Industrial Hackathon (SIDF)
SIDF's annual hackathon where teams solve real challenges set by factories and industrial companies, across design, production, sustainability and automation tracks. The 2025 edition carried more than SAR 1.7 million in prizes.
[ What you get ]
Workshops, one-to-one mentoring, pitching to judges and cash prizes; the 2025 edition offered more than SAR 1.7 million, with SAR 120,000 / 80,000 / 60,000 for first to third place in each track.
[ Who it's for ]
Developers, engineers, entrepreneurs, students and researchers aged 18+, from inside or outside Saudi Arabia; team entries only.
- Run by
- Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF), under the patronage of the Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources
- Equity
- No equity taken
- Format
- Hybrid
- Where
- Riyadh
- Duration
- About 2 months from registration to awards; 2-day training camp
- Stages
- Idea · Pre-seed
- Sectors
- Industry · Manufacturing · Automation · Sustainability
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Checked against the operator's own pages on 3 October 2026.
Sources:sidf.gov.saspa.gov.sa