Capgemini and AWS

Partnered with Capgemini to host the AWS Global Gen AI Hackathon with 1,600+ participants from 41 countries.

44

Mentors & judges

41+

Countries

62

Hackathon submissions

1664

Registered hackers

170

Teams

Focused on developing innovative solutions across 4 priority industries: Financial Services, Automotive, Energy, Aerospace, and Defence. Offered mini-university-like workshops on startup thinking and the ideation process, as well as hands-on labs run by AI experts.
Resulted in nearly 2,000 AWS cloud skills training badges earned by participants globally. 62 proof-on-concept AI projects developed, with the top solutions being featured at re:Invent within 2 months of the hackathon finishing.
  • Focused on developing innovative solutions across 4 priority industries: Financial Services, Automotive, Energy, Aerospace, and Defence.

  • Offered mini-university-like workshops on startup thinking and the ideation process, as well as hands-on labs run by AI experts.
  • Resulted in nearly 2,000 AWS cloud skills training badges earned by participants globally.

  • 62 proof-on-concept AI projects developed, with the top solutions being featured at re:Invent within 2 months of the hackathon finishing.

Transforming Priority Industries Through AI-Focused Hackathons

Driving in-house AI innovation by empowering global teams to tackle critical industry challenges with the latest AWS generative AI tools.

Tackling Real Client Challenges:

Use cases from the hackathon include:

  • Utilizing satellite imagery to monitor vegetation near power lines.

  • Transformative solutions for vehicle homologation.

  • Accelerating customs processing in the aerospace & defense industry.

  • Streamlining the insurance claims process in financial services operations.

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Guiding Innovation with Expert Leadership:

The hackathon had dedicated mentors, SMEs, and seasoned industry judges to select the top winning solutions.

Building Tomorrow’s Leaders and Solutions:

Through a carefully curated two-week virtual program — our hackathon fostered cross-functional collaboration, technical excellence and a founder’s mindset among participants.

Building the future leaders of tomorrow — by empowering diverse teams of developers, data analysts, business strategists and designers to turn visionary ideas into scalable, real-world client solutions.

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