AI Agents Hackathon and Expert Sessions

4:00 p.m. - 6:59 a.m. (UTC)

🚀 AI Agents Hackathon 2025 – Build the Future of AI! 🚀 2025 is the year of AI agents! But what exactly is an agent, and how can you build one? Whether you're a seasoned developer or just starting out, this FREE three-week virtual hackathon is your chance to dive deep into AI agent development. 💡 Get hands-on experience, unleash your creativity, and build powerful AI agents—then submit your hack for a chance to win CASH prizes! 💸 Don't miss out—register for the hack and start building the future of AI! 🔥 📅 Key Dates: 📌 Expert sessions: April 8 – April 24 📌 Hack submission deadline: April 30, 11:59 PM PST Learn more about the Hackathon and read the official rules at https://microsoft.github.io/AI_Agents_Hackathon/ Join TheSource EHub to explore top picks including trainings, livestreams, repositories, technical guides, blogs, downloads, certifications, and more, all updated monthly. The AI Agent section offers essential resources for creating AI Agents, while other sections provide insights into AI, development tools, and programming languages

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (UTC)

2025 has been called the year of AI Agents! To celebrate, we're running a hackathon filled with expert sessions all about building AI Agents. In this kick off session, we'll give an overview of all the ways to build AI Agents, examine key use cases, understand the tools and techniques that are available, and demonstrate our favorite agents running live. Session Resources: https://aka.ms/CreateAgenticAISolutions https://aka.ms/ai_agents_apps__data

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (UTC)

Azure Functions provides the ability to extend the capabilities of your AI agent customized with Azure AI Foundry by providing native integration for tools functions to collect addtional information or take action. Learn more about how to enhance your agent application for both immediate action or by using durable functions to provide long running /interactive and stateful actions that are needed as part of your agent requirements. https://aka.ms/CreateAgenticAISolutions