The winners of the BTU AI hackathon were announced and awarded

The winners of the artificial intelligence hackathon were announced and awarded at  Business and Technology University.

In the large-scale hackathon organized by BTU, 116 teams composed of students from 22 universities of Georgia participated, totaling more than 350 students.

Eighteen teams and 65 students advanced to the second round.

Within the framework of the hackathon, students created artificial intelligence solutions, which were then connected to the educational sector. They presented ideas and solutions to the jury and technology companies.

The prize fund of the hackathon was 20,000 GEL, which was distributed among 3 winners.

The winning team was TeachAid – a platform for teachers and lecturers that allows them to effortlessly generate learning materials such as lesson/lecture plans, presentations, quizzes, and other outstanding materials.

The second and third places were secured by Edubot and 3Threads.

Edubot – within the framework of the hackathon, the team members created an AI robot that helps people interested in STEAM living in the region to study this field.

3Threads – an AI platform that will help applicants remotely write tests similar to the Unified National Examinations, correct their papers, get adequate grades, and see ways to remediate.

In addition to the three winning teams, two additional selected teams were named as part of the hackathon and will be included in the BTU student pre-acceleration program.

The winning teams were identified by the members of the jury:

Zaal Gachechiladze – Pulsar AI co-founder, AI Lab co-founder; Rati Skhirtladze – founder and director of the data analysis laboratory; Ioseb Khutsishvili – MaxinAI co-founder; Mariam Chakhvadze – Machine Learning / Software Engineer Quantori Mikheil Rukhaia – BTU Professor, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence head Tornike Sulaberidze – head of business development Lineate

Participants in the hackathon work process are mentored by representatives of various companies:

Martha Melia – data scientist Bank of Georgia Anzor Gozalishvili – ML Engineer Quantori Ana Kolkhidashvili – R&D team leader Impel Grigol Samkharadze – Startup Advisor / Mentor

The main partner and official sponsor of the AI hackathon was Lineate Georgia, an IT company based in the USA with international status. Hackathon partners are global digital IT services and solutions company Quantori and international company Devexperts.