December 6, 2025/by Young AI Leaders Austria
Co-Hosting Google DevFest Linz: The Great AI Hackathon
Young AI Leaders Austria and GDG Linz co-hosted DevFest Linz—an AI-focused day in Google’s global DevFest network.
On 6 December 2025, Young AI Leaders Austria co-hosted Google DevFest Linz: The Great AI Hackathon with Google Developers Group Linz—a full day for developers to build, prototype, and compete around AI.
What happened
Participants built real AI solutions using modern tools and APIs, collaborated across Austria’s developer community, and competed for prizes with mentor support. In 2024, DevFest connected over 800,000 developers across 550+ events in 100+ countries; Linz joined that global, community-driven tradition with a distinctly AI-focused programme.
Special thanks went to the GDG Linz leadership team—Andrii Khrystian, Andrei Tazetdinov, and Hleb Maliborski—for making the collaboration possible.
Why it matters
DevFest puts Linz on the map of Google’s worldwide developer calendar while giving local AI talent a high-energy, portfolio-ready build day rooted in community—not only in classrooms.