Milan, October 26, 2026 — Agentic AI was the protagonist of the second edition of FastWebAI Hackathon, the technological marathon promoted by Fastweb + Vodafone designed for the new generations of tech: from the university world to start-ups, from developers to innovation communities. The teams developed new projects and applications using the suite of AI solutions and the Fastweb + Vodafone NVIDIA Supercomputer, in a 24-hour non-stop marathon, which took place between 22 and 23 October 2026 in Milan in Piazza Olivetti 1 at the headquarters of Fastweb NexXt and in the space of STEP FuturAbility District.
There are two challenges: “Agent Forge 24/7” to transform an intuition into a product in 24 hours, designing, prototyping and bringing online a working AI experience, and “>ROSS_ Beauty Contest” to develop an agency artificial intelligence project based on ROSS, the artificial intelligence agent of Fastweb + Vodafone.
The winning projects were 'Shield', an artificial intelligence service that intercepts and blocks telephone scams, and 'Clear Card', a digital platform that aims to simplify complex and particularly bureaucratic procedures. The Toros team, creator of the first project and winner of the first challenge for the Best Innovative Project category, won 5,000 euros in Amazon vouchers, access to the computational capacity of the DGX SuperPod FastwebAI Factory for 30 days and the opportunity to start future collaborations on projects with Fastweb + Vodafone. The “Paciocchitti” team, creator of the second project and winner for the Best Inclusion Project category, was awarded the participation for one person in the Master in Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion of the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation worth 3,500 euros, and membership fees for one year for all the people on the team at SheTech, the community that unites people and companies to bring gender equality in tech and digital. Finally, the startupper Dario Moscatello is the winner of >ROSS_ Beauty Contest, with a project that uses >ROSS for real estate valuation for investment companies and banks; for him six months of free use of >ROSS_ with a Master plan, designed for developers who build automation and advanced workflows.
FastwebAI Hackathon was created thanks also to the support of companies related to innovation such as the IFAB Foundation (International Foundation Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for Human Development, which aims to unite the world of scientific research, universities, businesses and public administration to promote the development of Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, High-Performance Computing and Quantum Computing), Yellow Tech (the AI transformation company in Milan that helps Italian companies adopt artificial intelligence), AI4I, (The Italian Institute of Artificial Intelligence, the Italian national research center established by the Government to bring applied artificial intelligence into the country's productive fabric) and onther entities such as the Giacomo Brodolini Foundation, SheTech and SmartCityLab, the City of Milan's innovation space dedicated to smart city solutions.
In the photos:
The final event of the FastwebAI Hackathon in the space spaces of STEP FuturAbility District.
The TOROS team won the Best Innovative Project with the “Shield” project, at the award ceremony with Water Renna, Chief Executive Officer of Fastweb + Vodafone: Alessandro Diaz, Giacomo Villa, Marco Baggio, Gabriele Biancardi, Mikel Amendola.
The Paciocchitti team, winner of the Best Inclusion Project with the “Clear Paper” project, at the award ceremony with Water Renna, Chief Executive Officer of Fastweb + Vodafone: Mattia Pecce, Giulio Maselli, Fernando Tocci, Martina Russo, Giorgia Soloperto.