Innovation · 3–5 weeks
Teams prototype real problems; your leaders choose what to pilot
Teams build agent prototypes on 3–8 real problems, each owned by a named leader, judged on value, commitment and risk, not pitch polish.
AI Challenge
Who it is forGovernment entities and companies; universities, for their students
Format3–5 weeks
Who designs and delivers our programs
Why it exists
Ideas are cheap to propose and expensive to test once money is committed
The challenge tests ideas on real problems first, so a pilot decision rests on a working prototype and an owner who wants it.
What participants will be able to do
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Build a no-code agent prototype in two days02
Work a real problem with the leader who owns it03
State the value case and the strongest objection to it04
Defend it with the three decision questionsOutputA working prototype per team, a ranked shortlist with owners, and a pilot-or-stop recommendation.
Measured againstEach prototype scored on value, commitment and risk by a panel with your sponsor.
How it runs
Weeks of preparation, then a two-day event that ends in a decision
First resultWorking prototypes, judged by your leaders, at the end of the event.
Preparation · 2–4 weeks
Problems and teams3–8 real problems, each with a named owner, and teams assigned
Event day 1
BootcampNo-code agent basics on the event’s platform
Build sprintEach team designs and builds its prototype
Event day 2
Build sprintPrototypes tested on the real problem
JudgingA ranked shortlist with a pilot-or-stop call
Details
What the program asks of you, and how it is assessed
Assessment
Judged with the three decision questions. Problem owners brief the panel but do not score their own problem.
What it asks of you
3–8 real problems with named owners, a sponsor who can commit a pilot, and two days for the event.
Editions
Every Edition. Universities run it for students, on a Cader Group sandbox.
Certificate
A Cader Group certificate, awarded only when the program’s output is produced.
