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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.

Co-organizer Dec 2025 co-hosted with GDG Linz at JKU · winners ceremony at Dynatrace HQ
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160+
registrations
80
finalists on site
€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.

160+ registrations · 80 finalists · €3,000 prize pool

In the room
Illustration of builders working at long tables during a hackathon
The build floor. Teams heads-down on prototypes.
Illustration of a young team holding up a certificate on stage while the audience applauds
Winners announced. Prototypes that shipped.
Illustration of people talking in small groups during a networking break
The break. Where most of the connecting happens.