Eightfold Hackathon 2025

Hackaton 2025

Agentic AI in action

Eightfold Hackathon 2025 unites our global teams to collaborate, innovate, and experiment. At Eightfold, innovation is a daily habit and invention a constant pursuit. The Hackathon takes this energy further, bringing people together to experiment, collaborate, and spark ideas that can transform how AI empowers real-world talent ecosystems.
"One of our most inspiring hackathons yet."
Varun Kacholia, Co-Founder & CTO at Eightfold and Viven

A lookback at the Eightfold Hackathon 2025

Check out the smiles and innovation radiating from our team of talented engineers.

Meet this year's judges & mentors

Judges

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Ashutosh Garg

CEO & Co-Founder

Ashutosh Garg

CEO & Co-Founder

Ashutosh Garg, CEO and Co-Founder at Eightfold AI, brings decades of machine learning and search experience. He was previously the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Co-Founder of BloomReach. Prior to that, he worked at IBM Research and Google. He is also a prolific publisher/inventor, with a book on machine learning, 30+ papers, and 50+ patents. Ashutosh holds a BTech from IIT-Delhi and a Ph.D. from UIUC and has earned numerous awards for his research, including the best thesis award at IIT Delhi, an IBM Fellowship, and an outstanding researcher award at UIUC.
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Varun Kacholia

CTO & Co-Founder

Varun Kacholia

CTO & Co-Founder

Varun Kacholia, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder at Eightfold AI, is one of the world’s leaders in search, ranking, and machine learning. After ranking #2 at the Indian Institute of Technology in 2000 and earning his Master's from the University of California, Berkeley, Varun went on to lead the News Feed team at Facebook and the Youtube Search and Recommendations team at Google. Varun is the recipient of several Google Executive Awards, has accomplished 20+ patents, and is an ACM ICPC world finalist.
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Meghna Punhani

Chief People Officer

Meghna Punhani

Chief People Officer

A seasoned business leader with deep expertise in people-focused operations, strategic execution, and talent transformation, Punhani has spent decades driving growth, change, and workforce evolution. She has advised Eightfold for several years, directly contributing to its mission of revolutionizing talent processes in the AI era. Now, as CPO, she will champion a people-first approach to HR, while bringing strong business acumen to align talent strategy with company growth, embed effective use of AI into every function, and set up Eightfold’s workforce for the future.
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Sachit Kamat

Chief Product Officer

Sachit Kamat

Chief Product Officer

Sachit Kamat, Chief Product Officer at Eightfold AI, is a seasoned product leader and entrepreneur with extensive experience in consumer internet and enterprise products. With a career spanning Silicon Valley growth companies, startups, and S&P 500 firms, Sachit has extensive experience scaling internet businesses, driving engagement, and fostering growth. His expertise in building successful mobile and desktop products and cross-cultural experiences from living and working across continents adds a unique dimension to his leadership. Specializing in product management, strategy, marketplaces, and mobile applications, Sachit continues to drive innovation and success at Eightfold.
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Amber Grewal

Chief Growth Officer

Amber Grewal

Chief Growth Officer

Amber Grewal, Chief Growth Officer at Eightfold, is a renowned talent leader with extensive experience in global workforce transformation. Previously, she was Managing Director and Partner, and Chief Talent Officer at Boston Consulting Group, where she revolutionized its talent operations using AI and advised BCG clients on strategic initiatives. As Chief Talent Officer at Intel, Amber spearheaded large-scale talent acquisition across 170 countries. She has also held senior roles at IBM, GE, Microsoft, and KPMG. Recognized as a Top 25 Global Leader in Human Capital, Amber serves on the boards of B-Capital, IoT Consortium, and NOVA Workforce, while mentoring young women and advocating for workplace equity through Fairygodboss and Girls Who Code. She studied strategic HR management at Cornell University and holds a BA from St. Mary’s College of California.

Mentors

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Categories

Here’s how this year’s hacks will be judged — and we’re excited to introduce two new categories! These awards highlight creativity, impact, and the people’s choice recognizing the standout projects that make this hackathon unforgettable.

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Most Innovative

Celebrates bold, original ideas that push boundaries. This award honors creative solutions and fresh approaches that reimagine what’s possible.

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Most Impactful

Honors solutions that create meaningful change. This award celebrates projects with real-world impact and lasting value.

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Most
Popular

Celebrates the crowd favorite. This award goes to the project that wins over hearts and earns the most support.

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Agent as
Teammate

Honors the team that most effectively and creatively integrates a coding agent into their development process, treating it as a true teammate.

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Engineers
Accelerator

Recognizes the team that builds an agent whose primary function is to make other engineers faster, better, or more efficient.

We‘re changing the world of work

See how we‘re making a difference in how people work around the world

Innovative AI

Eightfold Co-CEO & Co-Founder Ashutosh Garg on how AI is a game changer in identifying people's skills and potential — putting HR in the front seat of AI adoption.

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Responsible AI

Co-CEO & Co-Founder Ashutosh Garg on regulating AI: "Like any important technology, any important development in our society, as they say, with great power comes great responsibility."

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Beneficial AI

Eightfold Co-CEO & Co-Founder Ashutosh Garg explains how we maintain privacy and security with a skills-focused approach.

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Technical insights and engineering stories from the team building AI-powered talent intelligence.

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