Participants of the Karaganda hackathon developed solutions to combat corruption

AI models, digital portals, and mobile applications for volunteers — participants of the hackathon held in Karaganda presented their digital solutions to combat corruption. Over 36 hours, teams worked on projects to compete for cash prizes and help change the approach to transparency in public administration.

HackCor Hackathon is a technology marathon organized by the Karaganda startup ecosystem "Terrikon Valley." The partner of the hackathon was the Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption of the Karaganda Region, and the main goal was to create technologies capable of combating corruption.

In total, more than 200 people from 62 teams participated in the hackathon.

In the first case, dedicated to developing an AI module for analyzing procurement, the winning team was Team #49, consisting of Zhiiger Zhapar, Baraat Kakhimalaev, Aristid Popandopulo, and Adil Tleubaev from Pavlodar. They presented the XGuard web tool, which uses machine learning technologies to automatically identify corruption risks in procurement procedures. The team received the main prize of 300,000 tenge. Second place and 200,000 tenge went to Team #34 — Askhat Aubakirov and Alexander Sherstobitov from Shymkent, who developed an AI model based on mathematical analysis of procurement data.

The People's Choice Award was won by two projects. Team #62 — Khamsa Daniyar and Nurlubek Taubakabyly — created a web application with a procurement risk assessment model and generated 10,000 synthetic data points. The second recipients of this award were participants of Team #57: Ailin and Yasmin Seifullin, Zhanat Nurtas, and Bormin Maksim. They presented an application that organizes procurement risk data in a convenient and visual format.

In the second case, dedicated to creating a digital portal for volunteers, first place was taken by Team #27 — Alimzhan Zhorabek and Erasyl Bazarbaev. Their development, the SENIM platform, is aimed at volunteers of the anti-corruption movement. Second place and 200,000 tenge went to Team #55 — Artem Pinigin and Ivan Efremov. They presented an application for employees and volunteers with adaptive design for all types of devices.

The People's Choice Award in the second case was won by Team #32 — Artem Kuznetsov and Bogdan Nekrasov, who developed the Anticor mobile application. The application provides volunteers with access to key platform features and is designed for convenient and secure work with anti-corruption information.

HackCor Hackathon became a platform where talented young specialists offered practical solutions to one of the most important tasks of modern society.