{"slug":"croma-govtech-ai-2026","name":"Croma GOV-TECH AI Hackathon","edition":"2026","year":2026,"organizer":"Croma","kind":"sponsor-platform","format":"unknown","region":"LATAM","countries":["CO","PE","MX"],"city":null,"venue":null,"start_date":null,"end_date":"2026-08-16","duration_hours":null,"duration_days":5,"participants":null,"teams":12,"team_size":null,"theme":"Government technology on official public data","tracks":[],"prizes":[{"name":"Winner (single prize)","winners_count":1,"reward":"USD 300 cash + 6 months of Croma","criteria":[]}],"judging":{"criteria":[],"judges":[],"notes":"One prize only; the other eleven are listed alphabetically, unranked."},"required_tech":["Croma Platform via API or MCP"],"sponsors":["Croma"],"submission_requirements":["Working product","Video"],"results_status":"complete","roster_coverage":"full","entries":[{"name":"Centinela","project":"centinela"},{"name":"Análisis de negocios con gobierno, línea automotriz","tagline":"Public-procurement intelligence for the automotive sector: what the state buys and from whom.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["govtech-transparency","commerce-retail"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"},{"name":"AUTODATA","tagline":"Telegram bot that checks a used car and its seller against six Peruvian sources and returns a verdict, fair price and negotiation script.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["due-diligence-risk","commerce-retail"],"team_size":5,"country":"PE"},{"name":"Contraparte","tagline":"Due diligence on companies and people across Colombia, Mexico and Peru, each datum tied to its official source.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["due-diligence-risk"],"team_size":1,"country":"MX"},{"name":"Creva Score","tagline":"Explainable credit score for women entrepreneurs without credit history, built from official records.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["fintech"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"},{"name":"CROMLAFT","tagline":"Presented on video only.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["due-diligence-risk"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO","note":"Domain inferred from name (LAFT = anti-money-laundering)."},{"name":"Croma Legal Intelligence","tagline":"Presented on video only.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["legal-access"],"country":"PE"},{"name":"GraphAudit","tagline":"Corporate-control map: which individuals concentrate control over a contracting entity's suppliers, prioritized for review.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["govtech-transparency"],"team_size":4,"country":"CO"},{"name":"Mallanet Verify","tagline":"MCP server that screens an NGO's volunteers against public sources and stores a Pass/Alert/Fail report.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["due-diligence-risk"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"},{"name":"RASTRO","tagline":"Risk file on any contractor or entity, crossing six sources in parallel with source and lookup date per finding.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["govtech-transparency","due-diligence-risk"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"},{"name":"TRAZA","tagline":"Research agent turning a plain-language procurement question into an auditable case file.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["govtech-transparency"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"},{"name":"Trazo","tagline":"Interactive live graph of public procurement: entities, suppliers, contracts and sanctions.","placement":{"status":"submitted-only"},"domains":["govtech-transparency"],"team_size":1,"country":"CO"}],"organizer_takeaways":[{"claim":"Seven of twelve projects targeted public procurement; none stopped at contract search — all crossed corporate registry, financials and disciplinary records against the process.","source":0},{"claim":"Almost every team wrote its own counter-explanation (prioritize not accuse; cite source and date; do not penalize missing voluntary data). Once data is easy to cross, the judgment used to read it becomes the product.","source":0},{"claim":"The winner was chosen because one analysis reads two ways: opportunity for a small business, red flag for a citizen — one engine, two products.","source":0}],"sources":[{"url":"https://usecroma.com/en/blog/hackathon-govtech-resultados","kind":"official-results","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14","note":"Published 2026-08-17."}],"curator_notes":"Strong base-rate data: complete roster with one winner. Procurement was the crowded lane (7/12) and still produced the winner — differentiation came from dual use and autonomous action, not lane choice."}