SmartSolutions Hackathon 2026 Successfully Concludes – Winners Announced
The SmartSolutions Hackathon 2026, organized with the support of AzInTelecom MMC and hosted at the Incubation Center of Azerbaijan Technical University (AzTU), has successfully concluded.
During the two-day hackathon, participating teams developed their innovative ideas into real products and presented them to the jury panel. Based on the evaluation results, winning teams were determined in both categories.
Artificial Intelligence and Mobility category:
- 1st place – ChatX (Kenan Rzayev, Farid Mustafayev, Nurlana Alakbarova)
- 2nd place – ISO (Omar Bashirli, Ismayil Baba, Omar Sabzaliyev, Suleyman Salmanli – a joint team of TAU and AzTU students)
- 3rd place – Tab-SM (Ashraf Abbasov, Kenan Salmanli)
Cybersecurity, FinTech, and Cloud Technologies category:
- 1st place – CyberClowns (Ziyad Muradov, Amil Suleymanov, Amin Orujov, Emil Maharramov, Fuad Mammadli)
- 2nd place – Nimbus1950 (Elgun Shukurov, Osman Sadiqov, Rafael Gurbanov, Ayan Mahmudova)
- 3rd place – Aura (Seljan Karimli, Aisel Gasumova)
Winners were selected based on criteria such as innovation of the idea, technical feasibility of the proposed solution, market potential, and team performance.
At the closing ceremony, the Rector of AzTU, Vilayat Valiyev, presented a letter of appreciation to AzInTelecom MMC for its support. The certificate was received by the company’s Head of Marketing, Murad Ahmadov.
Additionally, volunteer students who actively contributed to the organization of the hackathon were also awarded certificates of appreciation.
At the end of the event, the winning teams were awarded prizes, and all participants received certificates.