During the recent trade delegation, Startup Kitchen and the Czech-Taiwanese Business Chamber held the very first Czech-Taiwanese Ideathon, Dumplings Hack 1.0.1.

The teams targeted six challenges and had 24 hours to develop spicy ideas and creative solutions. (Read more on Roklen 24) And which team won the title of the most innovative dumpling of 2023? The gold medal went to BusinessCo-Pilot, the silver medal was taken home by HNUS.d, and ARK scored the bronze-medal ARK.

The Most Innovative Dumpling of 2023

The winning team, which included Czech and Taiwanese innovators, targeted the issue of expanding to new markets and decided to make an AI-powered connecting platform. (Read more on Czechstartups, Startup Insider, and Hospodářské noviny) The application of artificial intelligence significantly helped to win the Czech-Taiwanese battle between startups. (Read more on Newstream)

The Dumplings Hack 1.0.1 was "cooked" with partners from Taiwania Capital, Startup Terrace, CzechInvest, Taiwan Digital Diplomacy Association, Roklen24, Newstream.cz, CzechStartups.org, StartupJobs.cz, and TaiwanPlus. Dumplings Hack 1.0.1 has shown that our two countries are closer than meets the eye, we are already looking forward to "cooking" another project together!