European AI Championship Paris

​🇪🇺 The European AI Championship Paris

​The European AI Championship comes to Paris. 24 hours. 200 hackers. €10,000 in cash prizes.

​The European AI Championship Paris is the Paris regional stage of the European AI Championship, the European cyber and AI competition led by CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. 🛡️🤖

​We're bringing together 200 of the best students in ML AI engineers for a 24-hour overnight hackathon in Paris. The event is co-organized by PoC Innovation and CISPA, in partnership with Meta More partners to be announced soon…

​📍 PRACTICAL INFO

​📅 Dates: Saturday, November 21 to Sunday, November 22, 2026 🕘 Schedule: From 9:00 AM on Saturday to 4:00 PM on Sunday with a introduction on Friday before the start

​👥 Teams: 3 to 4

​📍 Location: Paris (exact venue shared with selected participants)

​⏳ Registrations close: November 8

​🎟️ Registration are Free to attend and Limited in capacity: 200 participants.

​All applications are reviewed by the organizing team. Selected participants will receive confirmation 1week after the closing of registration

​🌙 On site Overnight hackathon, the venue stays open all night Dinner, night snacks, breakfast and lunch provided to all hackers

​🛠️ Support Mentors on site throughout the hackathon

​Before event day:

​📅 SCHEDULE (subject to minor changes)

​Friday, November 20 19:00 Introduction Talk

​Saturday, November 21 ☕ 09:00 · Check-in and welcome packs 🎤 Morning · Opening keynote by Meta, challenges revealed 🏁

​Noon · Hacking starts 🌙 Afternoon and night · Mentoring, dinner, snacks

​Sunday, November 22 🥐 Morning · Breakfast and final sprint 🛑 Noon · Hacking ends, demos in front of the jury 🏆 Afternoon · Deliberation and award ceremony 👋 16:00 · End of event

​🏆 PRIZES

​€10,000 in cash prizes, offered by Meta 💰

​⚖️ JUDGES

​To be announced…

​💻 WHAT TO BRING

​Laptop, charger and ID. Please only apply if you can attend the full event. ✅

​See you in Paris! 🗼