Conversational Business Hackathon

Build a business that answers. Demo it to 250 of them.

Two weeks to build on one of Whisper360's three products, MessengerOS + Support, Voice, or AI agents, for a real business problem, with any stack you like. Finalists present live on the SHIFT stage.

Two developers discuss code on a laptop.

Photo: Mizuno K / Pexels

Key dates

Timeline Dates to be announced

Registration opens

Now. Teams of two to five.

Registration closes

Teams confirmed; brief, sandbox access and starter kit sent.

Build window

Two weeks, remote. Office hours on WhatsApp twice a week.

Submissions due

A three-minute demo video and a working link.

Finalists announced

The teams that will demo on stage.

SHIFT day

Live finals on stage, judged in the room. Winners announced before the close.

Tracks

Pick one product. Solve one real problem.

Messaging

Built on MessengerOS + Support: an enquiry on any channel becomes a paid order or a resolved case, with the thread owned end to end.

Judges look for: every channel landing in one place, clean ownership, nothing dropped.

Voice

Built on Voice: an AI agent on a business line or the WhatsApp Call Center that books, confirms, and rings a teammate when it should.

Judges look for: picks up every time, knows when to hand to a person, the hand-over works.

Agents

Built on AI agents: an agent that works across messaging and voice for one real business, with approved tools and a clean hand-over.

Judges look for: acts, not just answers; only the tools it was given; a business would pay for it.

Prizes

What finalists get To be announced

WinnerTo be announced
Runners-upTo be announced
All finalistsStage time in front of 250 businesses, Whisper360 platform credits, developer partner status
Partner prizesAnnounced as partners confirm
Rules

The short version

  • Teams of two to five.
  • Any stack. Whisper360 APIs and a sandbox are provided, not required.
  • Build for a real business problem. A named business is a plus.
  • Everything must work live. Slides are not a demo.
  • Judged on: does it work, would a business pay for it, how it hands over to people.
  • You keep your IP. We may film and publish the finals.

Full rules are sent to registered teams with the brief.

Registration

Register your team