Last weekend, we wrapped the first phase of the Qwen SKYST Hackathon. 40+ students. 2 tracks. 14 prizes. But more importantly, new ideas, fresh energy, and real talent. Huge thanks to everyone who joined us, our advisors, and valued partners @Alibaba_Qwen by @alibaba_cloud and @base for powering the experience. We were also honored to have Prof. Seungryong Kim from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Korea University join us on stage as a speaker. Special shoutout to the dev clubs at SKY universities and KAIST for showing up strong. Congrats to all the winners! Phase 2 is on the way. Stay sharp.

2/ Phase 1 focused on model fine-tuning across two tracks: • Alibaba Cloud Track: teams trained an AI hedge fund task by fine-tuning Qwen models. • Base Track: explored how open models interact with onchain infra via @base MCP, with focus on scale, security, and utility. All models were trained on FLock’s AI Arena, privately, collaboratively, and onchain. Here are the results👇

3/ Alibaba Cloud Track: 🥇 Equipa 6 - Universidade Yonsei (Park Moon-soo, Lim Dae-han, Jung Joon) 🥈 Equipa 4 - Universidade da Coreia (Ma Hyun-woo) 🥉 Equipa 5 - Universidade da Coreia (Kang Min-jun) 4º: Equipa 2 - SNU (Park Geon-woo, Jo Hyun-tak, Kim Byeong-woo)

5/ Menções Honrosas: 5º: Equipa 9 - Universidade da Coreia (Seong Jun-young) 6º: Equipa 19 - SNU (Park Jeong-heon, Jeong Seong-yoon) 7º: Equipa 22 - Universidade da Coreia (Park Bo-geon)

6/ Base Track: 🥇 Equipa 10 - Universidade da Coreia (Hwang Sang-min) 🥈 Equipa 9 - Universidade da Coreia (Seong Jun-young) 🥉 Equipa 6 - Universidade Yonsei (Park Moon-soo, Lim Dae-han, Jeong Jun) 4º - Equipa 16 (Universidade da Coreia)

7/ Menções Honrosas: 5º - Equipa 15 (Universidade da Coreia) 6º - Equipa 22 (Universidade da Coreia) 7º - Equipa 13 (Universidade da Coreia)

8/ O futuro da IA não será construído atrás de portas fechadas. Será aberto, acessível e descentralizado. É isso que estamos a trabalhar com FLock, Qwen, Base e a próxima geração de desenvolvedores. A Fase 2 começa em breve. Vamos continuar a construir!