Partners included Supercell, Zalando, the European Space Agency, General Electric, Sitra, Tieto, UPM and others.

The main prize for the winning idea of the 2016 event was 20 000 EUR, and many companies offered their own bounties for solving challenges in a specific way or using pre-specified technology.

[10] Teams were provided a number of different API's and other emerging technologies to develop their concepts including Oculus Rifts, HTC Vives, Apple Watches, 3D-printers, Microsoft Hololens, and Estimote Beacons among others.

The winner team was suju.online, who created a tool for event organizers and public transportation decision makers that allows them to design dynamic routing for the self-driving bus.

The Covid-19 pandemic opened the doors for a hybrid event, gathering people all over the world to simultaneously hack in both physical locations and online.

The hackathon was once again organized in a hybrid form, participants could attend live from one of the 8 hubs scattered around the world or join the challenge online on Gather.

The meetups consist of keynote speeches, demos, research showcases and discussions, all focusing on a current tech topic.

Past speakers have included Risto Siilasmaa (Chairman, Nokia & F-Secure), Ilkka Paananen (Founder & CEO, Supercell), Lidia Perovskaya (Project Manager, VKontakte), Kimmo Kanto (Head of Space, Business Finland), Anne Oikarinen (Senior Security Consultant, Nixu) and many more.

JunctionX has been organized in various cities around the world including Tokyo (Japan), Hanoi (Vietnam), Budapest (Hungary), Seoul (South Korea), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia) and many more.

During Terminal participants take part in different activities in the Helsinki area and attend events hosted by partner companies.

[30] A smaller hackathon event where instead of solving companies' real challenges the participants compete on who comes up with the stupidest idea and execution.

[31] It is owned by the non-profit foundation Startup Säätiö, but gathers all of its funding from the partnership contracts between its partner companies.