AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 22, 2025--
ABBYY hosted its third annual AI Pulse Developer Conference and Hackathon July 9-10 where 35 entrants registered to build their most innovative solutions using Document AI with AI agents and generative AI technologies to solve real-world enterprise problems. Four teams wowed the more than 300 attendees winning categories for Best Overall App, Best Use of an ABBYY Product, Best Integration of Third-Party AI, and an honorary mention of a Student Excellence Award.
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The judges for the hackathon were ABBYY executives Paula Sanders, SVP of Pre and Post Sales, Neil Murphy, Chief Revenue Officer and Bruce Orcutt, Chief Marketing Officer.
“When we kicked off DevCon three years ago, we wanted to build a global community where developers could challenge the status quo and reimagine what’s possible with AI and documents and cure the biggest headaches related to document processing,” commented Murphy. “This year’s solutions were nothing short of inspiring - turning complex challenges like healthcare policy interpretation and expense compliance into smart, intuitive experiences. What excites me most is how far we’ve come, with ABBYY investing in new R&D hubs, Centers of Excellence, and the tools to empower this growing ecosystem of innovators. We’re just getting started.”
The winner for Best Overall App was Team Deloitte, consisting of Kaustubha Uday Vaidya, Rithi M, S Shanthaseelan and Md. Shahid Akhtar. Their solution, Spend Guard, automated the scanning, interpretation and validation of business expense receipts. They leveraged ABBYY Vantage for data extraction and agentic AI using Gemini to ensure policy compliance by instantly flagging non-compliant expenses and reasons for flagging. Their app accelerated expense claim processing, reduced manual effort, and helped organizations minimize errors and policy violations.
Commented Rithi of Team Deloitte, “Participating in the ABBYY Developer Conference was an incredible opportunity to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI-driven document processing. The energy, innovation, and support from the ABBYY community made this an unforgettable experience.”
Winning Best Use of an ABBYY Product was Team McKinsey led by Sathish Kumar Murugan who developed a cutting-edge solution designed to break language barriers in global document processing through the power of AI. The Smart Translator used ABBYY Vantage to intelligently extract data from scanned or image-based documents and integrated ChatGPT for instant, context-aware translation. It eliminated the need for manual data entry and translation, saving time and reducing errors and empowering teams to work faster, smarter, and more collaboratively—regardless of language or document format.
Sathish stated, "Participating in the ABBYY hackathon was an inspiring journey of innovation and collaboration. Building Smart Translator showed us how AI and intelligent OCR can come together to solve real-world challenges with speed and accuracy.”
The Best Integration of Third-Party AI combined ABBYY Vantage and OCR and Document Skills with a variety of AI tools including spaCY, OpenAI Embeddings, ChromaDB, LangChain Agents and Gradio. Created by Team Telstra with Krishna Kumar S and Madhu Shankar, their Insurance AIdvisor was an agentic AI assistant that simplified health insurance policies so users would no longer be surprised by denied claims or financial shock due to not understanding complex jargon or fine print.
Madhu Shankar of Team Telstra commented, “We were proud to be part of AI Pulse, a platform that highlighted the transformative potential of agentic AI. ABBYY’s strategic evolution within this forward-looking ecosystem—by empowering Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) tools—positions it as a key enabler in the development of autonomous, decision-capable AI systems.”
The AI Pulse Developer Conference was also a forum for students to take what they learned in the classroom and apply it to a real-world scenario.
Earning an honorary mention for a Student Excellence Award was Team CMRIT with Sarvottam Bhagat and Deepankar Sharma from CMR Institute of Technology.
Said Sarvottam Bhagat from Team CMRIT, “Participating in the ABBYY Developer Conference Hackathon was a phenomenal learning experience. It pushed us to creatively integrate multiple AI agents with ABBYY’s powerful document processing tools live and in real time. We competed with companies like Tech Mahindra, Wipro, Deloitte, and others. We learned a lot and connected with some truly amazing people along the way.”
Their SILO AI app was a unified document automation toolkit that simplified and accelerated document-heavy workflows. It analyzed various document types such as invoices, KYC and contracts, then suggested the most suitable ABBYY model for processing, and routed the processed data through an n8n workflow, delivering results via Gmail and Slack through an MCP server.
To learn more about combining IDP and large language models (LLMs), download the playbook, “Next-Generation Document Automation: Combining Document AI and Generative AI,” at https://www.abbyy.com/resources/playbook/building-intelligent-document-workflows/.
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About ABBYY
ABBYY uses purpose-built AI to transform data and workflows from business-critical processes to accelerate decisions and drive better outcomes. More than 10,000 customers, including many Fortune 500 companies, rely on ABBYY’s industry-leading Process AI and Document AI to accelerate customer experiences, operational excellence, and achieve a competitive advantage. ABBYY is a global company with headquarters in Austin, Texas and offices in 13 countries. For more information, visit www.abbyy.com/company and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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AI Pulse by ABBYY Developers Conference was held July 9-10, 2025 in Bengaluru, India. It included a hackathon showcasing the power of Document AI, AI Agents and GenAI to solve enterprise challenges. Winners included Best Overall App, Best Use of an ABBYY Product, Best Integration of Third-Party AI, and an honorary mention of a Student Excellence Award.
