A revolutionary step in Türkiye’s technological vision: KKB Hackathon
Located at the heart of a financial technology ecosystem Credit Registration Bureau (KKB), this year by bringing together young people and volunteers passionate about artificial intelligence Agentic AIIt offers a key experience all around. This event, which was crowned with the grand finale held at Mext Technology Center on January 10, 2026, is no longer just a competition; It has become a fully equipped ecosystem that combines young people’s passion for innovation with a professional vision.
Agentic AIThe theme aimed to develop solutions that are self-managed and center artificial intelligence in decision-making processes. KKB Hackathonteam challenged the traditional hackathon concept with mentoring support, local infrastructure resources and fair evaluation processes. In this process, young talents did not just become participants in a competition; at the same time local software ecosystemwith KKB’s corporate missionHe built meaningful bridges between
Young People’s Artificial Intelligence Marathon: Intense Interest and Meticulous Screening
The application process started in October 2025 and attracted great participation from universities all over Türkiye. Approximately from different disciplines, especially computer engineering and artificial intelligence engineering 1,200 students, 314 teamsparticipated in this technology marathon by creating of KKB expert engineer staffAs a result of the pre-selection processes carried out by 50 setsHe made it to the semi-finals and had the chance to develop his projects at a professional level. This phase not only measured technical competencies; He also highlighted team dynamics, project management and presentation quality as basic criteria.
The teams that stand out in the semi-finals are: Agentic AIHe worked with the aim of combining his approach with real world problems. Participants will create smart solutions in areas such as healthcare, financial services, education and city infrastructure. focusing on real user needsput forward designs. In this process innovationwith compliance and securityValuable comparisons were made on how balance can be established.
Local Infrastructure Support: Solutions Developed with Kloudeks
Participants, cloudexIt used the native and secure cloud infrastructure support offered through completely free or at low cost. In this way LLM, embedding and rerankerThey had the chance to integrate critical artificial intelligence services such as these into their own projects quickly and safely. 184 young talentsDuring this intense two-week marathon KKB mentorsworking one-on-one with Agentic AIIt has matured its based projects. Such strong use of domestic infrastructure makes Türkiye domestic technological production capacityIt is a concrete indicator for
A First: Projects Evaluated by Artificial Intelligence
One of the most important aspects that distinguishes this hackathon from its competitors is the active use of artificial intelligence in the evaluation phase. Principle of transparency and objectivitycriteria such as code quality, time management, demo performance and mentor feedback an artificial intelligence based systemAnalyzed by. Thus, possible subjectivities of the human factor were minimized and 12 finalist teamsdetermined by the most fair methods. This approach measurement mechanisms that maximize value productionwith balanced use of qualitative and quantitative datamade it possible.
Grand Final and Awards Platform
On the final day, KKB’s senior management teamand a large jury panel of academics examined in depth the creative solutions presented by young people. Vector MindsThe team came out on top by winning the first prize of 150,000 TL. Second place Mind Codewith 100,000 TLwhile following, war, pluribusAnd Gondolin Labsteams Third Prize of 50,000 TLshared. This distribution shows how young talents are diversified with strong ideas from different fields and proves that the ecosystem has a dynamic competition environment.
Sustainable Vision in the Technology Ecosystem
Nil Durukanogluunder the management Human Resources and Corporate CommunicationsWith remarkable emphasis, the unit emphasizes that this hackathon is not just a one-day event. This organization, which is the first step in the journey of strengthening Türkiye’s technology production ecosystem together with young people, with local infrastructure and knowledgeIt aims to touch the young entrepreneurial spirit. KKB, try out ideaswhile offering the opportunity, accompanied by mentors Solutions focused on real world problemssupports its development. This approach entrepreneurship ecosystemIt stands out as a sustainable model that triggers development.
Project Highlights and Real World Applications
This section conveys the basic outlines and potential impacts of some of the projects put forward during the competition process. For example; AI-based solution suggestions in financial consultancy, smart scheduling that optimizes appointment and patient flow in healthcare, adaptive learning systems that offer personalized learning paths in educationTitles such as reflect the multi-disciplinary approach of the competition. Participants, data security, ethics and justice, transparencyIt complied with industry standards by integrating issues such as these into its project designs. Moreover, testing with nearly real-world usersincreased the effectiveness and adoption potential of prototypes.
In-Content Strategy: Content and Experience-Oriented Insights
This experience is not just a technical success story; It is also a learning platform that accelerates young people’s adaptation to the professional world. Mentoring programs, grid configuration, user-centered design workshopsAnd project specific feedback loops, participants problem solving skillsAnd teamwork competenciesstrengthened. Like this, interactive learningAnd real world experienceTogether, they enabled participants to make a strong start to their careers.
Long-Term Perspectives for the Future
This hackathon is not just a competition, it is Türkiye’s Strengthening the technology production ecosystemIt has become a catalyst that triggers corporate and academic collaborations with this goal. KKBon the way to bring young people’s ideas to life local infrastructure and knowledgeHe announced that he would continue to move forward with the In addition, in order for this experience to turn into a sustainable model academic-business partnershipsAnd international interactionsIt is also planned to create opportunities for In this context, deeper studies on secure cloud infrastructures, scalable artificial intelligence solutions and ethical AI applications are highlighted.
