run 1 week, 2 weeks, or 1 month
- Best for AI/ML, App Modernization, Security

The participant journey

Three stages, fully orchestrated

From the moment a participant registers to the second a winner is crowned, every touchpoint lives on one platform.

Ideation

Register, form or join a team (public or private with code), get a 1-hour expert kickoff session, and unlock the lab environment with credits ready to go. Team formation · Expert intro · Lab access

Development

Teams build the POC in their sandbox. Office hours with MCT and MVP coaches, 24×7 chat support, and on-demand expert help when a team gets stuck. Coach office hours · 24×7 support · Iterate and test

Submit and celebrate

Teams record demo videos or submit hosted URLs. Jury scores against your rubric. Auto-generated certificates, leaderboards, and a closing event recognise winners. Jury scoring · Auto-certificates · Awards

What you get

A turnkey hackathon, end to end

Every component of your hackathon, from planning and lab provisioning to coaching and awards, is delivered in a single signed scope by one accountable team.

Planning and execution

Problem statements, registrations, timelines, kickoff scheduling, jury, awards, and marketing collateral, all designed and delivered.
Lab environment

Azure / Azure OpenAI lab services and Azure / M365 / Copilot sandboxes, pre-deployed and credit-capped per team.
24×7 tech support

Email and chat support for environment issues, with average proctor satisfaction of 4.48 / 5 across recent participants.
Judging

We help finalize the jury, run the coordinator workflow, manage submissions, and finalize results against your rubric.
Rewards and awards

From sourcing to dispatch, physical and digital award handling so you can focus on the keynote, not the logistics.
Coaches and instructors

Microsoft Certified Trainers, MVPs, and dedicated hackathon coaches, all booked, briefed, and ready to mentor.

Industries we run