ALPHA Innovation (in association with WiSAR and CoLab) is the location for anyone from the West – North West who wishes to participate in the National AI Challenge taking place from 23 – 31 August in 5 regions across Ireland.
Are you interested in forming a team?
Do you know someone that would benefit from getting involved?
If you have an early stage business idea or if you have identified a problem or challenge that could be solved using AI, this one-week AI Challenge (neo hackathon) could be exactly what’s needed to shape your concepts into solutions or plans inspired by the philosophy of ‘AI Here for Good’.
More Details:
• National AI Challenge Calendar
• Challenge Guidelines
• Sign Up link (at least 3 members per team required). In the location drop-down, select ‘ALPHA Innovation’ as your preferred hub.
• Technical and non-technical people are welcome.
Win the chance to showcase your project to senior leaders from the likes of Boston Scientific, Fexco, Google, Jaguar Land Rover, OpenAI and 100+ experts and investors.
Teams are invited to build applications or business plans using AI tools. Teams will be provided access to AI Studio, ChatGPT-4o, Gemini and more for one week: 23rd to 30th August.
Challenge Focus:
• This Challenge is inspired by Ireland’s national AI strategy theme ‘AI for Good’
• Suggested Topics can be found here …or you can choose your own
Timeline:
• Friday 23 August (Online) – Join launch evening info session online
• Saturday 24 August (In-Person) – kickoff for West-North West participants
• Monday – Friday 26-30 August – Teams work on their own steam
• Saturday 31 August (In-Person) – Donegal teams gather to finalise demos and present
• The expert panel select the winners, who will represent the NW region at the National AI event
Why participate:
• OpenAI and Google will provide you with their resources & tools: ChatGPT-4o (OpenAI); Ai studio, Gemini; Cloud credits; Cloud Platform (Google)… plus a range of APIs
• Check-in session with industry people (locally and nationally)
• Access to specialists, coaches, and mentors
• 1 overall winner selected from the region
• Team represents the region at the National AI Meet Up in Galway on Thursday 5 September
• Demo live on stage to an audience of senior leaders, 100+ experts and investors
• Exposure to Boston Scientific, Fexco, Google, Jaguar Land Rover, OpenAI
• Multiple awards, e.g. ‘Best business plan’, ‘Most practical idea for real world’, etc.
• All participants receive recognition for participating in the National AI Challenge
If you have any other questions about the challenge, contact Alpha Innovation.
Applications close on Sunday 18 August
Good luck!
