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𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝗽! Over two intense days our home Kraftwerk Zürich turned into a buzzing lab of ideas. Hackers, mentors, partners, jury members, our Kickstart team and volunteers worked side-by-side to tackle some of Switzerland’s biggest innovation challenges. Hackathons aren’t just about coding - they’re a powerful way to turn bold visions into tangible solutions, spark cross-sector collaboration and accelerate the kind of partnerships Kickstart Innovation stands for. 🏆 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀: BEST SOLUTION TO CHALLENGE  🥇 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗱: Srishti Manivel, Ben Martin, Clemens Helmut Sageder for the challenge “Building Resilience to Extreme Weather in Switzerland”  🥈 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿: Andrei Maftei, Elizabeth Xi Zhang, Karl Von Gagern, Diego Machain, Juan F. de la Garza for the challenge “Housing Check” 🥉 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘇𝗲: Ivan Glushenkov, Jekaterina Jaroslavceva for the challenge “Insights to client conversations” BEST USE OF APERTUS 🤖 Luca Saur, Ali Can Acar for the challenge “SwissGov - Achieving Legal Consistency” PUBLIC VOTING 🙋‍♀️ Rozhina Ahmadi, Nigina Abdukhalimova, Orhan Dereköy, Rishi Prasad for the challenge “UBS2 -from talk to task” SPECIAL PARTNER PRIZES FROM Viseca, Swiss Re, ETH AI Center & ETH Entrepreneurship: 🥁 Piotr Woliński, Roman Tarasov, Tino Purmann 🥁 Srishti Manivel, Arwed Walke, Ben Martin, Clemens Helmut Sageder 🥁 Marco Daldoss, Patrick Arnecke, Alexandre Sayve, Giada Z., Hanan Banaga, Thomas Radinger 🥁 Jonas W., Florian Rohrer, Mariusz Matysek, Yoël Bider 🥁 Vikash Kalyani Sankararama - who pushed through to the end all on his own 👏 From intensive hacking to mentoring, silent disco and midnight snacks, the creativity and energy were unforgettable. Over 50 projects were submitted. 💡 A big thank-you to every participant, partner, mentors, experts and supporter who helped make this hackathon such a success. The ideas born here will continue to inspire our work beyond these two exciting days! #KickstartInnovation #ZurichHackathon #Collaboration #SwissAIWeeks #makeAIright #makeithappen