Date: May 24, 2025
Venue: LearnyHive Office, Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore
Event Type: In-Person Hackathon
Duration: 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Introduction
On May 24, 2025, LearnyHive hosted its flagship hackathon, HackTheHive 2025, at its office in Kalyan Nagar, Bangalore. Designed to bring together the brightest student minds, the event served as a platform for aspiring innovators to come together, solve real-world problems, and showcase their talent in a highly competitive and collaborative environment.
HackTheHive was more than just a competition. It was a celebration of student-driven innovation, rapid ideation, and community-led problem solving. Over a single afternoon, learners transformed into builders, and ideas turned into impactful solutions.
Key Takeaways
- Hands-on innovation: Students worked on practical solutions that addressed real-world challenges across domains such as education, healthcare, sustainability, and productivity.
- Exposure to startup culture: Participants experienced the fast-paced environment of pitching, prototyping, and delivering under pressure, mirroring real-world startup sprints.
- Mentorship and feedback: Teams received valuable insights from experienced entrepreneurs and technologists, helping refine their ideas and boost presentation skills.
- Recognition and motivation: Winners and standout performers were awarded, but every participant left with new learnings, networks, and a stronger innovation mindset.
- Community building: The hackathon cultivated a sense of camaraderie among students who share a passion for technology and problem-solving, forming connections that may fuel future collaborations.
The Vision Behind HackTheHive
At LearnyHive, our mission is to create impactful learning experiences that go beyond textbooks and exams. HackTheHive was conceptualized as a platform for students to apply their learning in a hands-on, fast-paced environment. We believe innovation is not something that happens in isolation—it thrives in communities that support and challenge each other.
By organizing HackTheHive, we aimed to:
- Encourage students to tackle real-world problems using technology.
- Create opportunities for young people to develop critical thinking and teamwork skills.
- Expose participants to the essence of entrepreneurship and product development.
- Build a vibrant community of learners, doers, and innovators.
Inside HackTheHive 2025: What Happened?
The event kicked off with an enthusiastic welcome and briefing by the LearnyHive team. Participants, grouped into their respective teams, were given a few hours to ideate, develop, and pitch their tech-based solutions to the judging panel.
Each team was encouraged to pick a problem statement aligned with their interests, allowing creativity and relevance to shine. Topics ranged from AI-powered study tools and gamified learning apps to community-driven sustainability platforms.
Throughout the event, mentors moved across teams, offering guidance, helping clarify ideas, and ensuring teams stayed focused on outcomes. The collaborative energy in the room was palpable, with laptops humming, whiteboards filled with diagrams, and students passionately debating features and user flows.
Finally, the pitch sessions began. Teams presented their projects to a panel of experienced judges, which included startup founders, product managers, and technologists. The ideas were evaluated on creativity, feasibility, user impact, and presentation.
Winners and Recognition
After intense deliberation, one team emerged as the official winner of HackTheHive 2025, with two more being recognized as runner-up teams. Their ideas demonstrated clarity of thought, innovation, and a deep understanding of the user problem they chose to solve.
Winner
- Project Name: APIcalypse – AI Learning Hub
- Team Members: Chethohaar J M, Abhinav L G and Nuthan B
- Problem Statement: Students often face difficulty studying from long, text-heavy PDFs. The content is hard to absorb, lacks engagement, and doesn’t match different learning styles-making revision slow, boring, and ineffective.
1st Runner-Up
- Project Name: D.A.A Humanoid Robot 5.2
- Team Name: EvoBot Crew
- Team Members: Sadhu J, Thirtha Prasad C N and Yogeshwari S
- Problem Statement: A growing need for accessible, interactive robotic companions that can address social isolation, provide physical assistance, and enhance smart home functionality while offering personalized care in an aging society with limited caregiving resources.
2nd Runner-Up
- Project Name: AI-Based Brain Tumor Classification, Stage Prediction, and Survival Rate Estimation Using Multimodal CT and MRI Scans
- Team Members: Pallavi S, Niveditha N and Lakshmi B V
- Problem Statement: AI Based Brain Tumor Classification Stage Prediction and Survival Rate Estimation using multimodal CT and MRI scans
While awards and certificates were distributed, what truly mattered was the learning each participant walked away with. Every team left with constructive feedback, a better understanding of product building, and increased confidence in their problem-solving abilities.
The Role of Our Partners
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners UnikBrushes and Zieers, whose support played a key role in the success of HackTheHive 2025. Their contribution helped us create a memorable experience for the students and added valuable industry perspective to the event.
At LearnyHive, we believe in collaboration—and these partnerships allowed us to deliver an event that matched both scale and substance.
Capturing the Experience
Our team documented every key moment of HackTheHive—from brainstorming sessions and mentor huddles to final pitches and celebrations. A curated collection of photos and videos is now available for all participants and supporters to relive the event.
Access the full media gallery here: https://bit.ly/HackTheHive2025-Gdrive
These visuals not only serve as memories but also as inspiration for future learners to take part in experiential, challenge-driven learning.
What’s Next at LearnyHive?
HackTheHive 2025 marks just the beginning. At LearnyHive, we are committed to building a new wave of learning experiences that go beyond passive consumption. Expect more:
- Hackathons focused on niche domains such as climate tech, edtech, and AI.
- Skill-building bootcamps and project-based learning series.
- Collaborations with industry leaders to bring mentorship into classrooms.
- Community-driven innovation challenges open to learners across India.
Our goal is simple—to nurture learners who can think, build, and lead.
Stay updated by following us on our social channels:
Instagram: @learnyhive
LinkedIn: LearnyHive on LinkedIn
Final Thoughts
HackTheHive 2025 was a testament to what young minds can achieve when given the right platform and encouragement. The solutions presented, the connections made, and the energy shared proved once again that innovation begins with curiosity—and thrives in community.
We’re incredibly proud of all the participants who made HackTheHive a success. Thank you for showing up, building bravely, and reminding us why we do what we do.
We’ll see you at the next one.
– Team LearnyHive
