2025 IBM Call for Code Global Challenge for AI tech solutions ($285,000 USD cash prize)

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Application Deadline: Ongoing

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 IBM Call for Code Global Challenge. For 2025, we’re broadening the scope of the Global Challenge, with extra themes and extra probabilities to be acknowledged all year long so that you simply’ll have extra Opportunities to deal with the problems you’re most enthusiastic about fixing, and develop your generative AI expertise within the course of. The 2025 Global Challenge will ask:

How can progressive, generative AI know-how solutions deal with social and humanitarian points to make an actual difference for communities all over the world?

Requirements

There are some ways you possibly can construct an important staff, however essentially the most profitable groups typically carry collectively various ability units to design distinctive and impactful solutions. Consider problem-solvers with different expertise when assembling your staff.

Builders

The tech mastermind of your staff. The builder is the methodical, digital-obsessed teammate who brings the technical know-how to assist floor your answer in what’s potential.

Designers

Your UX skilled who ensures the answer is user-friendly and visually interesting. Designers carry inventive imaginative and prescient to technical drawback fixing, making what you construct smooth and easy-to-consume.

Communicators

Good communicators make complicated concepts easy and galvanizing. Your staff’s calculating hustler is important in articulating the issue and succinctly defining how the answer could make a difference in a profound, distinctive, consumable means.

Humanitarians

Altruistic thinkers who perceive the complicated issues at hand in a very human means and are dedicated to discovering an answer to make a demonstrable difference. This inspirational lead of your staff considers the communities in want, whereas additionally pondering like the person consumer.

Prize

Teams of 1-5 folks can compete for the next prizes:

Qualifying Hackathons

$5,000 US

Plus 1 convention cross per staff member to IBM TechXchange Conference 2025 in Orlando*

Eligible Call for Code profitable tasks from every qualifying hackathon will transfer on to eminent judging for the Grand Prizes.

Global Challenge Grand Prizes

First place: $50,000 USD
Option for answer implementation assist from the Call for Code ecosystem
Second place: $20,000 USD

Third place: $5,000 USD
Top 3 groups have the chance for open supply assist from The Linux Foundation
University grant: $30,000 USD
whole to the highest scoring college staff’s faculty(s)

2025 Global Challenge Timeline

Sign up for any of 5 qualifying hackathons all year long. More particulars might be supplied as every occasion approaches. Check again for extra info.

March

AI Agent Hackathon for Clean Water, with IBM watsonx.ai

April

Lean AI Solutions Hackathon, with IBM Granite Models

May

Hackathon for Progress with RAG and IBM watsonx.ai

August

Call for Code qualifying hackathon

October

Call for Code qualifying hackathon

November

Grand prize judging

December

Grand prize winners introduced

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the IBM Call for Code Global Challenge