2026L
Grand Prize
LORE
GitLab AI Hackathon
An eight-agent knowledge engine that stops institutional knowledge from walking out the door — router, knowledge graph and dashboard, with 43 tests. A judge called it 'a product, not a hackathon project'.
2026G
Anthropic Grand Prize
GraphDev
GitLab AI Hackathon
Maps code dependencies and shows how systems evolve — see a change's full impact before you make it.
2026V
Winner
VeriTrace
BrightData Web Data Hackathon
Makes AI-generated intelligence cryptographically verifiable — every source fingerprinted with SHA-256 and anchored on Solana.
2026H
Winner
HomeStar
BrightData Web Data Hackathon
Demand-side early warning for commercial real-estate rents — detects market turns 5–7 months ahead, 79.3% hit rate across 17 metros.
2026A
Grand Prize (High School Track)
Alyosha
USAII Global AI Hackathon 2026
In the US the help that follows release from prison is real but fragmented: housing, identification, legal aid and employment programs each sit with a different organisation. Alyosha puts returning citizens, providers and caseworkers in one place and walks them through those pieces as a single route back into ordinary life.
2026O
Grand Prize (Graduate Track)
Opioid Action Engine
USAII Global AI Hackathon 2026
A decision-support tool for the people who have to answer the opioid crisis on the ground: county health directors, lawmakers and advocacy groups. It shows how large the problem has grown, guides the user through shaping a response, then puts a price on that response alongside the savings it could produce.