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SAS Hackathon 2025 champions spark innovation, improve lives

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Using the latest in data and AI, teams excel across industries, regions and technologies

CARY, N.C., Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SAS, a leader in data and AI, has announced the champions of the 2025 SAS Hackathon across 24 regional, industry, technology and specialty categories.

This year's fifth global SAS Hackathon boasted a record 2,058 registrants representing 708 organizations, universities and SAS Partners from 66 countries. This led to 125 approved teams supported by 134 SAS mentors, with many mentors working with multiple teams.

The SAS Hackathon is an effective way to experiment with the very latest in traditional, generative and agentic AI.

During the monthlong SAS Hackathon, teams of data scientists, developers, business analysts and students come together – often virtually across countries, regions and even continents – to collaborate and compete while solving business and social challenges. The teams network, learn from each other and SAS mentors, and experiment with technologies that spark innovation and improve lives.

SAS produces the annual SAS Hackathon, which is sponsored by Microsoft and Intel.

Experiencing the latest in AI

Among the technologies SAS Hackathon teams have hands-on access to are:

"The SAS Hackathon is an effective way for people of varying job roles and experience to experiment with the very latest in traditional, generative and agentic AI technologies and expand their AI skills," said Peter Lundqvist, Global Program Manager for the SAS Hackathon. "Today's SAS Hackathon champions show what's possible when passionate and innovative people come together to address big business and social challenges with those skills. I'm so proud of all SAS Hackathon participants and what they have accomplished."

Overall champion?

While SAS has announced category champions today, the overall SAS Hackathon champion will be named at SAS Innovate 2026, the SAS data and AI conference, April 27-30, 2026, in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas).

2025 SAS Hackathon category champions

A panel of AI and analytics experts chose the SAS Hackathon champions. More than 100 judges selected champions by region, industry, technology and specialty categories.

To learn more about each champion team and view videos of their projects, visit the SAS Hacker's Hub community and search by team name.

Regional champions

Global industry champions

Global technology champions

Global special award champions

Global student track champion

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