PARTNER WITH TERNS
Bring your hardest problems to the world's best builders.
Become a challenge partner or sponsor and connect your company directly with top engineering talent - across India and beyond.
Become a PartnerTHE OPPORTUNITY
India's IT scale.
Germany's industry depth.
By connecting German industry with India's rapidly growing IT ecosystem, terns.tech creates a scalable platform for cross-border innovation, talent acquisition, and cost-efficient digital execution.
For the first edition, we are actively sourcing sponsors locally, companies in Hamburg and Germany with an interest in hiring, employer branding, and product adoption among India's top engineering talent.
PARTNERSHIP TYPES
Find the right partnership for you.
Challenge Partner
Submit a real AI challenge. Get up to 8 teams building solutions for 24 hours. Keep the IP. Hire the talent.
Tech Partner
Give every participant access to your platform. Get brand visibility with 300+ active builders.
Sponsor
Fund the event, get stage time, branding, and direct access to participants and challenge partners.
Community Partner
Amplify reach across your community. Cross-promote and co-create the event experience.
WHY PARTNER WITH TERNS
More than sponsorship, direct talent access at scale.
Direct IP Access
Challenge partners retain all IP from solutions built on their problem. Get up to 8 working prototypes per challenge with full source code after the event.
Hire the Best
Get a front-row view of how 160 curated builders work under pressure. Challenge partners actively hire from HackPune participants.
Brand Authority
Position your company as a technical leader in Pune's fast-growing AI community. Reach builders, founders, and engineers who are building the future.
Mentorship Presence
Your team gets dedicated access to mentor the teams working on your challenge - building authentic relationships with top talent.
Community Reach
HackPune marketing reaches Pune's 500K+ tech professionals. Sponsor visibility across Discord, Slack, LinkedIn, event collateral, and the Terns pitch decks.
Post-Event Pilots
Several past hackathon solutions from similar events have evolved into actual pilots or products. You could be building with that team next quarter.
IN CONVERSATION
Tech partners we're exploring.
These partnerships are being explored and are not yet confirmed. Announcements will come when agreements are in place.
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