The competition visited by TEKNOFEST Board Member and T3 Foundation Deputy Chair of the Board İrem Bayraktar Aksakal received applications from 544 teams and 1,700 contestants. During the 21-day preliminary round on the Kaggle platform, 11 thousand 400 predictions were generated; the 10 finalist teams and 32 contestants presented their projects to the jury.
At the ceremony attended by Trendyol CTO Cenk Çivici, the ArmaTerimi team received the 150 thousand TL first-place prize, the abdül basitadam team received the 120 thousand TL second-place prize, and the Dream Team team received the 100 thousand TL third-place prize. Plaques were also presented to teams that were successful in various categories.
Why it matters
The scale of the competition shows that the ability to generate data-based predictions in e-commerce was tested among different teams. The combined use of the preliminary round on Kaggle and the jury presentation reveals that not only online performance but also how projects were brought to the evaluation stage was decisive. While the results made the participants’ technical output visible, the prizes made the ranking among the teams concrete. However, the report does not explain what problem the projects that placed solved, which criteria made them stand out, or how the work would be used after the competition; these questions remain open for those seeking to assess the practical value of the results.
Background
TEKNOFEST is not a new name in the FikirPilot archive: we have published 4 reports mentioning this name in the last 90 days; the latest is dated August 28, 2026.