The Argusa AI Challenge
Compete with fellow data enthusiasts in a thrilling weekend-long challenge and conquer real-world problems.
ARE YOU READY TO SHOWCASE YOUR AI AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SKILLS?
The Argusa AI Challenge is here!
Compete with fellow AI enthusiasts in a thrilling weekend-long challenge and conquer real-world problems.
Forge new connections, unlock exclusive opportunities, and triumph in this epic adventure.
Don't miss your chance to ignite your passion for all things data and AI. Limited spots available.
PICTURE THIS
You are stepping into the shoes of an elite team of Consultants, called upon to assist a company shrouded in complexity and information overload.
The CEO needs your help to make sense of it all, and fast.
Your mission begins at home, over the course of two intense days. You're granted exclusive access to a trove of internal documents, waiting to be explored and exploited.
You and your team must build a powerful tool, one capable of parsing the noise, uncovering the truth, and answering any question thrown at it.
You design, test, and refine. You explore, interpret, and connect the dots. You are asked not only to find answers, but to prove those answers make sense.
Your solution will be put to the test, if you pass, you'll present on the third day.
On the third day, it’s showtime.
Before a live jury, you will unveil your solution. You’ll walk through your approach, defend your design choices, and demonstrate your tool under real-time pressure. Unexpected questions will test your system and your composure.
Only the most prepared, most adaptable teams will thrive.
The Argusa Challenge is back, and it’s more demanding than ever.
Can you bring order to the unstructured? Can you build the tool that extracts meaning from the mess?
It's time to find out.
Schedule
DAY 1 - Saturday, November 1st 2025:
9.00 am CEST :
You will be tasked to create an AI-based software to help a (fictional) company draw insights from their large collection of files in various formats.
You will have two days to build your tool (the 1st and the 2nd of November 2025).
DAY 2 - Sunday, November 2nd 2025 :
5.00 pm CEST :
You will be asked to submit your solution. Based on criteria shared with the challenge participants on Day 1, there will be an automated ranking, and the top 7 teams will be invited to present their solution later in the week.
DAY 3 - Wednesday, November 5th 2025
1:30 pm CEST:
The top 7 teams are required to arrive at 1:30 pm CEST at which time they will have some time to process a new set of inputs with their solution.
3:00 pm CEST:
All the participants are invited to attend this final show-down between the top 7 teams.
The top 7 teams will present their solution live to the audience and the judges.
They will present their solution live to the audience and the judges. Each team will have 15 minutes to
- Give a pitch : explain and defend their solution architecture (5 minutes)
- Demo their solution, the quality of the results obtained in this demo will be rated live by the panel of judges (5 minutes)
- Discuss the performance and answer questions from the judges (5 minutes)
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What is the Argusa AI Challenge?
An opportunity for you to showcase your AI engineering skills, by extracting valuable business insights from a large and complex dataset.
Why should I participate in the Argusa AI Challenge?
As a participant you will receive a digital badge that you can put on your LinkedIn profile, showcasing the skills you've demonstrated during the challenge. If you finish in 1st, 2nd or 3rd place you will also receive the prizes listed in the prizes section.
Who can participate?
The challenge is open to everyone!
Do I have to pay to participate in the Argusa AI Challenge?
No, participation is absolutely free. Refer also to the question “What should I need for the event?” below
In what language will the challenge take place?
The challenge will be in english, including the instructions, datasets and task descriptions. However, you are free to pitch your results in both French or English.
How will the challenge work?
Day 1, November 1st 2025, 9:00 am CEST.
You will be provided with the dataset and question set. More details about the challenge will be communicated closer to the challenge (last week of October).
You will have two days to build your tool (the 1st and the 2nd of November 2025).
Day 2, November 2nd 2025, 5:00 pm CEST.
Based on criteria shared with the challenge participants on Day 1, there will be an automated ranking, and the top 7 teams will be invited to present their solution later in the week.
Day 3, November 5th 2025, 3:00 pm CEST.
All the participants are invited to attend this final show-down between the top 7 teams.
The top 7 teams will present their solution live to the audience and the judges.
What should I need for the event ?
A computer or laptop with your favorite coding environment installed. You can use whatever tools you like: any AI-oriented language or framework is fine.
You will also need access to an LLM. You are required to have your own API key and pay for its use. From our internal tests, we estimate that you will not need more than 10 francs.
Can I join the AI Challenge alone, or do I need a teammate?
The challenge is designed for teams of 2, but teams can be anywhere between 1-3 members. Upon signup you can either register as a team or as an individual. If you register individually you can specify whether you want us to match you with a teammate.
How many teams will be participating?
We are accepting a maximum of 20 Teams. Sign up now because space is limited!
But I still have some questions...
No problem, reach out to us at datachallenge@argusa.ch