CUBE REGISTRATION
Apply once. Bring the receipts.
Registration takes a couple of minutes. Selection does not look at how well you write about yourself: it looks at what you have already built.
Applications close in
16 September 2026, 11:59 PM IST
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How it works
Three steps, no interview loop
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Register now
Before 11:59 PM IST on 16 September 2026
Name, email, and where your work lives. There is no essay, no cover letter and no fee.
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02
We read the evidence
Between registration and the kickoff
Your repositories and shipped projects, read by engineers. Around 500 participants are selected from an expected 1,000+ registrations.
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03
Show up to the kickoff
18 September 2026, 9:00 AM IST
Hyderabad with online / hybrid access. The programme is explained end to end before anything is built.
Before you apply
What to have ready
Nothing here needs preparing specially. If it exists already, link it.
A GitHub you actually use
Commits over stars. A repository you pushed to last month says more than a starred list.
One project you can explain
Something you could walk through end to end: the architecture, the trade-offs, what broke.
Any production work
At any scale. A tool three people rely on counts; it does not have to have users in the thousands.
What you want from it
One honest line. It is read, and it is not scored on polish.
Eligibility
Who can apply
If you build software and want to build AI systems properly, you are in scope.
- Students
- Software developers
- Software engineers
- AI / GenAI enthusiasts
- Aspiring AI engineers
- Full-stack developers
- Backend developers
- Product engineering enthusiasts
- AI-agent builders
- Startup & emerging-tech developers
Straight answers
Before you ask
- Does it cost anything?
- No. CUBE is free to enter, and there is no fee at any stage.
- Do I need a team?
- No. Round 2 is entirely individual. Pods are formed for you in Round 3, from the 100 finalists.
- What if I am not selected?
- Around 500 of an expected 1,000+ registrations go through. Selection is a judgement about evidence at one moment, not a verdict on you.
- Can I register after 16 September?
- No. The deadline is firm: there is no extension window and late applications are not reviewed.
Questions
Still unsure?
Eligibility, the rounds, the challenge domains, or anything the site does not answer: write to us and a person replies.
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