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Welcome to Asia HackNow 2026!

Ideate. Design. Build.

Our premier partner hackathon is back — bigger, bolder, and more ambitious than ever.

New themes. Two days of live hacking in Singapore. It's time to make your mark!

Register your team, submit your solution designs and be part of something that matters!

Register your team

About Asia HackNow 2026!

Where top practitioners from across the Asia partner ecosystem come together to build real AI solutions on the ServiceNow platform.

This year we're doing something special. For the first time, we're going a brand new format that is fully immersive - 2 days of live hacking on-site in Singapore for the finalists (Nov 2-3, 2026). This new format is designed to maximise collaboration, energy, and impact.

Check out complete details below, and join the Briefing webinar on Oct 13, 2026 to know more!

Register your team
Register for the Briefing Webinar - Oct 13
Submit your Solution Designs - Coming shortly!

Why participate?

Build AI Agent skills that matter

AI Agents are redefining how organisations work — and you'll build one. Get hands-on with the NOW Platform's most in-demand capability, applied to a real-world challenge.

Expand influence and network

The new 2-day on-site format means real mentorship from ServiceNow experts. And finally, your solution lands in front of customer executives at the Finale.

Win Big!

Prizes of 6,000 SGD for the Top-3 teams, and giveaways for all finalists — bigger than ever before.

What you need to know

From registration through to the Finale in Singapore - check out all the details, mark the dates and stay on track.

Your Timeline to the Finale

  • Theme & Challenges

  • Timeline

  • Team Criteria

  • Technology Criteria

  • Evaluation Parameters

Themes & Challenges

We've proposed 2 themes, and 2 challenges under each theme to get you started.

But don't feel limited - we also welcome your own challenge ideas as long as they align with one of our 2 themes and focus on building an AI Agent that delivers real outcomes.

Your Timeline to the Finale

Please note:

  • Teams failing to complete the mandatory prerequisite course will not be shortlisted for the Finale.
  • Teams shortlisted for the Finale will have to make their own travel arrangements.

Team Criteria

Mandatory Prerequisite Course

All team members must mandatorily complete the AI Agents Delivery Accreditation by Oct 21 to be eligible for next steps of the HackNow.

Mandatory Course

Technology Criteria

Relevant for Finalists - During the Finale, all solutions must be built on the ServiceNow platform using the following mandatory capabilities. Solutions not meeting both requirements are ineligible for judging.

Capabillity
Description
Requirement

AI Agent Studio

Primary tool to build, test and deploy autonomous AI Agents that execute multi-step workflows

Mandatory

Now Assist

Conversational front-end

Mandatory

The following capabilities are not mandatory but are encouraged — and their use is rewarded in scoring:

Capabillity
Description
Requirement

AI Control Tower

Centralized governance, monitoring and policy enforcement for all AI Agents

Recommended

Context Engine

Connects enterprise relationships, policy and design history to ground agent decisions

Recommended

MCP Integrations

Governance layer for AI Agent connections via Model Context Protocal

Recommended

Workflow Data Fabric

Connects data across siloed systems into a unified layer for AI consumption

Recommended

Evaluation of Solution Design Submissions

Solution Designs received from registered teams will be evaluated on below parameters, and shortlist for the Finale will be announced on Oct 23.

Please note:

  • Teams failing to complete the mandatory prerequisite course will not be shortlisted for the Finale.
  • Teams shortlisted for the Finale will have to make their own travel arrangements.
Criterion
Description
Weightage

Innovation & Creativity

Originality of concept and approach

50%

Real World Impact

Practicality and deployability of the solution

50%

Finale Evaluation:

Finale evaluation will happen in 2 stages:

Finale Evaluation Stage 1: Mentor technical evaluation

ServiceNow Solution Consultants, embedded as mentors during the hacking phase, assess each team's build in real-time across Nov 2-3 across below parameters.

Criterion
Description
Weightage

Technical Execution

Depth and quality of agentic AI design; quality and integrity of the build

35%

Use of additional platform capabilities

Intentional use of capabilities beyond the mandatory baseline

15%

Finale Evaluation Stage 2: Exec Judging Panel

Finalists demonstrate their solution to a panel that includes customer executives & ServiceNow leadership. The panel evaluates on impact and communication rather than technical depth.

Criterion
Description
Weightage

Presentation & Demo

Clarity, storytelling, and demo quality

20%

Innovation & Creativity ​​​​​​​

Originality of concept and approach (scored fresh)

15%

Real World Impact

Practicality and deployability of the solution (scored fresh)

15%

Top-3 winning teams are chosen by combining scores from Stage 1 & Stage 2 of the Finale.

Got questions?

Send us an email at APACPE@servicenow.com

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