Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 kicked off with eleven attempts, including the first AI category. Day one concluded with $260,000 awarded and STAR Labs taking an early lead. DEVCORE Research Team successfully escalated privileges on Red Hat Linux via integer overflow, earning $20,000. Summoning Team exploited NVIDIA Triton, but the bug was known, resulting in $15,000. STAR Labs SG achieved SYSTEM-level access on Windows 11 using a UAF and integer overflow, winning $30,000. Theori successfully escalated to root on Red Hat Linux, despite using an N-day bug, receiving $15,000. Summoning Team secured the first-ever AI category win with a Chroma exploit, earning $20,000. Marcin Wiązowski escalated privileges on Windows 11 with an Out-of-Bounds Write, earning $30,000. Team Prison Break escaped Oracle VirtualBox with an integer overflow, winning $40,000. Viettel Cyber Security exploited NVIDIA Triton, but the bug was known, earning $15,000. Out Of Bounds earned $15,000 for a type confusion escalation on Windows 11. STAR Labs used a UAF in the Linux kernel to escape Docker Desktop, earning $60,000.