We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Splunk Build-a-thon, our first-ever hackathon dedicated to empowering developers to create, innovate and showcase their skills on the Splunk platform. Over the past few months, we’ve seen incredible participation, creativity, and collaboration from developers worldwide.
The Journey
The hackathon brought together 1,364 participants and 1,231 submissions across four exciting tracks:
- Track 1: App Development
Focused on building custom apps that extend Splunk’s capabilities, delivering new ways for users to visualize, monitor, and act on their data.
- Track 2: Add-ons
Centered around integrations that bring more data sources into Splunk, empowering users to connect systems, streamline workflows, and gain end-to-end visibility.
- Track 3: Data Management
Dedicated to tackling challenges in onboarding, organizing, and managing large-scale datasets, ensuring speed, accuracy, and scalability across environments.
- Track 4: AI/ML
Highlighted innovative projects that applied artificial intelligence and machine learning to uncover insights, automate processes, and predict outcomes.
Participants advanced through both the idea and prototype phases, bringing their concepts to life with creativity and determination. Along the way, Splunk experts offered guidance and provided thoughtful feedback. In the end, we saw more impressive submissions each showcasing real-world impact, technical excellence and innovative thinking.
The Winners
After careful review by “45 expert judges” where every submission was reviewed by at least three judges to ensure fairness and consistency. After this thorough evaluation process, we are excited to announce the winners of each track:
App Development Track Winners
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Place
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Winner
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Project
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1st prize
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William Searle (@livehybrid )
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CIMplicity AI - Taking the pain out of Data Onboarding
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2nd Prize
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Gideon Mutai (@Gideon_Mutai)
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ThreatLoom: A Real-Time Cyber Threat Intelligence Fusion Hub
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3rd Prize
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Ayush Sharma (@ayush1906)
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The Triage Alchemist
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4th Prize
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Meet Shah (@meetmshah)
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ES Audit App for Splunk
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5th Prize
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Tushar ( @TusharSingh01 ) & Dindayal Sinha
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Compliance Track: Reporting and Compliance Tracking Splunk App
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Add-on Integration Track Winners
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Place
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Winner
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Project
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1st prize
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Nandini Anna Thomas
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SplunkIT - Unified Threat Detection Add-on for Splunk
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2nd Prize
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Aryan Pachore & Ankur Patra
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ChronoBloom for Splunk - Phenology Monitoring & Anomaly Detection Add-on
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3rd Prize
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Sidharth Rajmohan
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OPA Policy Audit & Compliance Add-on for Splunk
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4th Prize
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Piyush
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Splunk Technology Add-on for AWS CloudTrial
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5th Prize
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Shayan N S & Suchetha S
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Cloud Cost Monitoring
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Data Management Track Winners
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Place
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Winner
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Project
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1st prize
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Srikar M
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Intelligent Log Volume Optimization Pipeline - Enhanced SPL2 Implementation
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2nd Prize
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Jayant Acharya ( @jayant_acharya)
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ChronoBloom for Splunk - Phenology Monitoring & Anomaly Detection Add-on
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3rd Prize
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Nikhil Sukthe ( @NikhilSukthe)
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OPA Policy Audit & Compliance Add-on for Splunk
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4th Prize
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Meet Shah ( @meetmshah)
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CIM Compatibility through SPL2 Pipelines
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5th Prize
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AI/ML Track Winners
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Place
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Winner
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Project
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1st prize
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Riccardo Alesci
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Splunk DNS Guard AI
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2nd Prize
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Abhijeet Basant
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Insider Threat Detection using Splunk MLTK
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3rd Prize
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Suman Choudhury & Srishti
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Splunk Guard
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4th Prize
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Hemal Shingloo & Om Choksi
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Employee Productivity SWOT Analysis using Splunk MLTK
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5th Prize
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Prajwal Annasahed Sutar & Nikhil Tale
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AI Powered Insider Threat Detection
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Why This Matters
This hackathon wasn’t just about winning prizes. It was about building community, learning together and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with Splunk. The solutions submitted tackled real-world challenges in App Development, Observability, Security, AI/ML, and Data Management, showing us just how powerful our developer ecosystem can be.
What’s Next?
The innovation doesn’t stop here! Winners will be celebrated at .conf25, where you can also:
- Developers, meet us at the Builder Bar at .conf25!
Connect directly with Splunk engineers, product experts, and fellow developers to get hands-on guidance, troubleshoot challenges, and level up your Splunk skills. Check out this blog post for a sneak peek: Raise Your Skills at the .conf25 Builder Bar: Your Splunk Developer Destination
- Explore new sessions for developers
Dive deep into technical talks, product demos, and hands-on labs designed specifically for developers. Whether you’re exploring app creation, mastering data onboarding, or experimenting with AI/ML, there’s a session to help you take your projects further.
- Sign up for the Splunk Developer Program and continue building your skills
Gain access to resources, community support, and exclusive content that will help you continue building impactful solutions on Splunk. Becoming a member also means you’ll be first to know about future hackathons, beta opportunities, and learning experiences.
Sign up for the Splunk Developer Program
Thank You
A huge thank you to all participants and judges who made this hackathon possible. Your time, effort and creativity have set the tone for the future of the Splunk developer ecosystem.
Congratulations once again to our winners! We can’t wait to see what you build next!
