Isa Usmanov, a Chechen programmer from Germany, won the international AI hackathon, Voice Hack Night, held in San Francisco. The event was organized by OpenAI in partnership with the Cerebral Valley technology community.

Usmanov won for his project, Agentic OS for a Phone, a concept for a next-generation mobile operating system based on artificial intelligence. The project also won the People's Choice Award, based on votes from event participants and guests.

As a prize, the team received $50,000 in credits for using OpenAI technology for further development.

Agentic OS for a Phone is a system in which the user interacts with the smartphone via voice commands rather than apps. Artificial intelligence autonomously performs necessary actions: searching for information, managing the calendar, interacting with services, and solving multi-step tasks without the need to manually open apps.

During the project presentation, Usmanov demonstrated the system's operation using practical examples. With a voice command, the program found airline tickets, analyzed flight options, managed the calendar, and performed other tasks automatically.

Isa Usmanov is known to be connected to the German tech community and is a graduate of the Technical University of Munich. In addition to his work in programming and artificial intelligence, he previously headed the TUM Business Game student organization.

Winning Voice Hack Night was one of Usmanov's most notable achievements. His project attracted the attention of specialists working in artificial intelligence and agent technologies, which are considered one of the promising areas for the development of digital services and mobile devices.

To date, Agentic OS for a Phone remains Isa Usmanov's most well-known project and the development that brought him to prominence in the international AI community.