{
  "id": 17253980,
  "title": "Proof of Usefulness Hackathon Final Winners Announced 🎉",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/proof-of-usefulness-hackathon-final-winners-announced",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-30T16:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "HackerNoon",
    "slug": "hackernoon",
    "url": "https://hackernoon.com/proof-of-usefulness-hackathon-final-winners-announced?source=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Proof of Usefulness Hackathon concluded its final round of winners in May, distributing a final $118,000 in cash prizes and software credits among various categories. Bright Data secured $60,000 in software credits, followed by Algolia's $40,000 allocation for fast, meaningful search and discovery products. Neo4j awarded $6,000 in software credits for systems driven by data relationships, while Storyblok received $3,000 in cash. HackerNoon contributed $3,000 in cash as well. Final-round winners, such as Visby, FoxPlug, and Siiqo, earned recognition for their unique solutions, which earned Proof of Usefulness scores and detailed reports.",
  "summary": "The Proof of Usefulness Hackathon announces its final winners, awarding $118,000 in cash prizes and software credits across five categories.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}