SPIR-V won GPU portability by splitting the compiler in two
Khronos made Vulkan and OpenCL share a binary intermediate language, so front ends and drivers could evolve separately.
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1,000 PUBLISHED CASES · REGULARLY UPDATEDSLSA made supply-chain security adoptable by turning it into levels
SLSA converted software supply-chain hardening into ascending levels with provenance, so teams could improve without a flag day.
Read the caseSkylark's cat robots carried trays and widened who could work there
Skylark put BellaBot in family restaurants, not to delete staff, but to move heavy walking from people to robots.
Read the caseSigstore made code signing usable by deleting long-lived keys
Sigstore turned software signing into an OIDC identity plus a public log, so maintainers could sign without managing keys.
Read the caseA Singapore hotel stopped buying standby limos by optimizing each hour
An unnamed large Singapore hotel used forecasting, spreadsheet optimization and RPA to save up to S$3.2 million a year on limousine service.
Read the caseSiem Reap sewerage fixed billing by deleting three signatures
The Utility of the Future program helped Siem Reap spot a tiny billing bottleneck: three manager signatures.
Read the caseShokz made headphones for runners by leaving the ear canal open
Shokz routed sound through cheekbone vibration so athletes could listen without sealing off the outside world.
Read the caseSF Express cut Shenzhen hub costs by simulating the night before staffing it
SF Express used simulation plus optimization at its Shenzhen hub, cutting scaled 2024 resource costs by 11%.
Read the caseSetanta Sports made a fighter wake fans and turned replies into fuel
For a 6 a.m. UFC broadcast, Setanta let fans request a wake-up call from Merab Dvalishvili, then sent their voice notes back to him.
Read the caseSBB filled hard roles by treating career returners as proven talent
SBB reframed parents returning to work as a scarce talent pool, then built part-time programs and child-friendly interviews.
Read the caseSAS taught kids data literacy through an AI batting cage
SAS made its analytics tangible by turning swing data into coaching feedback children could use immediately.
Read the caseSARIF made every code scanner speak one alert file
OASIS turned static-analysis findings into a JSON log that GitHub and many tools could ingest.
Read the caseSalesforce made its Super Bowl ad a live Slackbot stress test
Salesforce and MrBeast turned a 30-second spot into an 8-week puzzle hunt run through Slackbot.
Read the caseSAJI turned Malaysian food slang into a visual flavor system
SAJI made National Month feel ownable by illustrating the slang Malaysians use for taste.
Read the caseSafeTensors made AI model weights data, not executable code
SafeTensors replaced pickle checkpoints with a simple, zero-copy tensor file that cannot run code.
Read the caseReWalk let users start robotic steps with a controlled forward lean
ReWalk made a personal exoskeleton feel user-initiated by sensing torso tilt and translating it into powered gait.
Read the caseRO-Crate made research packages a folder plus one JSON-LD file
RO-Crate won a messy research-data problem by turning any folder into a citable object with one ro-crate-metadata.json file.
Read the caseReliance General printed emergency records on Dahi Handi jerseys
EmerJersey put blood type, allergies and hospital details on team shirts so responders did not start from zero.
Read the caseRang De matched small lenders to rural borrowers at microloan rates
Rang De made low-interest rural credit work by pairing online lender trust with offline borrower partners.
Read the caseRaksul made idle printing presses behave like one virtual factory
Raksul matched small print jobs to spare press capacity, then used software and process know-how to make tiny orders profitable.
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