Elastic’s 2026 Forge the Future Hackathon in Singapore recap
Blog post from Elastic
Elastic’s Forge the Future Hackathon 2026 in Singapore, powered by AWS, highlighted the development of agentic AI solutions, with 21 teams rapidly creating prototypes using Elastic Agent Builder. The event emphasized Elastic's expertise in AI and its focus on practical enterprise AI applications, as participants from universities and businesses competed to develop innovative AI agents. The Upside Devs team from Nanyang Technological University won with PredictIQ, a solution designed for predictive maintenance across industries. The hackathon also underscored Singapore's commitment to advancing agentic AI, with government initiatives aiming to upskill the workforce in this domain. Elastic's event showcased the potential of AI agents in distilling insights and recommending actions, while promoting continuous learning and innovation through hands-on experience in hackathons.