AI Battle Royale - 5 teams, 1 crisis, 45 minutes to briefing!

​AI Battle Royale

​Welcome to the AI Battle Royale - a high-stakes, 2-hour analytical workshop designed to test the limits of both human intellect and artificial intelligence.

​The Setup We are gathering 20 to 30 participants and splitting them into 5 competing teams of 4 to 6 people. Each team will be assigned a completely different analytical toolkit. These toolsets will range across the spectrum of modern analysis: from traditional, manual baseline methods to advanced, structured AI pipelines. Please bring a laptop you can use public AI tools on!

​The Challenge All teams will be handed the exact same unified corpus of reference documents. This is a massive, ~140-160 page data dump of completely real, open-source material. It is intentionally designed to be far too large for any single person to read within the time limit.

​Your team has exactly 45 minutes to work through six structured analytical questions and synthesize the chaos into a clear, 3-minute verbal brief. You will deliver this brief directly to an expert judge acting as the "Minister".

​The Stakes

​You aren't just racing the clock; you are competing against the other methodologies. The judge will score each team on:

• ​Completeness: Did you cover the critical risk areas?

• ​Structure: Is the brief logically organized with clear priorities?

• ​Evidence: Are you citing specific sources, or just going off vibes?

• ​Insight: Did you surface non-obvious connections that required cross-document analysis?

​Following the showdown, we will hold a structured debrief to uncover the reality of these different approaches. We’ll discuss where the tools saved time, where teams got frustratingly stuck, and what surprised us all the most.

​Will the most advanced AI win, or will traditional analytical grit carry the day? Join a team, choose your weapons, and find out.