On the Tuesday evening of the Peak of Data & AI 2025 that took place in May, over 75 FME users came together for an evening of innovation, collaboration, and pure data-fuelled fun at the FME Hackathon!

Participants had the chance to remix real-world datasets (including testing out the newly announced FME Realize and Data Virtualization), get guidance from Safe Software experts, and fuel their creativity with pizza and drinks.

On Wednesday, five teams shared what they built - and wow, it was a close race! A huge congratulations to all the participants, and especially to our winning teams:

People’s Choice Award and Best Overall Project Judge’s Choice: 

Courtney Maxson ​@courtney_m, Erik Bodewitz ​@erik_jan, and Reed Whittington ​@reedwhit with their project FME Rocks.

Tied for Second Place Judge’s Choice: 

Rick Klöpping ​@rickklopping. Michiel Schram ​@michielschram, and Caner Akin ​@canerakin with their project Cut costs in ArcGIS Online by identifying unused items.

Tied for Second Place Judge’s Choice: 

Patrick Booth ​@pat_uow, Patrick Cheng ​@pcheng, François Collette ​@francois.c, Ricardo Eisenberg ​@x6zm with their project Seattle GeoHaiku Generator Visualization.

Thank you to Team Space Needle Lizard and Mark McCart ​@mmccart and Heather Ketten ​@heatherketten for also joining in on the fun and sharing their creativity.

Thank you to everyone who participated, spectated, and supported! Until next year…