SOFTSWISS concluded its AI Hackathon 2026 with impressive results, as 34 teams from across the company's departments competed in a 46-hour development sprint. The event distributed a €25,000 prize pool among winning teams, drawing participants from 21 countries spanning from Brazil to Vietnam.
The hackathon featured comprehensive support infrastructure, with 13 mentors and 8 technical advisors guiding participants through the intensive build period. For the first time in SOFTSWISS hackathon history, two teams shared the top prize, each receiving €7,000.
Winning Solutions Target Core Business Functions
The dual first-place winners addressed critical operational challenges. One team developed a solution for capturing early business signals and converting them into qualified sales leads, while the other created an end-to-end mechanism for managing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) 2.0.
Second place went to an AI-powered casino constructor that generates colors, visuals, and content to accelerate casino setup processes. The third-place team presented a gamification concept built around city construction mechanics.
The hackathon also featured a solo participation track, won by a proof-of-concept AI tool for reviewing payment service provider (PSP) integration documentation. A special mention recognised a solution for monitoring branded search results across priority markets.
"This AI Hackathon proved one more time that real results can be achieved with AI. With roughly 70% of submitted projects assessed as potentially viable, SOFTSWISS will track all initiatives for structured follow-up."
— Denis Romanovskiy, Chief AI Officer at SOFTSWISS
The company noted that non-technical teams successfully developed tools with clear product pipeline potential, demonstrating AI accessibility across departments.
Hackathon Scale & Structure
Tech Race Summit 2026 on the Horizon
SOFTSWISS will channel this technological momentum into Tech Race Summit 2026, its debut cross-industry high-load technology conference scheduled for 10 September in Warsaw, Poland. The event expects around 1,000 attendees from technology and business sectors.
Confirmed speakers and contributors include representatives from Google, AWS, Oracle, Cloudflare, Fastly, Gcore, and ScyllaDB. Andrey Doronichev, former Google executive and founder of AI startup Optic, will deliver the opening keynote address.
Strategic Implications for B2B Development
The hackathon's 70% viability rate suggests internal AI initiatives can generate substantial business value when properly structured. For iGaming operators, the winning solutions – particularly the sales lead conversion tool and casino constructor – indicate where AI deployment might yield immediate operational benefits. The high success rate among non-technical teams also signals that AI implementation barriers may be lower than previously assumed, potentially accelerating adoption timelines across the sector.
