About the Competition

The E-Commerce Hackathon Competition, organized by Trendyol, T3 Foundation, and the Ministry of Industry and Technology, aims to develop algorithms and interfaces that improve the search and shopping experience of e-commerce users. Participants are expected to produce both data science-focused prediction systems and user-friendly front-end solutions.

The competition aims to increase the knowledge base of researchers, students, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals, develop models tailored to industry needs, and position our country to represent itself on international platforms in this field.

Participation Profile: Anyone aged 15-30 who is developing or wishes to develop a project in the field of artificial intelligence may apply: High school and university students (including associate's, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and open education students) studying in Turkey and abroad, as well as graduates, are eligible to participate.

Teams must consist of at least 2 and no more than 5 members. Each team must designate a team captain.

The competition process will be conducted in two stages:
1) Datathon: Kaggle Product Ranking Stage
2) Hackathon: Term-Product Matching Stage

Competition Calender 2025

Explanation Date
Application Start Date 17 July 2025
Final Date for Application 5 August 2025
Sending Kaggle Links to Contestants 8 August 2025
Online Kaggle Competition 8 - 22 August 2025
Announcement of Finalist Teams 29 August 2025
Meeting With Finalists Via Online Meeting 5 September 2025
Preparing for the Hackathon 5 - 12 September 2025
Physical Hackathon and Project Presentations 13-14 September 2025
TEKNOFEST Istanbul 17 - 21 September 2025

    E-Commerce Hackathon Competition 2024 Degrees

    Degree Team Name
    First BazLLaMa Is All You Need
    Second sebil
    Third Kermits

E-Commerce Hackathon 2025 Awards

Degree Award
First 120.000 ₺
Second 100.000 ₺
Third 90.000 ₺

E-Commerce Hackathon Competition

Excluding the informations provided in the specifications, you need to join the e-mail group through the link below for other questions regarding to the competition. The questions you ask and the answers you receive will be visible to the other members of the e-mail group.