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UN hackathon winners on finding purpose through AI
The student team behind Beacon says hackathons became a way to solve humanitarian challenges, not just build résumés.
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Malvika Choudhary - Fri, 31, Jul 2026
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Team Valor 2.0 / Handout
The student developers behind Beacon, the AI-powered disaster response platform that claimed top honours at UN Tech Over 2026 during UN Open Source Week, did not set out to build award-winning technology.
Instead, they were driven by a simple idea: use artificial intelligence to solve problems that matter.
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For Akhil Mattaparthi and Aidan Yap, AI has never been about chasing the next industry trend or securing prestigious jobs.
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