A day and a half. Eight teams. Six tracks. One bet: build something with AI that we'll actually ship.
Wednesday is for building. Thursday is for shipping the demo. Coaches roam both days.
Stretch ideas that span two tracks are fine — declare the primary track for judging.
Anything an end customer would directly see or talk to. Strong fit for design-heavy work and UX polish. Synthetic data only.
AI that makes sales and credit teams dramatically faster. Strong fit for teams comfortable with messy real-world inputs.
AI tools for Nexu employees doing day-to-day work. Lowest data-sensitivity track — great fit for teams that want to ship something usable fast.
The heart of Nexu's business model. Highest-impact and highest-skill. Strong fit for data + AI + BI talent. Synthetic underwriting data only.
Make the data team's outputs faster, richer, accessible. Remove the bottleneck where the rest of the company waits for data.
How Nexu creates, communicates, tests its product and brand. Strong fit for designer- and marketer-led teams.
Cross-functional by design — every team mixes dev, product, design, BI, data, and AI.
Fill one candidate at a time and hit submit. Each candidate lands privately in the organizers' Google Sheet — other teams can't see it. Submit as many candidates as you want; the goal is 3–5 per team by Tuesday night.
Each judge fills the card for every team. Your final score is the average of judges' weighted totals.
| Criterion | Weight | Score (1–10) | Weighted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business impact / problem fit | 30% | — | — |
| Use of AI — depth & craft | 25% | — | — |
| Feasibility / path to production | 25% | — | — |
| Demo quality & UX | 20% | — | — |
| Total | 100% |
The top 3 ideas get a named owner from leadership, a 4–6 week target to ship a v1, a small dedicated team, and a budget line for tooling and API spend.
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