Santander X Global Challenge for startups and scaleups: a chance for LatAm companies to solve global hurdles

The Santander X Global Challenge | The AI Revolution is an exciting competition designed for startup and scaleup companies with innovative and scalable solutions in Artificial Intelligence.

Santander X Global Challenge for startups and scaleups: a chance for LatAm companies to solve global hurdles

The Santander X Global Challenge | The AI Revolution is an exciting competition designed for startup and scaleup companies with innovative and scalable solutions in Artificial Intelligence. Its purpose is to tackle the challenges of our fast-paced, interconnected world, driving accelerated progress towards new solutions that create lasting social and economic impact for millions of people.

This competition is supported by Microsoft and will be judged by a panel that includes this Big Tech company’s personnel. There will be six winning projects that will be rewarded with a range of benefits and opportunities.

The Santander X Global Challenge is an excellent opportunity for startups in Latin America to showcase their innovative and scalable solutions in AI. By participating in this competition, Latam startups can benefit from financial support, valuable mentoring, and exposure on Santander Group's portals and social media channels.

Additionally, they will have the chance to network with other startups and top industry professionals at the awards ceremony in Silicon Valley, which provides a unique opportunity to build valuable connections and partnerships that could help take their business to the next level.

Great rewards

Winning participants will receive financial support for the development of their solutions, with a total of €120k available (€10,000 per startup, €30,000 per scaleup). They will also benefit from promotion on some of Santander Group's portals and social media channels, driving local and global visibility and acknowledgment of their winning solutions. Additionally, one team member per winning participant will be invited to attend the awards ceremony in Silicon Valley.

You can check the call guidelines here

Open enrollment for the program will be available from March 14th to April 28th, with the deadline set for 12:59 AM (GMT+02:00). Applications will then be evaluated from April 28th to May 5th, after which the selection process will take place on May 5th.

You can apply here