Regulations
The Transatlantic AI Entrepreneurship Challenge is open to teams of students or recent graduates (within 2 years of graduation) from the four following institutions: Columbia University, Sciences Po, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne and Ecole Polytechnique
The Transatlantic AI Entrepreneurship Challenge welcomes applications for new, independent ventures in the seed or early start-up stages
Status of incorporation and funding already received must be clearly stated in the application
Teams must not have raised more than $150,000 (130,000 Euros) of diluted funding prior to February 1st 2027
The Transatlantic AI Entrepreneurship Challenge is intended for ventures founded, managed and owned by eligible founders (students or recent graduates from one of the four participating institutions within 5 years of degree).
At least one founder must be a student or recent graduate from one of the four participating institutions. Names and roles of co-founders who are not students or graduates from the four institutions must be clearly stated in the application
All AI Entrepreneurship Challenge finalists are expected to attend the DSI AI Summit to present their project
Winners must agree to release rights to use their images and brief descriptions of their projects for promotional purposes
- Eligibility is contingent on compliance with the rules listed above. Non-compliant teams can be disqualified at any stage, during the competition and prior to receiving funds at the administrators’ discretion