May 2026 ยท Al Ain, UAE

Building Digital Infrastructure
for Every Community.

A 36-hour hackathon to develop the tools that bring UAE communities into the digital ecosystem.

36 Hours
Al Ain, UAE

The Challenge

Major UAE cities have comprehensive digital frameworks. Many rural communities don't. This hackathon is a competition to build the tools that close that gap.

The full challenge brief and datasets will be released to registered participants before the event. Register now to be the first to receive it.

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Pilot Location

Starting in Al Qua'a, Al Ain.
Scaling across the UAE.

We're developing a digital infrastructure framework in Al Qua'a, a community of over 3,000 residents in the Al Ain region. The tools and pipelines built here are designed to be reusable โ€” applicable to communities across the UAE.

01

Build the framework

Develop satellite-to-data pipelines and digital infrastructure tools for Al Qua'a

02

Open-source everything

All pipelines, models, and dashboards built at the hackathon are shared publicly

03

Apply across the region

Extend the same framework to additional communities in Al Ain and the wider UAE

One community first. Then the framework scales.