Deadline Date: April 13, 2026
ManpowerGroup is launching a transformative startup challenge to help organizations and workers navigate the evolving world of work by combining AI innovation with human insight.
The focus areas of this challenge include agentic AI for workforce delivery at scale, enabling always-on talent with human judgment where it matters most, and creating solutions where AI provides speed and scale while humans make critical decisions. Another priority is positioning skills as currency, putting people in control of their careers by making skills visible, portable, and actionable, ensuring individuals can confidently navigate technological advancements and evolving job landscapes.
This challenge invites startups to demonstrate how agentic AI can enhance workforce delivery, helping organizations fill roles quickly while humans provide the judgment calls that matter most. It also emphasizes solutions that empower individuals to own their careers, understand the fit of their skills, manage their personal data, and navigate the future of work proactively. By blending AI capabilities with human insight, these innovations aim to deliver results today while building skills and systems for tomorrow.
Eligible startups include those incorporated in the last eight years with fewer than 100 employees. Selection will be based on potential for human-first, AI-powered workforce transformation, originality and defensibility of the solution, scalability across markets and industries, the strength and vision of the team, and evidence of market traction or product-market fit.
For more information, visit VivaTech.
