🔥 THE AI & INNOVATION HACKATHON IS ON FIRE!

LinkedIn post from October 7, 2026

🔥 THE AI & INNOVATION HACKATHON IS ON FIRE!

Within an extremely short application period of just 8 working days, we received 76 applications for our AI & Innovation Hackathon — one of the programs of the Future Career Festival 2026. 🚀

After a careful selection process, we are very excited to announce our Top 25 Hackers, coming from WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, RWTH Aachen University, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, University of Duisburg-Essen, Technical University of Munich and more — bringing together a powerful mix of tech and business talent.

On 15 October, our Top 25 will come together at WHU Campus to tackle a real-world AI challenge and pitch their solutions to our jury from CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA, L'Oréal and Infosys.

A big thank you to WHU Entrepreneurship Roundtable, In Praxi - WHU Alumni Association, Fatema Bohra and Paula Mesfin for making this happen. Who are the jury? We will disclose this in another post.

🚀 Missed the Hackathon application? You can still be part of the action.

Join us at the Future Career Festival on 15 October for a full-day program to meet future employers and discover new career opportunities.

In the afternoon, our Innovation Career Hub @ WHU brings you the AI & Innovation Hackathon LIVE, plus two exciting career sessions: discover career opportunities with Germany's Hidden Champions, and explore how to start your own business or build your career in a startup.

Meet employers. Discover new career paths. Get inspired by what's next.

🎟️ Last ticket chance — secure your spot on Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/dTGjNXX6

👏 Meet our Top 25 Hackers:

Rajesh Kundey Ogbemudia Terry O. Karthik Chaoji Dustin Schraga Walid sunbul Mariia Solovei Anugrah Prakash Tejasri Maganti Eng. Joel Bruns Nandhan Mannar Zain Ul Haq Daneel Klink Rajat Dogra Achyutha Kothapalli Dr. Philipp Grunwald Cornelius Krüger Nattiya N. Theresa Witt Niklas Becker Shyam Sunder Chiliveri Srinidhi Sudarsanam Chemseddine Boussaid

…and 3 Secret Hackers, revealed on 15 October onsite. 🥷