Meet the 10th CASSINI Hackathon Winners

The 10th CASSINI Hackathon: EU Space for Consumer Experience winning teams - from Bulgaria, Finland and Italy - demonstrated creativity, technical expertise, and a shared vision for improving consumer experiences in their everyday life.

This edition saw an impressive turnout, highlighting the growing interest in EU space technologies for consumer applications. With almost 1,200 registrations the event gathered young innovators resulting in 88 submitted projects. The hackathon was supported by more than 100 expert mentors. Across 10 hackathon locations, innovators collaborated to leverage EU Space data for security and defence, competing for a prize pool of over €37,000.

The CASSINI Hackathons & Mentoring provides a platform for entrepreneurs to develop solutions using open EU Space data. Over three days from 7-9 November 2025, participants built prototypes addressing real-world challenges, supported by expert mentorship. The hackathon tackled three key challenges:

• Immersive Gameplay with Space Technology & Data: Unleash the potential of space technologies to revolutionise the gaming world.
• Space-Powered Performance - Transforming Sports: Leverage EU Space technology and data to push the boundaries of sports performance and fan engagement.
• Beyond Horizons - Redefining Travel with Space Innovation: Use space technologies to transform how we explore and experience the world.

At the Demo Day, the ten local winners had three minutes to pitch their ideas to a panel of experts, followed by a round of questions. In the end, three teams were selected as the overall winners, earning a combined of €9,000 in prize money and 100 hours of mentoring each.

We are delighted to announce the winning trio of the 10th CASSINI Hackathon.

1^st Place: Avalanche Detectors (Bulgaria)

Avalanche Detectors is using Copernicus Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data to detect snowfall and combining it with real-time weather information to calculate the precise probability of an avalanche occurring at any location. Watch their pitch!

2^nd Place: TrailRadar (Finland)

TrailRadar uses Galileo and Copernicus data to track athletes in real time during sport events. The mobile app allows spectators to see their favourite athletes by simply following them on a live map using an AR camera view. Watch their pitch!

3^rd Place: GlideBuddy (Italy)

GlideBuddy makes paragliding safer by using weather and terrain data to plan flights and, through AR glasses, showing wind, safe landings, no-fly zones, plus sensor-based proximity alerts. Watch their pitch!

All three winning teams will continue to develop their solutions as they enter the CASSINI Mentoring Programme, receiving expert guidance to refine their prototypes and explore real-world applications.

As Avalanche Detectors, TrailRadar, and GlideBuddy refine their prototypes, their solutions could play a pivotal role in advancing space technology for tourism and sports, and therefore, deliver value to the consumers directly.

The next edition of CASSINI Hackathons is around the corner. Watch this space for more information!

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