Minna Hackathon 2025

December 20, we hosted Minna Hackathon 2025 at the Fujitsu Uvance Innovation Studio, and the energy was off the charts!

Under the theme "Impact Vibe Challenge," over 50 talented builders gathered to create AI-powered solutions that solve real-world problems with a "Vibe."

🚀 The Challenge: Teams had only 3.5 hours to build a working prototype from scratch using TRAE and AI tools. The results: 23 teams formed, and 18 successfully submitted—a 78% completion rate!

🏆 Congratulations to our Winners!
🥇 1st Prize: Team Minerva Mob – Democratizing AI tools for youth in low-income countries to break the poverty cycle.
🥈 2nd Prize: Team daruma – "Pitch Vibe Mirror." Analyzing and re-styling your pitch voice to win the room.
🥉 3rd Prize: Team Merely Human – "Grilled." An AI voice interview coach that knows your resume and the job.

Including the finalists Team Drip, Team X Shadow, and Team TAKAHIRO, it was a high-level competition that received rave reviews from the judges, with comments like "This is really a great idea!" and "The technical implementation is incredible!"

Organized by: CreatorLabo
Event Sponsors: TRAE, Uvance Innovation Studio, Fujitsu
Tool Sponsors: ElevenLabs, n8n, Supabase, TEN Framework
Community Partners: Antler Japan, Founder Institute Japan, Openfor.co, Inc., Tokyo Design, Yiedge Harbor, Tokyo Tech Stack Exchange, AI Founders' Mindset Podcast, Pulsar Innovations
Mentors & Judges: Hirofumi Ukita, Ikuo Hiraishi, Erdinç Ekinci 🙋‍♂️, Karin Jork-Wellbrock, Kento Hatase, Qi Chen, Kinan Martin, Tyler Shukert
Special Thanks: 原和弘, Hiroaki Tanaka, Dr. Joe H., Xiuxi Pan, Ph.D., Dr. Yurong Chen, MAKI ÖZER, ZiHao Guo, Yang Zheng, Rin(Lindsay) R., Kaori Rei