AI Hackathon Event 2026
The GenAI FutureCast Mom & Child Hackathon: A Massive Success!
What an unforgettable day of innovation, creativity, and teamwork!
Hosted at our home studio, the first-ever ; Mom & Child AI Hackathon, brought together 5 brilliant, fast-thinking teams for an intensive sprint of building entirely with free-tier Google AI and workspace tools.
The energy in the room was electric as mothers stepped into their roles as stellar project managers, guiding the workflow, while the kids took the lead on building, prompting, and typing. Together, they proved that you don’t need expensive paid software to build brilliant, functioning prototypes in under two hours but just a solid idea, a clean prompt flow, and great collaboration!
The Project Showroom: 5 Incredible Innovations
The sheer variety and depth of the apps built by the teams left the room inspired:
Team Tyson | *Porch Pal* 
(Popular Choice Award Winner)**
The Concept: A brilliant localized platform that safely connects young kids offering neighborhood services (like lawn care, pet sitting, or car washing) to local homeowners, all under strict parent supervision.
Why it Won:Team Tyson swept the room’s popular vote by ticking every box: stunning visual design, robust interactive features, clear innovation, immediate market readiness, and textbook mom-child collaboration.
Team Shriya | *Scholarly* 
(Special Judges Prize Winner)**
The Concept: An all-in-one interactive study dashboard designed to help kids organize their schoolwork and growth. It combines essential study resources with powerful motivation drivers like gamified challenges and rewards.
Why it Won: Namitha and Khush awarded *Scholarly* a special judges prize for being the “most ready-to-use product” built during the sprint. The execution was so seamless that every parent and child in the room wanted to download and start using it immediately!
Team Viaan | *Stronger than Cancer Resource Central***
The Concept:Driven by the beautiful and powerful theme, “Fighting cancer is hard, but finding resources shouldn’t be,” this team built a dedicated, highly specific resource hub providing local guidance, support networks, and vital information for individuals and families fighting breast cancer.
Team Moksh | *Grimoire & Steel*** Monalisa Banerjee
The Concept: Tackling the “AI Built Game” category, this team crafted an immersive, text-based adventure game where players land deep inside mysterious forests. To escape monsters and foes, players must complete challenges that help them learn, adapt, and grow.
Team Princey | *Tend & Thrive*** Sangeeta Pai
The Concept:A beautiful, serene web space where art meets wellness. The app curates multiple art forms designed to bring calmness and mindfulness to its users, complete with a clean interface guiding them on how to join local community classes.
Rewarding Future Innovators
To wrap up an incredible day, the grand prize, a smart AI Note Taker was awarded to help our young creators continue capturing their brilliant ideas, school projects, and future app builds.
Every single team walked away showing how quickly the next generation can master generative technology when given the right blueprint. A massive thank you to all the incredible moms who championed their kids, the kids who built with absolute focus, and the GenAI FutureCast support team Babu, Rajesh Nayak and Padmaja Pai , for keeping everyone fueled and inspired. Thanks to my assistant (aka really the boss) for helping everyone achieve their goals!
Until the next build! 
