Digital Architect Society  |  June 2026

AI First Retail Architecture Hackathon

8 missions. One complete AI-first retail enterprise architecture. Designed and built by you — with 600+ architects.

Do You Know?

These are the 8 capabilities you will build across the AI First Retail Architecture Hackathon.

Business Architecture

Do you know how to map the retail industry value chain, identify where AI-first players are disrupting it, and build a Digital-Native AI-first Transformation Charter that connects directly to business and AI outcomes?

Business Processes

Do you know how to map the core business processes of a retail enterprise, connect them to the digital enterprise layering framework, and identify which processes are AI-transformable versus table-stakes digital?

Service Blueprint

Do you know how to build a service blueprint for a complex enterprise business journey — front stage, back stage, enabling systems — and use it as a transition bridge from business architecture into agentic architecture design?

Agentic Architecture

Do you know how to design an enterprise-grade AI agent with full layer mapping, upstream and downstream integrations, security, governance, and build orchestration architecture with service boundaries using domain-driven design?

AI Adoption

Do you know how to design an AI adoption strategy for a large enterprise — sequencing platform setup, agent rollout, governance, and cost management in a clear sequence with a run model built in from the start?

Modernisation

Do you know how to design a modernisation architecture for a retail enterprise — assessing the legacy estate, defining target architecture patterns, and managing the coexistence of legacy, digital, and AI systems throughout the transition?

Transformation Roadmap

Do you know how to create a transformation roadmap that sequences quick wins, big bets, and north-star initiatives with clear dependencies — and present it to leadership and stakeholders?

Commercial Modelling

Do you know how to build a commercial model for an AI-first transformation — profiling build and run costs, modelling AI operations costs separately, and presenting a benefit accrual case?

By the end of the Hackathon, the answer to every one of these questions will be yes.

Who Should Register

This Hackathon is designed for solution architects and enterprise architects who want to build a complete AI-first retail architecture — not just learn about it.

  • You are a member of Digital Architect Society and have gone through the Digital Architecture Blueprint Program
  • You have architecture experience and want to apply it to an AI-first enterprise context
  • You want a portfolio-ready architecture built under real program conditions
  • You pledge to contribute alongside 600+ architects and get LIVE feedback
  • You are ready to commit to the missions and produce real architecture deliverables

Register for the Hackathon

AI First Retail Architecture Hackathon — June 2026
Free for Digital Architect Society members.