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Guidewire DEVHack 2025
Virtual Hackathon
40 teams will solve real P&C challenges using Guidewire Cloud Platform. Is your team ready?
Applications close on March 2.
What is Guidewire DEVHack?
Guidewire DEVHack 2025 is Guidewire’s premier virtual hackathon, bringing together the largest network of developers in the P&C industry to showcase their skills, passion, and ingenuity to solve real-world industry challenges.
This year, we’re encouraging development teams to get creative, collaborate, and build extraordinary solutions, leveraging the power of Guidewire — the world’s leading platform for P&C.
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Apply to Compete at Guidewire DEVHack 2025!
The Challenge
Teams will gain access to a full InsuranceSuite sandbox environment provisioned on the latest cloud release on Guidewire Cloud Platform to build a working prototype addressing a key challenge in P&C insurance.
NEW THIS YEAR! Earn 25 bonus points for each Application Service used in your final prototype:- Advanced Product Designer
- Autopilot Workflow Service
- Integration Gateway
- Rating (GA in our Mammoth release)
- Functions (EA in our Mammoth release)
- Jutro Digital Platform
- Data Studio
The possibilities are limited only by your imagination and technical expertise.
How to Participate
Register using the application form above and submit:
- Your name and email address
- Team member names and email addresses (max five per team)
- The challenge you’re addressing
- Your planned solution
A maximum of 40 teams will be selected. Approved teams will have 30 days to build their prototype and submit:
- A three-minute video demo
- A one to two-page report explaining your solution and approach
- The source code of your working prototype
Prizes
From all submitted prototypes, a panel of judges will select 10 finalists. Finalist video presentations will be showcased on day one of Guidewire DEVSummit India on May 15, 2025. Audience voting will begin then.
On day two of DEVSummit India, we’ll announce the first, second, and third-place winners!First place:
- $500 per team member (max of five)
- An opportunity to present your winning solution in the demo theater at Connections in Las Vegas (Oct 17-20, 2025)
- Guidewire Education:
- One certification exam voucher per team member (max of five)
- Five free instructor-led virtual seat days per team - Accelerated validation and waived fee to help make your solution available on Guidewire Marketplace, if applicable
Second place:
- $300 per team member (max of five)
- Guidewire Education:
- One certification exam voucher per team member (max of five)
- Five free instructor-led virtual seat days per team - Accelerated validation and waived fee to help make your solution available on Guidewire Marketplace, if applicable
Third place:
- $150 per team member (max of five)
- Guidewire Education:
- One certification exam voucher per team member (max of five)
- Five free instructor-led virtual seat days per team - Accelerated validation and waived fee to help make your solution available on Guidewire Marketplace, if applicable
Timeline
- March 2: Team applications are due no later than 11:59 PM Pacific Time
- March 6: 40 teams are selected and notified
- March 13: DEVHack orientation webinar for selected teams
- March 14-28: Teams can access training materials, documentation, and workshops to prepare for their build
- April 1-30: Teams build their solutions on provisioned environments
- April 30: Final deliverables are due (see above) no later than 11:59 PM Pacific Time
- May 9: 10 finalist teams are selected and notified
- May 15: Top 10 finalists are announced at Guidewire DEVSummit India day one; public voting begins
- May 16: DEVHack winners are announced at DEVSummit India day two
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Guidewire DEVSummit India
Join us May 15-16, 2025 for Guidewire DEVSummit India—a premier gathering of the global Guidewire developer community in Bengaluru, India. Together, we’ll explore how the Guidewire developer community can learn, innovate, and thrive in the P&C industry.
Plus, celebrate with us as we showcase the finalists and winners of Guidewire DEVHack 2025.
