NEXXT Summit

🚀 NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025 powered by Raiffeisen Bank Romania – Winners Announced! 🚀

After days of intense coding and bold ideas, the spotlight goes to two teams that pushed AI to the next level:
🏆 Grand Prize: €3,000 + Amazon Kindle
💡 Sulfus – SmartBranch
A geo-logistics solution helping banks expand and optimize networks. Scraped public datasets, trained ML models, and created a virtual consultant powered by AWS Bedrock.
Mentored by Robert Sumarocov, Raiffeisen Bank Romania

🥈 Runner-Up: €1,000 + Amazon Kindle
💡 Fynalyze - Deepfake Detection
AI-powered onboarding validation for banking apps: GAN detection, audio classification, and automated document checks — all built on AWS SageMaker Studio, Bedrock, Polly, and Amazon Transcribe.
Mentored by Costin-Tiberiu Vasilescu, Raiffeisen Bank Romania

✨ Special Prize: 3 exclusive internships at Raiffeisen Bank (winners announced soon!)

💻 All participants get $50 in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud credits to keep experimenting and innovating.

⚡ Hats off to all teams — your talent, creativity, and dedication are shaping the future of AI!

🔥 It all comes down to this! 🔥

🚀 The grand finale of the NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025, powered by Raiffeisen Bank Romania, is officially underway!

What began with 69 registered teams and 32 individual participants has led to this moment — after intense coding, innovation, and a tough technical review, only 7 teams made it to the finals.

💡 From over fifty innovators to seven standout teams, the journey has been intense — and now they’re pitching their AI solutions live, proving what happens when collaboration meets creativity.

🎯 Meet the Jury: Mircea Busuioceanu - Chief Risk Officer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania; Bogdan Popa - Chief Operating Officer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania; Mihaela Vacaru - Director Advanced Analytics & EWS at Raiffeisen Bank Romania ; Radu Dobrinescu - Sr. Partner Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The code is written, the ideas are real — now it’s time to see who takes it NEXXT level. ⚡

Shoutout to the heroes behind the scenes! 💡🙌

Our hackathon wouldn’t be the same without the incredible mentors from Raiffeisen Bank Romania: Alin Nedelcu, ACCA, Robert Sumarocov, Alex Glod, Ovidiu Necula, Adrian Neagu, Cerasela Mardare, Mircea Anton, Ionel-Gabriel Zahia, Robert-Ionuț Vătășoiu, Mihăescu Răzvan, Costin-Tiberiu Vasilescu, Laurentiu Ghețoiu, Alexandru Medelean, Cristian Soare, Cosmin-Andrei Iordan, and Antonia Ungureanu.

They’re not just guiding the teams — they’re sharing expertise, challenging ideas, and turning bold concepts into real-world solutions. 🚀💻

Thank you for your time, energy, and dedication — the participants are learning from the best! 👏

36 hours of pure innovation — and we’re rolling! 💻⚡

Hand kicked things off to make sure everything runs smoothly, with Craw and Spider jumping in to set the vibe.

From 9:00 AM today until 3:30 PM tomorrow, the teams are coding their way to the future of banking innovation. 🏦💡

Backing them up? An all-star lineup of technical mentors from Raiffeisen Bank Romania —Alin Nedelcu, ACCA, Robert Sumarocov, Alex Glod, Ovidiu Necula, Adrian Neagu, Cerasela Mardare, Mircea Anton, Ionel-Gabriel Zahia, Robert-Ionuț Vătășoiu, Mihăescu Răzvan, Costin-Tiberiu Vasilescu, Laurentiu Ghețoiuțiu, Alexandru Medelean, Cristian Soare, Cosmin-Andrei Iordan, and Antonia Ungureanu — ready to share their expertise, challenge ideas, and help turn bold concepts into real-world solutions. 🚀

A big thank you also to Radu Dobrinescu for banking them up with the Amazon Web Services (AWS) access codes — powering the teams to build even faster! ⚡

Let’s see the innovation unfold! ✨

🚀 After a fierce battle for spots, NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025 is officially kicking off!

250+ participants from 10+ universities in Romania and abroad competed for a place — and now 13 teams are ready for the technical phase! 💻✨

Opening by Mircea Busuioceanu – Chief Risk Officer, Raiffeisen Bank Romania, technical guidance by Alin Nedelcu, ACCA, Robert Sumarocov, Cristian Soare - Raiffeisen Bank Romania & Radu Dobrinescu from Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Coding starts tomorrow morning — let the innovation begin! 💡⚡

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💡 Meet the Mentors at the NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025!

We’re excited to welcome Mircea Anton, Lead Machine Learning Operations Engineer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, as a mentor at this year’s Hackathon!

🔥 Curious about how AI models are scaled, monitored, and optimized in real-world environments? Learn from Mircea how to bridge the gap between data science and production, ensuring that machine learning systems run reliably, efficiently, and with real business impact.

💡 Meet the Mentors at the NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025!

We’re thrilled to welcome Ionel Zahia, Machine Learning Engineer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, as a mentor at this year’s Hackathon!

🔥 Curious about how AI models go from prototype to production? Learn from Ionel how to design, train, and deploy machine learning systems that deliver measurable business impact and turn innovative ideas into powerful AI solutions.

💡 Meet the Mentors at the NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025!

We’re excited to welcome Ovidiu Necula, Lead Machine Learning Engineer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, as a mentor at this year’s Hackathon!

🔥 Want to learn how to architect, train, and scale machine learning models that create real impact? Get expert guidance from Ovidiu on transforming complex data into intelligent, business-driven AI solutions and taking your ideas from concept to production.

💡 Meet the Mentors at the NEXXT AI Hackathon 2025!

We’re thrilled to welcome Antonia Ungureanu, Machine Learning Engineer at Raiffeisen Bank Romania, as a mentor at this year’s Hackathon!

🔥 Want to discover how to design, train, and optimize machine learning models that drive real business value? Gain firsthand insights from Antonia on building impactful AI solutions and turning innovative ideas into scalable results.