Deadline: 5 May 2025
They invite startups to build scalable, people-centric innovations that leverage AI to transform how they work, learn, and collaboration, from activation and upskilling to role redesign and workforce strategy.
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.
- Context/Need:
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.