Guidewire Congratulates Winners of Inaugural DEVHack Virtual Hackathon
Guidewire (NYSE: GWRE) announced the winners of its inaugural DEVHack 2024, a virtual hackathon engaging P&C insurance developers. Sponsored by AWS, the event showcased innovative solutions to business challenges.
The winners were: First Place - Team ‘Hacker Space’ from EY for an AI-based product rationalization solution; Second Place - Team ‘Sustainability for Survival’ from Capgemini for a Sustainable Auto solution; Third Place - Team ‘Acinivoyage’ from Acini for an Automated Flight Travel Disruption Claims Processing solution. Runners-up included Team ‘Xclaim Wizards’ from GFT and Team ‘From Italy with Code’ from FINCONS.
From over 130 applications, 25 teams participated between March 8 and April 1, 2024. Public voting and judges' scores determined winners, announced at the DEVSummit in Bengaluru, India, on April 25, 2024.
- Guidewire engaged over 130 teams, reflecting strong interest and participation in the hackathon.
- Partnership with AWS highlighted, enhancing the credibility and resources available for participants.
- AI and sustainability-focused solutions showcased, aligning with current industry trends and needs.
- Public voting involved 5,622 votes, indicating significant community engagement.
- The event culminated at DEVSummit in Bengaluru, reinforcing Guidewire's global developer community.
- Only 25 out of 130+ teams were selected, potentially leaving many innovative solutions unrecognized.
- The hackathon duration (less than a month) may have the depth of developed solutions.
- Reliance on public voting could introduce bias, affecting the fairness of final results.
First Place: Team “Hacker Space” from EY for its AI-based product rationalization solution.
Second Place: Team “Sustainability for Survival” from Capgemini for its Sustainable Auto (Drive Greener) solution.
Third Place: Team “Acinivoyage” from Acini for its Automated Flight Travel Disruption Claims Processing solution.
Also included among the five finalists and awarded “Runner Up” were Team “Xclaim Wizards” from GFT and Team “From Italy with Code” from FINCONS. To view the demo videos from all five finalists and learn more about the award-winning projects, visit Guidewire’s Developer website.
“Congratulations to the winning teams of our first-ever DEVHack and a heartfelt thank you to all applicants and participants,” said Michael Howe, Chief Product Officer, Guidewire. “This hackathon, alongside our DEVSummit, has served to unite and celebrate the global Guidewire developer community sharing our mission to better the P&C insurance industry. The top-tier skills, rich experience, and profound passion demonstrated through this hackathon were a delight to witness. Additionally, AWS’ partnership and support of both programs were instrumental for enabling these examples of developer innovation via Guidewire Cloud.”
From the more than 130 team applications submitted, only 25 teams were selected to compete in the hackathon. From March 8 to April 1, 2024, these teams worked tirelessly to build their solutions, leveraging a developer environment provisioned with InsuranceSuite utilizing the Innsbruck release of Guidewire Cloud Platform. Once the solutions were submitted, complete with a video demo and written report, a panel of judges scored each submission. The top five submissions were announced as finalists on April 24, 2024 at the Guidewire DEVSummit in Bengaluru,
Public voting to crown a winner from the five finalists ran for 20 hours with 5,622 votes cast. First, second, and third place winners were decided using a combination of judges scores and public votes. Winners were announced live at the closing of Guidewire DEVSummit on April 25, 2024.
For more information on the Guidewire developer program, visit the Guidewire developer website and subscribe to the Guidewire Developer Newsletter.
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Melissa
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Guidewire Software, Inc.
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