The Google Cloud AI autonomous networking challenge
Unlock agentic-era autonomous networking to transform network operations and customer experiences.
The Challenge
Managing complex networks, solving network irregularities, and delivering consistent customer experiences are costly and resource intensive. Autonomous networking is enabling CSPs to solve business challenges with AI automation, and intent-based systems to transform network operations and customer experiences.
Building on the success of last year's Vertex AI hackathon, Google Cloud is proud to sponsor this in-person enterprise hackathon, taking place at the heart of DTW Ignite in June 2025.
We invite CSPs to come together with their partners, to experiment with cutting edge Google Cloud AI and AI optimized infrastructure to solve to real-world network challenges.
Your mission is to build modular, intelligent network-related prototypes. Teams will combine standardized TM Forum code frameworks with Google Cloud latest technology and AI optimized infrastructure. The goal is to build modular, intelligent network-related use cases that demonstrate progress towards autonomous network level 4, focusing on enhancing network automation, sustainability, or customer experience, leveraging technologies like Gemini 2.5 and agentic systems.
After the two-day hack, teams will deliver a working prototype and/or demo and a short pitch explaining the problem, solution, impact, and architecture.
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Requirements:
TM Forum member community CSPs are invited to enter teams to this hackathon, with limited availability to five hacking teams
Each team will consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of five participants.
At least two members are requested to be onsite during the hackathon (covered by an all access pass), others may work virtually.
CSP members are invited to partner with their system integrator or network equipment/software vendors, with up to two (2) hackers, sourced from a single vendor, forming part of their team
Key dates:
- 30 May: Registration deadline Upon Registration: Briefing deck supplied. Pre-learning, choose your challenge, environment & data prep, initial meeting with Google mentor.
- 2 June: Webinar - Overview and onboarding.
- 2-16 June: Continue preparations; email communications and weekly meetings with the mentor.
- 17-19 June: Prototype development: 9am – 5pm, Bella Center, Copenhagen
- 19 June: The pitch at 9am and Innovation Awards ceremony at where winner will be announced at 1:30 pm.
Why participate?
- $2,000 Google Cloud credits for each team to use during the event.
- Unlock AI enabled network use cases with the very latest with Google Cloud AI and Open APIs.
- Join the community in an exciting and intense three day competition and learn from the best of your industry peers while you tackle some of the hardest telco industry challenges.
- Contribute industry thought leadership in building practical applications of TM Forum Autonomous Network (AN) specifications for high value scenarios to feed into the emerging TM Forum AN standards for collaborative, multi-agents and digital twins.
- Be among the first to work with the latest version of Gemini 2.5 to maximize your benefits from the incredibly broad range of TM Forum assets by integrating them into your own business processes.
- Free all access passes to TM Forum's DTW Ignite 2025. See full terms and condition below.
- Access to an exclusive Google mentor to help guide your hackathon preparation and access to Google Cloud credits for the competition, first hand experience with Google’s cutting-edge technology.
Prizes
The winning team will receive:
$6,000 of Google Cloud credits
Three months of follow-up support from a Google mentor.
Trophy + Google Swag.
TM Forum Inform article spotlight.
Post-event marketing including 'winning social posts' and a webinar feature.
Location
The hackathon is part of the activities at DTW Ignite, taking place from 17-19 June 2025 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen. The Bella Center Copenhagen is located in a central location in the heart of Ørestad with its own Metro station. The Bella Center is just 6 kilometers away from Copenhagen Airport and 8 kilometers away from the city center.
Address: Center Blvd. 5, 2300 København, Denmark
