AI & the Future of Work: Designing What Comes Next Challenge

Challenge

• AI & the Future of Work : designing what comes next
  • Context/Need:
    • This challenge is open to startups developing solutions that place people, their skills, roles, and experiences, at the center of AI-powered transformation.

Themes

• They’re looking for impactful, scalable innovations that address one or more of the following themes:
  • Activation & adoption: How can organizations move from scattered experiments to meaningful, company-wide adoption of AI?
  • AI upskilling : How can they democratize access to AI knowledge and capabilities across all roles and levels?
  • Role & experience redesign: How can AI elevate, rather than replace, the human experience at work?
  • Workforce shaping & opportunity mapping: How should they rethink structures, leadership, and workforce models in an AI-augmented economy?

Expected Solutions 

• If you’re building tools, platforms, or services that will define the next era of work, they want to hear from you.
• Take part in this challenge to gain visibility, connect with leading ecosystem players, and help shape a more human-centric future of work, powered by AI.

Rewards

• For the winner
  • 4-day pass
  • Pitch session at Vivatech (expert jury) & cocktail
  • ½ day coaching session by KPMG
  • Ecosystem and networking opportunities
• For the 2 selected startups
  • 4-day pass
  • Pitch session at Vivatech & cocktail

Selection Criteria

• Theme: You must address at least one of the four pillars of the challenge’s themes.
• Commercial Viability: The commercial viability including revenue generation & an active existing client portfolio (at least 2)
• Team: The composition and development potential of the team
• Scalability: Scalability of the solution in various contexts & according to user demands.
• Geography: Your startup is based in Europe.
• Business collaboration: Potential for collaboration with KPMG’s business line and its clients

For more information, visit Viva Technology.