Fund My Crazy 2026 | Build Night with AI: Reimagining Urban Life

Fund My Crazy 2026 is an online AI innovation sprint, where students will reimagine one aspect of urban life and transform a real-world city challenge into a future-ready solution. Participants will use artificial intelligence for brainstorming, idea refinement, visual prototyping, and storytelling before presenting their concept through a 60-second investment-style pitch. The challenge is designed for students interested in innovation, artificial intelligence, smart cities, entrepreneurship, product thinking, and creative problem solving. Who Can Participate?: Open to college and university students across India Students from all academic disciplines can participate Beginners are welcome No prior coding, AI, design, or startup experience is required Participation is individual Innovation Areas: Participants may select any one urban challenge from areas such as: Roads & Transportation Community & Living Healthcare Education Markets Other urban or city-life challenges What Participants Will Do: Participants will: Identify a meaningful urban problem. Define the target users and their needs. Brainstorm and refine an innovative solution using AI. Create an AI-generated visual prototype. Develop a concise investment-style pitch. Present the solution in 60 seconds. Participate in peer voting and discussion. Event Format: Stage 1 – Introduction & AI Demonstration: Participants will receive an overview of the challenge, evaluation criteria, and AI-assisted innovation workflows. Stage 2 – Problem Discovery: Participants will select an urban theme, identify a real-world problem, and define the users affected by it. Stage 3 – AI Build Sprint: Participants will brainstorm, refine, validate, and visualize their solution using AI tools. Stage 4 – Live Pitch Showcase: Each participant will present their concept and visual prototype through a 60-second investment-style pitch. Stage 5 – Voting & Closing: Participants will participate in peer voting and receive information about final submission and recognition. Rules & Guidelines: Participation is individual. Each participant may submit one primary concept. The concept must be original and independently developed. AI tools should be used for ideation and visual creation. Participants must be prepared to present their concept within 60 seconds. Participants should maintain respectful and constructive interaction throughout the event. The organizer's decision regarding event moderation and time management will be final. Evaluation Criteria: Submissions will be evaluated on: Originality and creativity Real-world impact Innovation and future potential Clarity of the problem-solving approach Effective use of AI Feasibility of the proposed solution Pitch quality and presentation Event Details: Date: 30 August 2026 Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM IST Mode: Online Participation: Individual Rewards & Learning Outcomes: Participants will gain practical exposure to: AI-powered problem solving Prompt engineering Generative AI workflows Rapid idea generation AI visual prototyping Urban innovation and smart-city thinking Product and solution design Startup-style pitching Creative storytelling Participants will receive a digital participation certificate. Selected ideas may also receive national-level recognition and other rewards as announced by the organizers. Build. Visualize. Pitch. Reimagine one element of urban life and turn a real city challenge into an idea for the future.