PayPay Hackathon

THEME

Re-invent Financial
Ecosystem with AI

RULES

01

5 members in
1 team at max.

02

Develop a working prototype in 2 days.

03

Give a presentation and demo within 180 seconds.

WINNING TEAM

PayPay CEO AWARD

PayPay Mavericks

Team Member Tijil Juneja / Mayank Sikka / Kartik Pant

Team Comments Receiving the CEO Award for our project, "Kokoro no Kakeibo," was an immense honor for our team, the PayPay Mavericks. We were driven by the mission to tackle the challenge of low financial literacy among young adults, and this hackathon was the perfect arena for it.
The journey was a valuable learning experience, pushing us to transform a complex AI concept into a simple, user-friendly tool under pressure. The process tested our skills and solidified our teamwork in the best way possible.
We are incredibly grateful to PayPay for fostering a culture that champions innovation and friendly competition. This award is a testament to our team’s synergy, and we are more motivated than ever to continue building impactful solutions for the future of finance.

PayPay India MD Award

Team SmaToshi

Team Member Aman Tonk / Pallaw / Rishabh Garg

Team Comments Our journey to winning the MD Award at the recent PayPay India Hackathon was an exhilarating testament to teamwork, innovation, and perseverance. As a team, our goal was to conceptualize and develop SMATOSHI a micro-investment tool based on daily expenses, designed to empower users to build long-term sustainable investment portfolios effortlessly.
From the outset, we embraced the challenge, recognizing it as an incredible opportunity for collective learning and growth. Each team member brought unique skills and insights, from refining the core idea and brainstorming user flows, coding and crafting the compelling presentation. This synergy was crucial in navigating the challenges of rapidly ideating, validating, and presenting a viable solution under tight deadlines.
The hackathon provided an invaluable platform for us to not only push the boundaries of our creativity but also to strengthen our internal collaboration. We learned to trust each other's expertise, delegate effectively, and rally together when faced with roadblocks. Winning the MD Award was a truly rewarding moment, a recognition of our collective effort and a powerful validation of our innovative concept. It reinforced our belief in the potential of our ideas and the strength of our team at PayPay India.

Most Popular Award

Mavericks

Team Member Nikhil Kumar / Prashant Kaushik / Shubham Agarwal / Raghav

Team Comments We’re super excited to share that our team won the Most Popular Award at the recent PayPay hackathon—what an awesome feeling!
Our idea? We wanted to make customer support way better (and less of a headache) for both users and agents. We noticed that around 30% of calls were just long, repetitive identity checks, and teams were buried under piles of similar queries every day. So, we built an AI Voice Assistant that gathers details and does authentication while the customer is waiting. It even creates tickets automatically with a confidence score, so agents can skip the boring questions and focus on actually helping people out.
The best part? This makes things faster for everyone, cuts down call volumes, and honestly just makes support less painful (and hopefully more satisfying!) for both customers and our support team.
Winning the Most Popular Award was the cherry on top—hearing our team’s name called out was a moment we’ll never forget. Thanks to everyone who voted for us and to the awesome organizers for giving us a platform to bring our idea to life. We had a blast building this, learned a ton, and can’t wait to see how it makes a difference for PayPay users.