ScaleHack AI invited all tech wizards and AI enthusiasts to solve problems for a 1000€ prize!

ScaleHack AI was a 48 hour hackathon in Oulu that brought together all creative and curious people from different domains of technology, business, design and more!

The goal of the event was to solve real-world problems, have a lot of fun, network and build an AI Minimun Viable Product (MVP). The event was organized by OuluES from Friday to Sunday 22.–24.3.2024 in Business Corner Linnanmaa campus.

Over the 48 hours, 10 teams competed for the 1500€ prize pool. All the teams were truly exceptional. After three days of intense collaboration and innovation, the teams pitched their ideas to the jury on Sunday. The jury consisted of Oulu’s startup programme’s stars Anne Sorvari, Viera Karam, Ville Saarenpää and Nik Volynkin.

After though decision making the jury picked out top 3 teams:

1st place 1000 € – Lilja by Arctic Donkeys

A system that evaluates employees’ mental states through speech transcription and voice analysis. Great work, Aprotim Paul and Ahmed Jabir Zuhayr!

2nd place 300€ – We are (VR) Blocker

Ensuring we’re in safe hands when it comes to blocking physical ads in the AR and VR world. Shoutout to their team: Vladislavs Arya Yaghoubi, Minseop and Gaspard Chevret!

3rd place 200€ – FLASH

Implementing a predictive model for discounts and price changes is just epic. Great work, Toivo Xiong, Olga Alova, Tiago, and Linus!