2 months ago
And the winner is...
The judges have weighed in, and we're excited to share the news! Go to the GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026 gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.
Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.
Questions?If you have any questions about the hackathon, please post on the discussion forum.
3 months ago
💪🏻 The wait is over! SHORTLIST of the GenAI Zürich Hackathon
Hello everyone,Here is the SHORTLIST for the GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026!
Of 93 project submissions our amazing jury selected the following projects to advance to the on-site Hack on April 1/2 in Zurich.
Let’s welcome:
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Bounds
CiteShift: Visibility Intelligence for the AI Search Era
Collective OS
Dasko
DoppelSpotter
DrawMind3D
Edify AI-Google Maps for Your Career
FAIRLY: Sony AI Challenge
FindBid
Fingerprint2
GoCalma
GoCalma Redact
HomeMatch
JobMatchAI
Livemap: Context-Aware Idle Capacity Matcher
LuxSoft | GenAI Market Arbitrage Sniper
MARA: Context-Aware AI Retail Agent
Mapify AI
Nöra - Cognitive Screening AI Assistant
Onics
pixelPrejudice
PrivacyLayer
Project Quickserve
Redactly
RegPilot…
3 months ago
🚀 We have 1 day left!
Hello everyone,
We have 1 day left! We are approaching our official submission deadline: 18 March 2026 at 12:00 CET.
Over 450 participants have signed up — that’s incredible. We’re seriously excited to see what you’ve been building.
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Please make sure to submit on Devpost in time.
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For this deadline, please submit a working prototype incl. public repo URL + one-pager.
What happens next?
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All submissions will be reviewed by our hackathon jury
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A shortlist of teams will be selected by 25 March
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Shortlisted teams will be invited to join us on-site at GenAI Zürich (1–2 April)
Let’s go…
3 months ago
How's it going? 🚀
Hoi everyone,
Hope the building is going well — we'd love to know what you're working on.
Please take a moment to fill out this quick form and let us know which challenge you picked and if there's anything we can do to support you:
👉🏼 https://tally.so/r/2E4Yab
Thanks, and happy building!
Your
GenAI Zürich Team
3 months ago
🎓 Get support from a mentor - Book your session now
Hello Hello,
Great news —> our mentors are available for 1:1 sessions during the online phase until 18 March 2026.
Take advantage of their expertise to sharpen your project and validate your approach.
Don’t wait until the last minute and book a slot; here’s who you can contact:
Agnieszka Pieczko — Women in Data Science Zürich, VP & AI Digital Transformation Lead
→ LINK
Anna Sigrist — Opendata.ch, Co-CEO
→ LINK
Benjamin Fuchs — Women in AI Switzerland, AI Automation Lead & Labsis
→ LINK
Dusan Vystrcil — Apify, AI Product Manager
→ LINK
Igor…
3 months ago
A message from Databricks
🚀 Ready to supercharge your hackathon project? Develop your own idea or tackle a partner challenge on Databricks!
💻 Build fast in notebooks or from your favourite IDE — it’s an open platform, so bring any datasets, models, and libraries you need.
🌟 From prototype to production‑ready: the most promising teams will join an on‑site hack, where we help you design a scalable, reliable solution ready to pitch on the big stage 🎤.
📅 Join the “How to GenAI with Databricks” tomorrow/4 March at 10 AM on Discord for a 30‑minute live kick‑off including a crisp tech overview and demo from…
3 months ago
7 real-world challenges. 2 weeks to build. Let's start.
Hello all,
Today we start our journey, “From Prompt to Product.”:
7 real-world challenges.
2 weeks to build.
Check the official challenges of GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026, powered by Apify, GoCalma, LIVEMAP AG, Manukai, Qdrant, and SonyAI.
Apify Technologies s.r.o.
🔹The Apify Challenge
AI systems are only as good as the data they can access. Real-world impact requires live, structured data from the web. Apify removes that bottleneck by giving participants access to web data infrastructure through thousands of tools through our API.
GoCalma
🔹AI-Powered Privacy Redaction: Own Your Data
Every day, people upload sensitive…
3 months ago
Get ready for "Getting started"
Hello all,
Only a few days left until you can finally start hacking.
Here’s your Getting Started Guide —> Fully handwritten. No AI. Just for you.😇
👉🏼 Getting started
Feel free to reach out for questions. Just reply to this email.
Kindly,
Sabine + the whole GenAI Zürich team
3 months ago
Welcome🌞 to the GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026
Hello all,Welcome to the GenAI Zürich Hackathon 2026!
Great to have you on board!🚀
Here's the essentials:
March 2 — Challenges go live, remote build begins (own ideas accepted as well)
March 18 — Prototype submission deadline
April 1–2 — Shortlisted teams hack on-site at Volkshaus Zürich (min. 1 team member must attend in person)
You can participate solo or in a team of up to 5 — all formats welcome. That said, most of you are still looking for teammates, and we'd love to help! Just send us a note with a quick intro (your background +…