BPO 2.0 — voice AI for the Philippines.

50 teams. Deepgram's Aura and Nova-2 APIs. One mission: build a real Voice AI product that solves a real Philippine BPO problem.

Prize pool — ₱1,500,000

🥇 1st place₱750,000
🥈 2nd place₱375,000
🥉 3rd place₱75,000
Honourable mentions ×10₱10,000 ea.
All submissionsDeepgram credits

Tanke ng Pating 🦈

A parallel pitch competition. Day 1: up to 20 startups pitch for 90 seconds each on the open mic. Audience votes the Top 5 forward to Day 2, where they pitch a live investor panel on the Main Stage.

Grand prize₱1,000,000

How it runs

Five checkpoints across 48 hours. Miss the code freeze and you're out.

BriefingDay 1, 10:15 AM
Sprint beginsDay 1, 1:00 PM
API checkpointDay 1, 3:00 PM
Code freezeDay 2, 12:00 PM
Grand finalDay 2, 2:30 PM

Rules

Team size
2–5 members per team

Solo entries not permitted. Cross-org and cross-university teams encouraged.

Required tech
Deepgram Aura + Nova-2

At least one Deepgram API in your final submission. Other tools are fine as supplements.

Eligibility
Open to all PH developers

Registration required. GitHub + LinkedIn verification mandatory before acceptance.

Code freeze
Day 2 · 12:00 PM — hard deadline

All code to GitHub and submitted on Devpost by noon. No exceptions, no extensions.

Judging criteria
Innovation 30% · Implementation 40% · Impact 30%

Originality, code quality and Deepgram API usage, and real-world BPO relevance.

Intellectual property
Teams retain full IP

Code is open-source during the event only. You keep all rights after the event ends.

Apply for the hackathon.

GitHub and LinkedIn required for verification — spots are limited to 50 vetted teams.