FUND MY CRAZY CONTEST BY GOOGL GEMINI AI
Fund My Crazy 2026: Google's ₹1 Crore Bet on Student Ideas
Google Gemini is paying ten Indian students up to a crore rupees for reimagining their city — no coding, no funding, just an idea and a free AI tool. Here's the entire contest, laid out plainly: the six themes, how the money is split, what judges actually score, and the exact steps to submit before the window shuts.
Most college contests ask you to already know how to code, design, or pitch. Fund My Crazy doesn't. It asks you to notice something broken about the city around you — a clogged road, an overcrowded clinic, a classroom that stopped working for anyone — and describe how you'd fix it. Google Gemini does the heavy lifting on visuals and structure. You bring the idea.
The campaign is straightforward on paper: pick one of six themes, sketch your concept, use Gemini and its image tool "Nano Banana" to visualize it, and submit through a short Google Form. Underneath that simplicity sits a genuinely large prize pool and a judging process that rewards vision over polish — which is exactly why it's worth twenty minutes of your attention if you're a student in India.
The short version: Ten winners share ₹1 crore. Entry is free, open to every discipline, and you don't need to write a single line of code. You need one idea and a Google account.
What Fund My Crazy Actually Is
Fund My Crazy is a Google Gemini initiative aimed at India's college and university students. Rather than judging finished products, it judges ideas — specifically, ideas about what a city could look like if you were allowed to redesign a piece of it from scratch. Entrants use Gemini to brainstorm and refine their concept, then generate a visual of it using Gemini's image-generation capability, and submit both the image and a written explanation.
No prototype, no pitch deck, no engineering background required. The organizers are explicit about this: your entry is a Gemini-generated visual paired with your own written reasoning. The tool builds the image; the thinking is entirely yours.
Six Themes — Pick the One You Actually Have an Opinion About
Every entry has to sit inside one of six categories. They're broad on purpose, so the best move is picking the one where you already have a genuine complaint or a half-formed idea, rather than the one that sounds most impressive.
Our Roads & Transportation
Rethink how people, vehicles, and cities move — anything from traffic flow to how streets themselves could work harder.
Example given: a street that doesn't just carry traffic but generates energy from sunlight through its own surface.
Our Community & Living
Rethink the shared spaces people live inside of — societies, colonies, neighbourhoods, and parks.
Example given: a community that generates its own power, collects its own water, and recycles its own waste independently.
Our Healthcare
Rethink where and how people access care, built around the demands healthcare will face in the future rather than the ones it faces today.
Example given: a healthcare system where most diagnostic tests process in minutes, so doctors act faster and patients worry less.
Our Education
Rethink how learning happens when a classroom isn't fixed to four walls.
Example given: a classroom that transforms into a lab, a forest, or another planet entirely, making learning experiential instead of static.
Our Markets
Rethink shops, malls, and digital platforms as one connected ecosystem rather than separate experiences.
Example given: a market that understands what you need before you go looking for it, and places the right things in your path.
Surprise Us
No category, no template. This slot exists for ideas that don't fit neatly anywhere else — the wildcard track for genuinely out-of-the-box thinking.
How the Prize Money Breaks Down
Ten students split the full ₹1 crore pool across three tiers. It isn't winner-take-all, which matters if you're deciding whether an entry is "worth it" — even a top-ten finish outside the podium carries a serious cheque.
| Tier | Winners | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | Top 3 | ₹20,00,000 each |
| Tier 2 | Next 4 | ₹7,00,000 each |
| Tier 3 | Last 3 | ₹4,00,000 each |
| Total | 10 participants | ₹1,00,00,000 |
What the Judges Are Actually Scoring
The scoring criteria explain a lot about who tends to do well here. It isn't the most technically detailed entry that wins — it's the one with the sharpest reframe.
Vision alone carries 30% of the score — nearly a third — and is described as rewarding "an extraordinary conceptual leap that completely reframes the way we see the world." Real-life relevance and visible use of Gemini in the process each carry another 20%. The remaining 30% splits evenly between whether the idea anticipates tomorrow's problems and whether it reads as something that could genuinely be built, not just imagined.
The practical takeaway: an entry that's a little rough around the edges but genuinely reframes the problem will usually beat a polished idea that's just a smaller version of something that already exists.
Who Can Enter
Eligibility is intentionally wide. You need to be a currently enrolled student at a college or university in India — that's the entire bar. There's no requirement to be studying engineering, design, or computer science, and every discipline is explicitly welcome. Entries can be solo or done as a team, and there's no entry fee at any stage.
How to Submit — Three Steps
- Choose your theme. Pick one of the six categories above based on which one you can genuinely argue for, not the one that sounds most technical.
- Build it with Gemini. Brainstorm and refine your idea in conversation with Gemini, then generate a visual of your concept using Gemini's image-generation tool (referred to on the site as "Nano Banana").
- Fill out the form and submit. Complete the official Google Form with your written explanation and your generated visual. The organizers confirm they'll follow up with an update once it's received.
Frequently Asked
Is there a registration fee?
No. Participation is completely free at every stage.
Do I need coding experience?
No. The contest is explicit that no coding is required — your submission is a Gemini-generated visual plus your written idea.
Can I enter as a team?
Yes. Teams of up to a few members are allowed alongside solo entries, depending on the specific event track you enter through.
What do I actually submit?
A short written explanation of your idea and an image of it generated using Gemini's tools, submitted through the official Google Form linked on the contest site.
How do I know I'm on the real site?
Always check the full domain before entering any details. The official contest lives at fundmycrazy.com — on a narrow mobile browser, the address bar can visually truncate this to something like "ycrazy.com," which is worth knowing so you don't second-guess a legitimate link.
Have an idea about your city? Go pitch it.
Six themes, one crore rupees, zero coding required. The only real cost is the twenty minutes it takes to write your idea down.
Enter Fund My Crazy →Official contest site: fundmycrazy.com — verify the full URL before submitting any information.
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