United States, April 29 -- The overall winner of the fifth global SAS Hackathon has developed an AI?driven system designed to identify Alzheimer's disease up to two years sooner than existing approaches.The DementAI team from UK?based consultancy Katalyze Data, a long-time SAS Partner, was named the 2025 SAS Hackathon Grand Champion at SAS Innovate, the company's global data and AI conference.The team's system, also called DementAI, analyzes existing clinical records and detects early risk signals for Alzheimer's. By flagging patients who show subtle patterns of decline before they have been referred to specialists, the solution gives doctors and clinical teams additional time to intervene with care and treatments when they are more effecti...