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💫💻The AI Powered PDLC Hackathon 2026 has officially wrapped up, and the final pitches showed just how much can be achieved when creativity, technical expertise and collaboration come together. Across the event, teams explored how AI and agentic systems can reshape the Product Development Lifecycle, turning ideas into working prototypes in just a short time. Grateful to our jury Dr. Olaf Maecker, Ioana Diaconu, Eugen Coanda, Ovidiu Silaghi, Max Schuster for the thoughtful evaluation and to the keen eye of Aura-Mihaela Virgolici, PhD whose dedication made this hackathon happen. The jury had the difficult task of selecting the winning teams among many strong solutions. Here are the teams whose projects stood out: 🥇 1st Place - Team 2, Pune Project: Multi-Agent Software Development Factory Team members: Aditi Chavan, Bhargav Balinge, Aman Jha, Prafulla Jagtap An AI-driven PDLC orchestration system using multiple agents to automate design, coding, QA and deployment while generating fixes and pull requests automatically. 🥈 2nd Place - Team 5, Bucharest Project: METRO Ignite Team members: Catalin Lungu, Stefania Popescu, Alexandru-Ioan Sin, Stefan Dumitru A multi-agent rapid prototyping system that moves from Jira task to automated development, testing and reporting, enabling fast feature validation. 🥉 3rd Place - Team 1, Bucharest Project: Jira Multi Agents Team members: Marius Cosmuta, Adrian M., Cosmin Sebastian Halpern, Adrian Petre, Dănuţ Dumitru A set of AI agents that transform meeting transcripts into structured Jira tickets, evaluate their quality and generate test scenarios. 🏅 Special Prize - Team 4, Düsseldorf Project: J.E.S.S. (Jira Enterprise Support System) Team members: Kai Doering, Andrii Sygyda, Jan Frederik Rentrop, Jun Li A multi-agent support system that analyzes Jira tickets, investigates issues and automatically triggers GitHub pull requests for fixes. 🏅Special Prize - Team 2, Bucharest Project: Secure Flow Team members: Mihai Diac, @Vlad Cojocaru, Oana Zamfir, Paul Alexandru Angheluta, Ludovico C. A security platform that centralizes vulnerability data and uses AI agents to prioritize risks and automatically resolve smaller issues. 🙌 A big thank you to each and every team member, jury members, mentors, organizers and partners who made this hackathon possible. The creativity and dedication shown throughout the event reflect the innovative spirit driving METRO.digital forward. #AIHackathon #PDLCHackathon #AgenticAI #Innovation #OneMETRO #METROdigital