Simplify Your
Hackathon Experience

Yes. Many of the most impactful hackathons today go well beyond coding. Organizations regularly host design sprints, business-model challenges, sustainability hackathons, and AI-oriented competitions that welcome marketers, designers, product managers, and domain experts. TAIKAI’s platform supports rich project submissions including videos, pitch decks, and prototypes, so any type of participant can showcase their work without writing a single line of code.

At TAIKAI, we offer an all-in-one hackathon platform that contains everything you need to run a successful event, including a project management tool and an online registration system. Our hackathon specialists are also available to provide support and assistance in organizing your hackathon.

It depends on your goals and audience. Online hackathons offer global reach and lower costs, ideal for large-scale developer engagement. In-person events create deeper collaboration and networking but come with venue logistics. Hybrid hackathons combine both: local hubs for hands-on teamwork with remote access for global participants. TAIKAI supports all three formats with built-in livestreaming, real-time team matchmaking, and a unified submission and judging system that works regardless of where participants are located.

Yes! Our hackathon partners can help you with every step of organizing your hackathon so that you can focus on engaging with your community and assessing the right projects.

Running a hackathon across disconnected tools, like Google Forms for registration, Slack or Discord for communication, spreadsheets for judging, creates friction and errors that scale with your event. TAIKAI consolidates everything into one platform: participant registration, team formation, project submissions, judging, internal communication, livestreaming, and analytics. This saves organizers dozens of hours of manual work and gives participants a seamless experience from sign-up to final submission.

Hackathons let you evaluate candidates in action rather than through CVs. You see how people solve problems, collaborate under pressure, and communicate their ideas - all skills that interviews often miss. At the same time, participants experience your company’s culture, technology, and team firsthand, which strengthens your employer brand. Many organizations use TAIKAI hackathons as the top of their hiring funnel, offering fast-tracked interviews or direct job offers to standout participants.

Track both quantitative and qualitative metrics. On the numbers side: registrations, active participation rate, projects submitted, and judge scores give you a clear engagement picture. For business impact, look at prototypes moved into development, hires made from participants, partnerships formed, and community growth.