These three startups won the Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. How they’re using tech to better the city.
Three fledgling startups are leveraging technology to create positive social change after winning the second annual Pittsburgh Civic Hackathon. The event, presented by the Pittsburgh Technology Council and RustBuilt — a grassroots organization dedicated to entrepreneurship — took place the last weekend of January.
Convening virtually, 10 groups pitched their solutions, formed teams and worked for the better part of 54 hours over Zoom, grinding away to create minimal viable products — or versions of their concepts with just enough features to work — that could impress the judges (you can watch the full 2.5-hour event in the video below).