Overview
As part of SWITCH by Enterprise Singapore, QAI Ventures invites students, researchers, and aspiring entrepreneurs to join the Global Quantum Hackathon Series at its edition in Singapore, happening October 24–26, 2025. This is your chance to join the GenQ - a global community of quantum innovators - and leverage QuantumAI to tackle pressing challenges around the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
The Singapore Edition is one of three global hackathons taking place across Switzerland, Canada, and Singapore, focusing on SDGs in alignment with the industry verticals of finance, energy, and life sciences for real-world impact. Singapore, as the financial epicenter of Asia, is a natural home for quantum breakthroughs in fintech. But beyond sustainable finance, this hackathon welcomes ideas from healthcare innovation and clean energy.
🗓️ Registration closes: September 10
📍 Location: Singapore, SWITCH by Enterprise Singapore
🙌🏻 Free participation + travel support (up to SGD 300)
🌙 Free On-site sleeping options available
Why join?
This hackathon is a high-impact learning experience designed to empower GenQ to work on interdisciplinary teams, tackle SDG challenges, and pitch solutions to a jury of experts.
Participants will:
• Work on real-world use cases in life sciences, energy, or finance
• Collaborate with peers from diverse fields
• Be mentored by top experts from academia and industry
• Run code on real quantum hardware
• Compete to represent Singapore at the Global Finals at SWITCH by Enterprise Singapore Oct 29.
No team? No problem. Teams will be formed at the event with the support of mentors. Participants from all backgrounds - technical and non-technical - are encouraged to apply.
Questions?
Visit our Hackathon Website https://genq.tech/ for more information and check the FAQ section for detailed answers to the most common questions. Still have questions? Feel free to reach out to the QAI Ventures Team - we’re happy to help: [email protected]
QAI Ventures is a global venture capital firm and leading ecosystem builder investing in transformative technologies with early market fit in industry clusters such as Energy, Life Sciences, and Finance: pure Quantum Tech (computing, sensing, and communications), solutions at the intersection of Quantum and AI, as well as Advanced Computing Innovations covering the underlying value chain.
With offices in Switzerland, Canada, and Japan, QAI Ventures supports founders with VC funding, access to a high-profile network of investors and industry partners, and strategic scaling into European, North American, and Asia-Pacific markets. For early-stage entrepreneurs, QAI Ventures runs dedicated accelerator programs in Basel, Calgary, and soon Singapore, offering additional tailored mentorship and premium access to quantum and advanced computing infrastructure. For more information, visit qai-ventures.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
Schedule
End Date: 26 Oct 2025, Sunday
The QAI Ventures' Global Quantum Hackathon is a weekend-sprint and learning experience, bringing together students, researchers, aspiring founders, and industry partners to tackle challenges around the Sustainable Development Goals at the intersection of Energy, Life Sciences, and Finance.
Location: DBS Asia X, 1 Fusionopolis Vw, Singapur 138577, 138577Partners
