Renderfarm.fi enters the finals of MindTrek 2010!

The week ends on a very high note. I'm more than excited to announce that we've been chosen as one of the six finalists for this year's MindTrek Launchpad competition. This is a huge thing for us as the event is probably the most well-known IT/multimedia competition in Finland. The MindTrek webpages say:

Have you invented the next big thing? Do you have a transforming media service or technology innovation that can change the way we live? Or just a too good digital content business concept?

The MindTrek LaunchPad competition awards innovative new Finnish digital media products or demos – and the people behind it, who have the urge to make it big.

Competition Prizes and a Big Promise

The total prize sum in the competition is 20 000 €. The main jury of industry experts will award the most promising business case (15 000 €), the press jury is going to emphasize the innovativeness of the product (4 000 €), and also the audience will choose its own favorite (1 000 €). Apart from the sizable prize money, Mindtrek is probably the best venue in Finland for promoting the service and the open values it advocates.

So what is our business case? I can tell you what it is not - we will never sell your volunteer computing time for cash. Renderfarm.fi is and always will be free and open for everybody to use. We'll reveal the plan once we work out the details and you'll be among the first to know about it. Meanwhile, I hope you all wish us the best of luck - we're going to need it! This money would go a long way in helping us in making Renderfarm.fi the most accessible free renderfarm of all time. As always: thank you all for your continued support. :)