Six Digital Innovations from Astranauts 2025 Winners Revealed

JAKARTA: After a rigorous selection process, mentoring sessions, and final presentations before a panel of judges, Astranauts 2025, today (July 16), officially announced six winners who demonstrated innovative solutions to strengthen Indonesia’s digital and technology ecosystem. Winners were selected from two tracks: Startup and Student.

Astranauts, launched by Astra in 2022, is a national-scale digital innovation competition and technology conference, open to startups and university students across Indonesia. The Demo Day & Awarding event of Astranauts 2025 was attended by Astra Vice President Director Rudy, Astra Director Santosa, as well as Astranauts 2025 panel of judges and mentors.

“Astra is committed to empowering Indonesia’s youth to innovate and strengthen the national digital economy. Through Astranauts, we bring together ideas, technologies, and talent to enhance Indonesia’s competitiveness and accelerate digital transformation,” said Astra Vice President Director Rudy.

In its fourth year, Astranauts 2025 focused on eight strategic topics: Automotive, Financial Services, Heavy Equipment & Mining, Agribusiness, Infrastructure & Logistics, Information Technology, Property, and Healthcare. A special Business Challenge category also addressed real case studies from Astra Group operations.

From 2,186 participants, 20 finalists presented their innovations before the judges. Six winners were selected:

Startup Track Winners: 

• 1st Place: BETA-UAS: Specializes in the design and manufacture of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for mapping, monitoring, and inspection applications.
• 2nd Place: Molca Teknologi: Offers immersive XR and AI-based digital twin solutions to accelerate industrial transformation.
• 3rd Place: Tax Point: Provides an integrated solution for taxation services, offering RegTech-based compliance automation to streamline tax processes.

Student Track Winners:

• 1st Place: EV-OS DOR, BIOSTIMBOT: Smart lawn care solution using bioscience (Bacillus lentus) and IoT for natural growth, eliminating the need for mowers and chemicals—efficient and eco-friendly.
• 2nd Place: SUMMON, SANF Credit Agent: AI for credit analysis and multifinance. Automating data extraction, risk analysis, and quick and accurate recommendations using OCR/NLP.
• 3rd Place: Athena Team, SANF SCOPE: Data management, risk analysis, and financial evaluation using smart documents, scoring, and mirroring for enhanced accuracy and efficiency.

Winners will receive cash prizes totaling hundreds of millions of rupiah, collaboration opportunities with Astra Group, and access to Astra Career Community for recruitment opportunities on Astra Career.

Panel of judges:

• Startup track: Paul Soegianto, Chief Group Digital Strategy at Astra; Hertanu Wahyudi, Managing Partner, Strategy & Transactions at EY Indonesia; Megawaty Khie, Regional Managing Director at Avanade Southeast Asia.
• Student track: Valentina Maria, Recruitment and Assessment Center Division Head at Astra; Dwi Wibowo, Operations Director at Lintas Marga Sedaya (Astra Tol Cipali); Bayuaji Natamijaya, Credit & IT Division Head at Surya Artha Nusantara Finance (SANF); Reynir Fauzan, Director at Hexagon Asset Lifecycle Intelligence.

Astranauts Conference 2025

Following the Demo Day & Awarding event is the Astranauts Conference 2025, taking place tomorrow, July 17, and featuring open-for-public interactive discussions on current trends and challenges with industry experts including Fauzan Adziman (Director General of Research and Development, Indonesian Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology), Prof. Rhenald Kasali, Ph.D (Founder, Rumah Perubahan and Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business University of Indonesia), Salman Subakat (Co-Founder, ParagonCorp), Donald Wihardja (CEO, MDI Ventures), Megawaty Khie (Regional Managing Director, Avanade Southeast Asia), Dharma Simorangkir (President Director, Microsoft Indonesia), Najelaa Shihab (Founder, Sekolah Cikal and Karier.mu), Dudi Arisandi (Chief People Officer, Tiket.com).

The conference will also present a technology partner and startup showcase—a platform for collaboration among corporations, technology communities, and startups to present innovative ideas and solutions for the future.

Astranauts 2025 engages companies both within and outside Astra Group, including Lexus Sales Operation, Astra Honda Motor, Astra Otoparts, Astra Komponen Indonesia (ASKI), AstraPay, Surya Artha Nusantara Finance (SANF), Astra Infra, Astra Graphia, and Astra Graphia Information Technology (AGIT), in partnership with EY, Hexagon, Alibaba Cloud, Avanade, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Indonesia x Metro Data, Google Cloud Indonesia x Data Labs, Microsoft Indonesia, and others.

Astra’s commitment to strengthening Indonesia’s digital and technology ecosystem is evident through initiatives like Astranauts—aligned with its mission to prosper with the nation while supporting Indonesia’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

 

For further information, please contact:

Putri Permatasari
Head of Media Relations
PT Astra International Tbk
Telp. 021-508-43-888

 

About Astra:

Astra is one of Indonesia’s largest public companies, comprising 301 subsidiaries, joint ventures, and associate companies, supported by more than 190,000 employees. The company’s diversified business model creates synergies and opportunities across industry sectors including automotive & mobility, financial services, heavy equipment, mining construction and energy, agribusiness, infrastructure, information technology, and property. The company has a new sustainability framework which includes Astra’s 2030 Sustainability Aspirations. It will guide Astra in the transition journey to be a more sustainable business by 2030 and beyond. Astra wishes to contribute to the strength and resilience of the Indonesian economy while supporting an inclusive and prosperous society.

Astra has a strong record of public and social contributions through four pillars, which consist of health, education, environment, and entrepreneurship as well as nine foundations to contribute to the growth of the Indonesian economy while encouraging a more inclusive and prosperous society. Established in 2010, Astra’s Semangat Astra Terpadu Untuk (SATU) Indonesia Awards program, has recognised the contribution of 726 young Indonesians at the national and provincial level across the nation. The SATU Indonesia Awards program is integrated with Astra’s wide range of community activities through more than 1,500 Desa Sejahtera Astra and Kampung Berseri Astra in 35 provinces throughout Indonesia.

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