Google DevFest Linz · The Great AI Hackathon
A full-day AI hackathon co-hosted with GDG Linz at JKU as part of Google DevFest, with SDG-oriented briefs and a winners' ceremony at Dynatrace headquarters. 160+ registrations, 80 finalists, a €3,000 prize pool.
The brief
Teams built AI prototypes against Sustainable Development Goal themes — a constraint that keeps the output pointed at a real problem instead of a demo for its own sake.
How the day ran
Registration opened wide and narrowed to 80 finalists building on site at JKU. Judging and the winners' ceremony took place at Dynatrace HQ, putting the teams in front of an industry room.
Our role
Co-organizer with GDG Linz: programme, mentors, jury and the finalist cohort.
The outcome
3 winners and 3 honourable mentions. Prototypes covered adaptive learning, eco-routing, accessibility and career-enablement tools.
144 participant records · 19 teams · 20 judged projects
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