newsrooms.ai CEO on the Jury at START Hackathon Vienna

The START Vienna Hackathon proved it once again: 36 hours is all it takes — with the right setup.

Whiteboards covered in sketches, laptops running non-stop, entrepreneurial spirit in sprint mode. newsrooms.ai CEO Matteo Rosoli joined this time not at the keyboard, but from a new perspective: as a jury member.

From Idea to Prototype

From the jury's vantage point, you see something that's easy to miss in your own tunnel vision: how a vague idea turns into a viable prototype in barely two days — because people are willing to take ownership.

Hats off to all the teams. The pace and quality of work delivered in such a short time was remarkable.

newsrooms.ai Started as an Idea Too

One thing that matters personally: newsrooms.ai also started as just an idea. No perfect plan, no big team — just curiosity, a problem that needed solving, and the willingness to take responsibility.

About START Vienna

START Vienna is a student-led entrepreneurship community in Vienna. It connects student talent with founders and investors, organizes workshops, hackathons, and mentoring, and creates the environment where curiosity turns into real projects.

Challenge Partners: ÖBB Open Innovation Factory and Base by Coinbase

Jury: Matteo Rosoli (newsrooms.ai), Lukas Plechinger, and Rafael Danner

Congratulations to the winning team: Gabriel Natter, Michael Bösch, and Elias Lehner!