What’s in it for you?
If you're still not convinced, we have plenty of incentives to finally convince you: By delivering prize money, exclusive events, collaboration programs or even funding opportunities our program will enable you to give your career, your concept or your startup the boost it deserves.

- Collaboration opportunities
During the collaboration phase, the challenge finalists will work together with the challenge provider on their approaches. If the solution meets a high level of quality, APG is open for follow-up partnerships like potential licensing opportunities or network access after the Challenge, in addition to the prize money. - Prize pool
By participating in this challenge, you have the chance to win attractive prize money. The winners of each challenge will receive EUR 4,000 and EUR 1,000 will be awarded to the second place. By reaching (and concluding) the final collaboration phase you therefore secured your prize money. - Social Media prize
Your social media activities will also be rewarded! Share your steps, processes, or progress with us and post about the ekipa events, the challenge providers and our collaboration. In the final event, one final team from the entire AI & Data Science Innovation Program will be honored with the Social Media prize of EUR 500.
To take part make sure to tag all your social media posts with the following hashtags:
#AIProgram #TeamName #ekipa - Personalized Certificates
By participating in this challenge, you will receive a personalized certificate which confirms your participation in the challenge of the AI & Data Science Innovation Program. You will receive your certificate by the end of the program from us via mail. - Exclusive events & mentoring
If you are selected as one of the two final teams from the qualification phase, you will have exclusive access to our ekipa Innovation Bootcamp and Final Event. In these, you will not only pitch your solution to a jury formed by representatives of the respective sectors, but you also receive coaching sessions, listen to interesting keynote speakers and have the opportunity to network with representatives from businesses as well as other innovators. - Impulse paper
In order to give the developed solutions, the greatest possible appreciation and attention, all solutions of the final teams will be published in a joint paper of all initiators.
