by HETIC
A student challenge to build AI agents that save founders time, on free or open-weight models only.
HETIC, a Paris-based digital school, invites higher-education students worldwide to design and ship an AI agent that saves measurable time on one concrete step of an entrepreneurial project, such as market research, lead generation or investor preparation, while keeping a human in charge of decisions. Every agent must run on models any participant can use for free (open-weight models or free tiers) and include at least one human checkpoint. No-code, low-code and code projects are all welcome. Teams of two to four. Judging runs from 19 December to 8 January and winners are announced the week of 11 January 2027.
Higher-education students aged 18 or over, worldwide, in teams of 2 to 4. Companies and professional organizations are excluded.
€1,000
EUR 1,000 in cash: 600 grand prize, 250 runner-up, 150 Critical Thinking by Design award.