AI Seekho has launched Phase II of its program with the Google Antigravity Hackathon, calling on Pakistan’s engineering community to develop next-generation artificial intelligence agents capable of addressing real-world challenges facing the country. The initiative carries a PKR 2.5 million prize pool distributed among top performers, and is open to participants who register between May 4 and May 11, 2026, with the final pitching event scheduled in Islamabad on June 7 and a closing ceremony on June 8, 2026.
The hackathon’s focus on agentic artificial intelligence reflects a significant shift in how the technology community is thinking about AI development globally. Unlike conventional AI models that respond to prompts or perform isolated tasks, AI agents are designed to operate autonomously across multi-step workflows, make decisions, use tools, and interact with external systems to accomplish complex goals without continuous human instruction. Building capable, reliable AI agents is widely regarded as one of the more technically demanding frontiers in the current wave of artificial intelligence development, and the Antigravity Hackathon is specifically structured to push participants toward solving problems at that level of complexity rather than building simpler AI-powered applications. By anchoring the challenge in real-world problems specific to Pakistan, the hackathon is also oriented toward producing solutions with direct practical relevance rather than purely demonstrative technical exercises.
AI Seekho was launched as a national artificial intelligence skills initiative under the Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication in collaboration with Google Pakistan, aimed at building a generation of Pakistani developers, engineers, and entrepreneurs with practical competencies in modern artificial intelligence tools and frameworks. Phase I of the program focused on foundational AI literacy and Google AI tool adoption across universities and developer communities, while Phase II’s Google Antigravity Hackathon marks an escalation toward applied, competitive development at an advanced level. Engineering students, developers, and innovators interested in competing can apply through the official registration link before the May 11 deadline, with the top teams advancing to the Islamabad final in June to pitch their AI agent solutions before a judging panel and compete for their share of the prize pool.
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