Kongsberg
Maritime Sound Signal Detection
Audio ML for detecting and classifying maritime sound signals in real-time for autonomous vessel safety.
AudioCNNReal-time MLSafety
Global
execution-
focused AI
innovation
ecosystem.
where frontier AI becomes shipped products.
Since AI Hackathon 2026 · €50,000 cash prize pool · Registration open
// backed by
// what is since ai
The execution layer of Global AI.
Since AI is a global execution-focused AI innovation ecosystem — where frontier AI becomes shipped products. A non-profit connecting 10,000+ AI builders globally with leading AI companies, research groups, and investors. Partners include Google for Developers, ElevenLabs, Aiven, Lovable, Antler, LUMI AI Factory, and Redstone VC.
// network
10,000+
AI builders globally
// hackathon 2026
1,000+
Builders targeted at flagship event, Nov 6–8 Turku
// partners
50+
Strategic, capital, and research partners
// reach
50+
Countries represented in our network
// how since ai works
From idea to shipped product.
Build
High-intensity hackathons and applied AI projects where builders go from idea to prototype. Flagship: Hackathon 2026, Turku — 1,000+ builders targeted.
Ship
Production support for strong teams: deployment help, compute credits from ecosystem partners, code review, infrastructure.
Scale
Capital introductions through Antler, Redstone VC and Inventure. Commercialization pathway via Since AI’s Research to Market program.
// ecosystem
Backed by global AI leaders and world-class capital
and research.
// strategic
// capital & research
// community
// featured speakers
Learn from the best in AI.
Jason Mayes
Web AI Lead, Google
Google's Web AI lead for client side AI with 15+ years at the company. Creator of the world's first Web AI Summit and author of Google's Web AI course enabling 100K+ developers. Represents teams including LiteRT.js, DeepMind (Gemma web models), Chrome, and TensorFlow.js.
// Keynote
Client side Web AI Agents for the agentic internet of the future
See how to use the latest generative AI models from Google that run entirely client side (no cloud) to perform agentic behaviors on any website — bringing privacy, low latency, offline capability, and zero inference costs.
// Tech Talk
Vibing with Antigravity as a Senior Engineer for custom solutions
Learn how seasoned engineers can use Antigravity and Gemini 3 to reach 100x productivity. Jason demonstrates Web AI solutions using LiteRT.js to create RAG systems with minimal effort while maintaining control.
Built around real challenges
High-signal prototypes from partner challenge themes.
Maritime
Sandvik
Intelligent Spare Part Discovery
Agent-based system to detect and resolve spare-part inquiries with SKU search and product matching.
AgentsRAGNLPSearch
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