Crypto exchange Bitget is teaming up with the local chapter of the Google Developer Group (GDG) for its second hackathon this year. The event, titled AI Accelerate Hack, will take place at KU Leuven in Belgium on Wednesday, October 29, 2025.
The 10-hour competition is open to young developers, designers and recent graduates. The grand theme: “Fueling fast-paced innovation through the synergy of technology, business, and creativity.” Teams of participants will work in a high-intensity format to build solutions that lie at the intersection of AI, blockchain and business challenges.
Registration is set to feature roughly 200 participants from diverse academic and professional backgrounds. While the focus is on master’s students in computer engineering and related disciplines, attendees are drawn from other fields and may include tech-enthusiasts with up to two years’ professional experience.
The hackathon kicks off with a short opening ceremony. Bitget will present its corporate-social-responsibility initiative, Blockchain4Youth, alongside its recently introduced Graduate Programme. Selected graduates will join Bitget’s global team across rotational roles, international colleagues and Web3 workstreams.
After the ceremony, the 10-hour hacking sprint begins. At day’s end, teams will present their projects and compete for awards. According to Bitget COO Vugar Usi Zade: “Our Blockchain4Youth programmes keep on growing and expanding worldwide. Such hackathons are a great opportunity to interact with promising students, share our expertise as mentors, and continuously build our community via shared knowledge.”
GDG KU Leuven president and founder Daniel Sparemblek added: “Partnering with Bitget for the ‘AI Accelerate Hack’ aligns perfectly with our mission to empower the next generation of developers. This event is a unique platform where academic theory meets real-world business challenges, pushing students to innovate at the intersection of AI, blockchain and creativity.”
This marks Bitget’s second collaboration with GDG following a May hackathon at Constructor University. That earlier event brought together students around AI and Web3 themes and underscored Bitget’s growing push into youth education through Blockchain4Youth.
The broader Blockchain4Youth initiative embraces campus lectures, certifications, hackathons and scholarships aimed at making blockchain knowledge accessible to younger generations. It is backed by a multi-year funding commitment.
Looking ahead, Bitget hints at further events. From November 14–16, at the same KU Leuven campus, the company plans to host the WAIB Summit AI × Web3 Hackathon, a three-day deep-dive gathering of students, developers, entrepreneurs and researchers.
For participants, the upcoming October hackathon also offers hands-on access to business-facing challenges, mentorship from industry professionals and visible bridges into careers at a major Web3 player. For Bitget and GDG, it represents another step in building a talent pipeline, strengthening community ties and positioning youth as drivers of future innovation.
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