Hackathon stories

Milestone Systems launched its Vision Language Model in a global hackathon, awarding EUR €5,000 to the winning AI project improving city video intelligence.

The Bloomberg Code Crunch Hackathon in Singapore showcased top quant and AI talent, with NTU students and financial firms developing innovative investment tools.

Milestone Systems launches generative AI plug-in for XProtect, enhancing video analytics with real-time incident reporting and event validation.

Check Point and Lakera launch the open-source b3 benchmark to boost AI agents' LLM security against real-world cyber threats with threat snapshots.

ANZ, Griffith University, AWS and Queensland Police launch a Brisbane hackathon to combat rising cybercrime and boost local cyber talent and resilience.

Cognizant unveils the Enterprise Vibe Coding Blueprint to help Global 2000 firms implement AI-assisted coding securely and at scale.

The Stupid Ideas Hackathon, founded by Maya Lekhi, embraces silly concepts to spark creativity and innovation in a fun, fiery atmosphere.

IMECE India 2025 in Hyderabad united engineers, policymakers, and academics to boost innovation, sustainability, and growth in India's manufacturing and technology sectors.

Cognizant set a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD with 53,199 staff in a global AI hackathon, creating over 30,600 ideas to boost innovation and AI skills.

SuperOps and AWS launch an AI marketplace for IT teams, offering ready-made agents and a $100,000 contest to boost AI adoption in managed service providers.

The TruthTell Hackathon, organised by the India Cellular & Electronics Association, has awarded INR 10 lakhs to five innovative teams tackling misinformation.

Six Monash University students, under the team name Street Corn, triumphed at UNIHACK 2025, winning with their innovative AI project, Growth Garden.

Australia's largest student hackathon, Unihack, returns from 14-16 March 2025, backed by major sponsor Logitech, with an expected 600 participants.

New Zealand will host its inaugural Web 3 hackathon at the University of Auckland, focusing on innovative solutions like government expenditure tracking.

The PanIIT World of Technology Summit 2025 in Mumbai attracted over 3,500 delegates, focusing on digital transformation and innovation across industries.

A UK team, AbuSearch, has won a global hackathon's 'Data for Good' award for developing AI-driven solutions to combat online child sexual abuse.

OutSystems has announced the winners of its 2024 Innovation Awards and Build for the Future Hackathon, recognising leading advancements in low-code development.

OutSystems reports a 30% annual rise in developers using AI tools, highlighting a shift towards AI-driven low-code platforms that boost productivity and quality.

MongoDB introduces the trailblazing MongoDB AI Applications Program, merging expertise with industry leaders to guide businesses.

RKVST has participated in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 116 Hackathon that took place earlier this week in Japan.