About ForgeHouse
Where India's most ambitious builders come to ship, together.
ForgeHouse is a 48-hour AI Buildathon bringing together 400+ participants from 100+ colleges — students, developers, creators, innovators, and builders working together to solve real-world problems through technology while experiencing a startup-like environment.
Mission
Turn ambitious builders into shippers by compressing months of learning into 48 hours of real work.
Vision
A generation of Indian builders shaping the AI-native products of the next decade.
Community
A year-round guild of students, engineers and founders who build in public.
Innovation
Frontier tech applied to problems that actually matter — health, climate, learning, work.
From application to awards
- Step 01ApplicationsOpen registrations across colleges and communities.
- Step 02SelectionCurated cohort of 500+ builders across tracks.
- Step 03Hackathon48 hours of focused, on-site building.
- Step 04Demo DayLive demos to founders, investors and industry.
- Step 05AwardsPrizes, recognition and pathways to what's next.
Six reasons to show up
Learning
Workshops, deep-dives and hands-on labs with practitioners.
Networking
Meet the builders, mentors and founders you'll ship with next.
Mentorship
1:1 guidance from senior engineers and operators.
Projects
Ship a real project you can put in front of anyone.
Innovation
Explore ideas that don't fit inside a classroom.
Career Growth
Introductions to teams actively hiring builders.