Two Group Teams Advance to the Finals of the "AWS Summit Japan 2026 AI-DLC Hackathon"!

Information Strategy Technology Co., Ltd. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Atsushi Takai; hereinafter "the Company") and its group company, WhiteBox Co., Ltd. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; President: Shota Kawahara), which develops SaaS for SI/SES businesses, announced that two teams—the Company's "Lab Development Department" and the WhiteBox team—successfully passed the qualifying round of the "AWS Summit Japan 2026 AI-DLC Hackathon" held on May 30, 2026, and have advanced to the finals (final presentation).

This hackathon is a highly anticipated technical contest held in conjunction with "AWS Summit Japan 2026," one of the largest cloud conferences in Japan (June 25-26, 2026, at Makuhari Messe). The theme for this year is "Let's think of services that 'spoil people' while learning new development methods in the AI era!" Approximately 120 companies entered the competition through document screening. Only 15 companies passed the rigorous selection process to advance to the qualifying round on May 30, 2026. In the qualifiers, teams built and competed with services on AWS, and ultimately, only 5 teams secured a ticket to the finals, making it an extremely narrow gate.

In this fierce competition (a final advancement rate of approximately 4%), the fact that our group occupied 2 out of the 5 final spots is a remarkable achievement that objectively proves our "AI-driven development" and the "agile organizational transformation power" that forms the core of our solutions are at the top level in Japan.

Our two teams consist of the "Lab Development Department," evaluated for its overwhelming implementation speed and high product-building capabilities using AI tools, and the "WhiteBox team," the defending champion that won the top prize in last year's "AWS Generative AI Hackathon." The background to this success includes the practical deployment of tools like "Claude for Enterprise" and "GitHub Copilot," the organizational penetration of "AI-DLC" through internal study sessions, and the thorough application of the solution-oriented approach established by "0次LAB."

The 5 companies that advanced to the finals will take the stage at the special main stage of the event at Makuhari Messe on Friday, June 26. The winning team will be invited to "AWS re:Invent 2026" in Las Vegas. Our group will continue to prepare for the finals with the goal of achieving a double podium and winning the grand prize.