KIDU × FAFGA | KI-Buildathon

Description

🔔 One day. Real challenges. €1000 prize money.The Chamber of Commerce Tyrol brings real problems from the catering and hospitality industry - you build the solutions. Live at the FAFGA, the largest industry trade fair in the west.No pitch deck, no concept paper. At the end of the day, there are functional prototypes, presented on stage in front of an audience and jury. Just build.What is it about?The FAFGA is the trade fair for gastronomy, hospitality, and design - and right there lie the most exciting AI projects: guest communication, inquiries and offers, planning, the whole everyday life behind the counter. Three businesses are bringing real challenges as challenge partners.Important to know: The challenges are not known in advance - they will only be presented on-site on the day of the event. Your team (or you) will then choose one live and work on it for a day.This format is not for spectators. Those who are there, build.For whom?For all levels. The best prototypes are created by mixed teams - technical thinking, industry knowledge, design sense, or simply a keen eye for problems: everything counts.Registration: individually or as a teamYou either register with your fixed team and build together - or you register individually, and we will assign you to a team.Tool-open. Truly.You build with whatever you are fastest with - your own stack, however you want. Additionally, there will be selected tool partnerships on-site with access and credits that you can use if you don't have access to something yourself. More information will come before the event.🎯 The day (roughly)→ Morning: Check-in, challenge selection, go. Those who want can get input on ideation and conception - it's an offer, not mandatory.→ Throughout the day: Build. Mentors are there, electricity and Wi-Fi too.→ Afternoon: Show & Tell on stage - approx. 3 minutes per team, no Q&A. Simply: Look at what we built.→ Afterwards: Announcement of the best solutions.Exact times will be communicated before the event via briefing email.🏆 Evaluation & prize moneyEach challenge has its own prize pool - real money, directly to the winning teams. Evaluation is done through a combination of expert jury and audience on-site - this determines the winning team for each challenge.What you build belongs to you: The intellectual property of your solution remains with your team.📋 What you bring✓ Laptop   ✓ Willingness to tackle a real problem in one day   ✓ Team - or yourself, we will find the rest💚 What it costsNothing. Participation is free, FAFGA entry for builders is free. You only need Sunday.⚠️ ImportantThe places are limited - register in time, either as a team or solo. Before the event, a briefing email will be sent with the schedule, challenge details, tool access, and evaluation criteria.About KIDUKIDU is the buildathon format of the Tyrolean AI community - supported by Libra Innovation, in cooperation with KINN. So far, 28 functional prototypes have emerged from four events. The AI buildathon at FAFGA 2026 is being created together with the Congress Messe Innsbruck. → kidu.atBy registering, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of participation.