⚡ AI For Business Hackathon
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Join us on April 18th 2026, at Audencia Atlantic Campus in Nantes, for a bold 1-day hackathon with 50 top builders.
Centrale Nantes Etudes is a Junior Enterprise part of CNJE that connects Centrale Nantes engineering students with companies to deliver missions in digital, engineering and sustainability.
For this event, Centrale Nantes Etudes is teaming up with:
- AWS User Group Nantes — local community part of the 590+ AWS User Groups globally organising meetups, workshops, and real-world projects around AWS solutions.
- Audencia Junior Conseil — Junior Enterprise part of CNJE connecting Audencia Business students with companies for strategy, business and consulting missions.
Mentors and jury members will join from leading AI and consulting companies including AWS, Orange Business, BNP Paribas, Alten, and more.
Teams will have 8h to build & pitch AI demos (real business use cases) to our Jury panel on Saturday evening.
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🗓️ Event Details
📍 Location: Audencia - Atlantique Campus, Nantes
📅 Date: Saturday, April 18th
👥 Participants: 50 (Teams: 1-5 people)
🧑💻 Format: In-person only
Food & drinks provided.
All participants must apply and be accepted individually.
Selected participants will receive confirmation 2 weeks before the event.
We’ll open a WhatsApp group to help you form teams.
Limited to 50 participants – secure your spot now!
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⏱️ Schedule – Saturday, April 18th
- 9am - 10am : Arrivals and networking
- Check-in
- Breakfast
- 10am - 10:30am : Opening Remarks
- Track and use cases presentation
- Partners presentations
- 10:30am - 6:30pm : Hacking
- Lunch at 1pm
- Submissions before 5:30pm
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm : Judging
- 5 finalists selected by our jury
- 7:30pm - 8:00pm : Finalists demos
- 5 finalists - 5 minutes each
- 8:15pm : Award Ceremony
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🏆 Prizes & Perks
We’re giving out €500+ in cash, credits, merch — and exclusive mentorship opportunities with our partners.
Whether you’re aiming to win or just build something ambitious, the top teams will walk away with:
- 💰 Cash prizes
- 🎁 AI credits & exclusive partner merch
- 🧠 Professional opportunities and mentorship sessions from AWS, Github, Alten, Cursor and more
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🧠 Jury & Mentors
Full lineup of Jury:
- Mick Levy, Directeur Innovation @OrangeBusiness
- Tugdual Grall, Solutions Engineer @Github
- Julieu Landuré, Organiser & Ambassador @AWS User Group @Cursor
More to be announced...
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🛠️ Our Partners
AWS User Group Nantes — local community part of the 590+ AWS User Groups globally organising meetups, workshops, and real-world projects around AWS solutions.
Wavestone — international consulting firm with 6,000+ consultants, supporting organisations worldwide in strategy, digital transformation, and technology adoption across business-critical challenges.
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