Hiring pipeline
300+ IT and maths students in one room for a weekend. Participants who opt in share their CV and GitHub with you.
Google Datathon.
Chat, Is This Data Real?
A 48-hour datathon for 300+ of the strongest IT and mathematics students in Kazakhstan. We are looking for the company that brings the case and the prize fund.
Nazarbayev University, Astana13 – 14 March 2027
300+participants expected
48hours of building
02technical tracks
02days on campus
01 / WHAT YOU GET
What your company gets out of it.
A business problem, solved
Hand the room a real technical case and leave with ten or more concepts and working prototypes.
Branding and reach
Your brand inside Nazarbayev University student channels and across the GDG community feed.
02 / THE EVENT
One case. Two tracks. 48 hours.
Teams receive a real dataset and a real question from a partner company, then build a working prototype from scratch under mentors from the industry.
TRACK 01
Software Engineering
High-load web and mobile products, complex backend systems, API integration, and efficient cloud architecture.
TRACK 02
Machine Learning and Data Science
Predictive models, large-scale analysis, and intelligent agents built on current tooling, including Google Gemini.
- 01
Day 1
Speakers, workshops and case announcement
Hear from industry experts, form teams, meet mentors and start building.
- 02
Day 2
Build and pitch
Finish the prototype, present it to the jury, and hear which teams won.
03 / PACKAGES
Four ways to sponsor.
01Both tracksExclusive sponsor
The whole event carries your name.
- Your brand in the name of the hackathon
- Exclusive cases in both tracks
- Up to five minutes on stage at the opening or closing
- The largest logo across every printed and digital surface
- A branded booth in the hiring zone
- Introductions to participants in both tracks who opt in
Naming integration is agreed separately with the university and with Google brand review.
02One trackMain track sponsor
One track, written around your problem.
- A case built from your company's actual task
- Your experts as mentors and jury for the track
- Introductions to that track's participants who opt in
- Exclusivity inside your track
The second track may go to another sponsor who is not your direct competitor. Undivided exclusivity over the whole event comes only with the exclusive package.
03HiringInternship sponsor
Hiring access without a prize fund.
- First pick of the strongest participants for your internships and career tracks
- Your open roles sent to the participants who asked to hear about them
- Logo on the site, the press wall, and the career partners section
- Option: co-fund the coffee break and put your name on the snack bar
Participation never guarantees a hire, an accepted offer, or access to a participant database.
04BarterSnack partner
Full barter. Feed the room.
- Roll-ups, flags and products in the coffee-break zone, in front of everyone every two to three hours
- Exclusive right to run the night activity, from story tags to pizza runs
- Logo on the site, the main banner and the posters, plus host mentions at the opening, closing and breaks
- Promo codes, flyers and merch handed straight to participants
Volumes, timing and exclusivity are agreed in advance.
04 / COMMUNITY
The people running it.
GDG on Campus Nazarbayev University is the official campus chapter at NU. We run talks, workshops and hackathons for students in IT, mathematics and related fields.
We work to grow the IT ecosystem in Kazakhstan, teach current technology such as generative AI and cloud, and connect student talent with business.
1 024subscribers on Telegram
987followers on Instagram
Nazarbayev University campus, Astana
From our events
DevFest, with a Google Cloud Developer Expert on stage
Google Talks, students speaking about their internships
NeHackathon, mentors at the team tables
A technical workshop on campus
Google Solutions Challenge session
Companies that have worked with us
