There could only be one winner. Or could there? Open-source projects thrive on collaboration, where collective progress matters more than individual victories. Some may gain more than others, but the results are there for everyone to build upon. Winning is perhaps just not about the achievement itself, but about the impact created within a community to co-create.
At Meta's Llama hackathon, 200 participants came together, 6 teams made it to the finals, and 3 took the top prize. But in reality, we all won.
Thank you Meta & Cerebral Valley for bringing this hackathon to Oslo, and for including me as a jury.
The AI hackathon's 6 finalists:
💪 AcuteReport – First responders' audio capture and reporting
💪 Cosmo – Hyper-localizing and contextualizing public websites
💪 Democracy Update – Hyper-contextualized parliamentary records
💪 Llama Tiny Language – Minority/indigenous Nordic language models
💪 LocalLLAMA – Hyper content-localization within searches
💪 Nordic Response – Localized/offline healthcare chatbot model
These teams and all the other incredible participants, are welcome to continue their journeys or kickstart new ones at RunwayFBU's Tech Hub at Aker Tech House. Here, they can build their companies alongside 30 other members shaping Norway's next wave of leading tech scaleups, in an environment surrounded by success stories like Cognite, Aize, and Omny.
Thank you for having me Laura Carstens and Katie Watson Jordan 🙏 and everyone in the jury panel Alexander Haneng, Klas Pettersen, Kjartan Almenning, Linn-Cecilie Linnemann, Umair M.Imam, Narek T., Ola Tørudbakken, Silvija Seres and Martin Ruby.
Tor Bækkelund Anders W. Botten Peder Hjermann Hanna Selvaag Wangsmo Thea Wiig Karen Elisabeth Ohm Heskja Thomasine Jean Chadaré Jacob Thaulow Ulrichsen Mari Wachelke Peder Aaby
