American Express CodeStreet 2026

American Express CodeStreet 2026 is a nationwide engineering hackathon focused on digital payments, artificial intelligence and machine learning. The competition has a virtual first round of idea submissions and an in-person grand finale held in Chennai. It is targeted at final-year engineering students and is organised in collaboration with HackerEarth. Top teams receive Pre-Placement Interview (PPI) opportunities and finalists are flown to Chennai.

Top two winning teams receive Pre-Placement Interview (PPI) opportunities; top six teams flown to Chennai; finalists receive free event goodies and an official participation certificate; industry recognition.

Applicants must be final-year engineering students enrolled in participating colleges with a valid college email ID and official university roll number; students may register individually or in teams of up to three members, and an individual may be part of only one team.

Online registration and virtual idea submission for the first round; top six teams advance to an in-person final in Chennai.