Pathfinder Hackathon 2026 Terms and Conditions

Pathfinder Hackathon 2026 – Terms and Conditions 

These Pathfinder Hackathon 2026 Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern participation in the Automation Anywhere (“AAI”) Pathfinder Hackathon 2026 (the “Contest”). By entering the Contest, each participant (“Participant”) agrees to be bound by these Terms and by AAI’s decisions, which are final and binding in all respects. 

1. Eligibility 

   1. Eligible Participants. The Contest is open only to individuals who: 

      1. Are at least 18 years of age (or the age of majority in their jurisdiction, whichever is greater); and 

   2. Ineligible Participants. The following are not eligible to participate: 

      1. Employees, officers, directors, agents, contractors, and competitors of AAI or its affiliates; 

      2. Immediate family members (spouse, parents, siblings, or children) and household members of the above; and 

      3. Individuals who are residents of a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibit participating in the Promotion (including, but not limited to, Brazil, Quebec, as well as Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria or any other country designated by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control). 

2. No Purchase Necessary 
   No purchase or payment of any kind is necessary to enter or win this Contest. A purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Entry into the Contest is free and based solely on meeting the participation and submission requirements described herein. 

3. Contest Period 
   The Contest begins on July 4, 2026 and ends on July 5, 2026 4:30 PM IST (the “Contest Period”). All submissions must be received by AAI before the end of the Contest Period to be eligible. 

4. How to Enter 

   1. Participants must build an agentic solution in the Pathfinder Control Room made available by AAI for this Contest. Participants may only use the Pathfinder Control Room for agentic solution development for the Contest. Pathfinder Control Room access can be blocked if our monitoring shows excessive or malicious usage as evaluated by AAI. 

   2. AAI will provide LLM model connections within the Pathfinder Control Room to be used for AI skills and goal-based agents as well as access to Claude Code to use for the duration of the Hackathon. Participants can use personal subscriptions for other AI coding assistants, but AAI will not pay for those tools nor provide enterprise application access or other resources outside the Pathfinder Control Room.  

   3. Each agentic solution must then be submitted to AAI’s Agentic App Store (“Agentic App Store”) in accordance with the Bot Submission Terms (the “Bot Submission Terms”). 

   4. All entries must comply with these Terms and the Bot Submission Terms to be eligible. 

5. Submission Requirements 
   Each agentic solution submission must: 

   1. Meet the Contest Criteria described in Section 6 below; 

   2. Include all required information requested during submission; and 

   3. Be the Participant’s original work.
      
      AAI reserves the right to disqualify any submission that is incomplete, fails to comply with these Terms, or that AAI determines, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate, infringing, or inconsistent with its brand values or applicable law.

6. Contest Criteria and Evaluation 

   1. Agentic Solution Requirements: 
      To be eligible to win, the agentic solution must be built using the Automation Anywhere platform and include the following: 

      1. Mozart Orchestrator 

      2. AI Agent Builder 

      3. API Task or Task Bot  

      4. AI Skill 

      5. Human in the loop mechanism 

      6. Error and exception handling 

      7. Follow best practices 

   2. Company Judged Prizes: 
      A panel of AAI judges will evaluate eligible submissions based on the Scoring Rubric. Cash prizes will be awarded based on total score in accordance with Section 7.
       

      Scoring Rubric: 

      Area	Max Points
      Use case relevance & problem statement	10
      Quality of agentic analysis & justification	10
      Working Agentic Solution	10
      Presentation & Pitch	10
      Documentation quality & completeness	10
      Total	50

   3. Hackers’ Choice Prize: 
      One $250 prize will be awarded based on other participants’ user ratings after the pitch.

   4. The judging panel’s and/or community’s decisions are final and binding. 

7. Prizes 
   The prizes for the Contest are as follows: 

   1. 1st Place (highest score): $1,000 

   2. 2nd Place (second highest score): $500 

   3. Best Pitch (best presentation & pitch score): $250 

   4. Hackers’ Choice (top rated solution based on participant votes): $250 
      
      All amounts are in U.S. dollars. Each prize will be awarded to the individual or team listed as the official entrant on the submission form. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be exchanged or substituted, except that AAI reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if necessary. Winners are responsible for any applicable taxes or fees related to receipt of their prize. 

8. Winner Notification and Announcement 
   Following the close of the Contest Period, AAI will review all eligible entries and select winners based on the judging criteria set forth herein. AAI will announce the winners at Pathfinder Hackathon on July 5. Each Finalist may be required to participate in a video recording or submit additional materials, including a video recording about their agentic solution. AAI may publicly announce the Winners via its website, blog, social media, or other channels.  

9. Intellectual Property

   1. License Grant. Each entrant retains ownership of any original intellectual property rights in the agentic solution they develop for the Contest. However, by submitting an agentic solution, each entrant grants AAI a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, display, perform, distribute, and make derivative works of the agentic solution, for the purpose of operating, promoting, and improving Agentic App Store and related products or services. This includes the right to list, host, and make the agentic solution available to users through Agentic App Store or other AAI channels.  

   2. Warranty: Entrants represent and warrant that their submissions do not infringe, misappropriate, or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any third party.  

   3. Reserved Rights. AAI retains all rights, title, and interest in and to its platform, software, tools, APIs, infrastructure, documentation, and all related technology, including all associated intellectual property rights (“AAI Technology”). Nothing in these Terms or in the Contest grants entrants any ownership or other rights in the AAI Technology. 

10. Privacy 
    Personal data collected in connection with the Contest will be processed in accordance with AAI’s Privacy Policy. 

11. Severability 
    If any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable for any reason, such provision shall be severed or limited to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of these Terms, which shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the parties as closely as possible. 

12. General Conditions 
    AAI reserves the right to modify, suspend, or terminate the Contest at any time if fraud, technical failures, or other factors impair the integrity or proper functioning of the Contest. By participating, Participants agree to release and hold harmless AAI, its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from any and all liability arising from participation in the Contest or acceptance, possession, or use of any prize. The Contest is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any disputes arising out of or related to this Contest shall be resolved exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Santa Clara County, CA, and each Participant consents to such jurisdiction. 

13. Contact 
    For questions about these Terms or the Contest, please contact us at community@automationanywhere.com.