Rocket.Build

A global community of innovators creating solutions that improve the world we share.

Explore Rocket.Build 2026

Rocket.Build inspires innovation that delivers legendary impact in the world

Rocket.Build began in 2014 as a small internal hackathon that occurred during an annual Rocket Leadership event. On the surface, Rocketeers were given a simple challenge: make a difference for our customers through product innovation over the next five days.

We couldn’t have imagined back then how Rocket.Build would change us forever.

Today, it’s grown to include not just Rocketeers, but our entire customer, partner, and student ecosystem. Our global community of Rocket.Builders innovate throughout the year in both Rocketeer and student events, challenging themselves to create solutions that improve the world we share.

Making an impact

What Rocket.Build means to all of us

Our customers

Win or lose—many projects get implemented as features and fixes that benefit you.

Our partners

Teams work on developing solutions that speak directly to our partners’ business challenges.

Our company

We love taking the time and space to make legendary impacts for fun—and function.

Photos from past events

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Welcome to Rocket.Build 2026!

Rocket.Build 2026 is officially underway, and we’re thrilled to launch the 13th year dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and bold, game‑changing ideas!

This year, we’re introducing a new structure designed to help participants develop stronger, more strategic, and impactful projects. Before official registration opens in June, we’ve designated two full exploration days—March 13 and May 29—dedicated entirely to researching possibilities, shaping early concepts, and building the foundations of your project.

Whether you have a few ideas and need time to evaluate them, want space to determine the expertise your project requires, or spend time outlining your technical approach, these days are set aside for you to focus on Rocket.Build 2026. We’re confident that this intentional preparation will lead to more exciting, ambitious, and robust results across the board.

The momentum continues in the fall: coding and regional judging will take place September 10–11, 2026, followed by the in‑person finals, tentatively scheduled for November 2–6, 2026 (location to be announced).

Get ready to explore, build, and push boundaries—let’s make Rocket.Build 2026 our most inspiring year yet!

Important dates below for Rocket.Build 2026:

  • March 13: Project Strategy Day*
  • May 29: Project Strategy Day*
  • June 3-17: Official registration open for Rocket.Build 2026 teams
  • September 10-11: Coding and regional judging
  • November 2-6: In-person Rocket.Build 2026 Finals (tentative)

 

*  To participate, simply complete the form below.

Rocket.Build 2026

Please complete the following form if you plan to dedicate March 13 to a Rocket.Build 2026 idea or project:

If you have questions or are not a Rocket employee but are interested in Rocket.Build, please contact us at rocket.build@rocketsoftware.com.

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Introducing the Rocket.Build 2026 themes

Rocket.Build 2026 invites every innovator to rethink what’s possible and pursue bold, customer-focused ideas.

As you form your projects and teams, ask yourself: How are our customers reimagining their world with AI—and how can we help them realize value faster?

Consider how EVA or any of Rocket’s strong platform offerings might support your vision, whether for mission-critical workloads, AI acceleration, or unified solutions that help customers modernize with confidence.

Think about the impact we can create when Rocket’s portfolio operates as a unified, hyper-integrated engine. Integration is not the goal; customer outcomes are. Your projects should demonstrate how AI, unified building, and platform thinking can elevate customer experiences, speed modernization, and simplify mission-critical environments.

We are excited to present this year’s themes below. Good luck!

Theme 1: Transforming Customer Outcomes of work

Focus: Enhancing our customers’ end-customer experiences

Theme Statement
Design AI-powered experiences that enable our customers to deliver faster, clearer, and more intuitive outcomes for their end users. Build solutions that anticipate needs, remove friction, and turn complex journeys into simple, value-rich moments.

Challenge
Reimagine a real end-customer moment—such as checkout, onboarding, service inquiry, or risk decisioning—by applying AI and Rocket platform capabilities to make it smarter, faster, and more human.

What this theme focuses on: Delivering exceptional, innovative end‑user experiences that create meaningful impact for our customers’ customers.

Hyper Integrated Engineering
Reimagine and Simplify

Theme 2: Reinvent How Work Gets Done

Focus: Improving internal operations and employee workflows

Theme Statement
Use AI and modern technology to reimagine internal workflows, reduce operational

overhead, and empower technical and business teams to work smarter and faster. Explore how AI can simplify jobs, streamline processes, and remove organizational complexity.

Challenge
Transform a job, workflow, or operational process—within our customers’ organizations or within Rocket—by using AI to eliminate friction, automate complexity, and elevate human capability.

What this theme focuses on: Innovative, internal improvements that streamline work and boost productivity.

Theme 3: Unlock Value Through Cross-Product Innovation

Focus: Increasing synergy across the Rocket platform

Theme Statement
Demonstrate how combining Rocket products and data can create powerful new capabilities that no single product can deliver alone. Think about interoperability, shared insights, unified workflows, and seamless transitions across the Rocket ecosystem.

Challenge
Create a cross-product solution that showcases how Rocket’s portfolio works better together—through shared data, integrated workflows, consistent UI/UX patterns, or entirely new value enabled by product synergy.

What this theme focuses on: Creating value across the entire Rocket ecosystem by bringing products together in powerful, connected ways.

Cross-Product Innovation

To our customers & partners:

We welcome customers and partners to join us at Rocket.Build every year. It’s a chance to work alongside Rocketeers, share fresh ideas, and help build something exciting together. 

To students:

We encourage students to participate in Rocket.Build each year. You’ll get hands-on experience, connect with mentors, and be part of a thriving community. 

The Rocket.Build 2025 Winners

Inspired, motivated, and excited about making something with lasting impact, Rocket Builders are driven problem solvers. Rocket.Build events give Builders the time and space to create things that help solve new problems for Rocket customers, and many amazing projects have come from every event. View our 2025 winners below.

Rocket.Build Winners 2025

  • 1st place


    Danilo Vandyuk, Karen Davis, Sergei Burtsev, Serhii Grabchuk  

  • 2nd place


    Abisheak S, Gokul Raj Shanmugam, Jebakumar Jeya Sankar, Sasi Kumar Manickam

  • 3rd place

    Anirudharam Tadepalli, Gautam Rayabagi, Sonthosh Shankar Praveen Vonteddu, Ravi Lakhan Cheepa

  • Most Innovative Award


    Mangesh Diyewar, Rishabh Gupta, Raunit Kohli, Rashmith Tula

  • Rocket Values Award


    Pauline Giambiasi, Florent Baud, Jeremy Cathelin

  • Best Presentation Award


    Ron Sigal, Uri Dvir, Lior Carmon