Aotearoa New Zealand Challenges

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Best Digital Twin Solution

Best Digital Twin solution that enables community organisations to plan, manage, monitor and evaluate their environmental improvement initiatives

Go to Challenge | 4 teams have entered this challenge.

BudgetBuddie: Build a personal finance companion.

Create a personal finance personality tool that analyses and categorises New Zealanders' financial behaviors using open public data, integrating AI to offer personalised recommendations for kiwis to be better with their money.

Empower Kiwis to be better with their money.

Eligibility: • The tool must not act as a financial advisor such as providing financial advice on Kiwisaver, Investment options, Insurance and mortgages or any other loans.  Datasets to Highlight: • National Household Savings Rate (Stats NZ or similar sources) • Consumer Spending Patterns (government open data) • Household Debt-to-Income Ratios • Financial Literacy Data (survey-based datasets) • Investment Behavior and Trends (regional data from Stats NZ)

Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.

Planning NZ’s electrical energy needs versus our generation capacity

How can we utilise AI/ML/Gen AI technologies to help plan our electrical energy needs vs generation capacity to help avert/avoid the spot pricing issues that are impacting NZ business and households at present?

#Are higher energy prices avoidable?

Eligibility: New Zealand Only

Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.

SolarZero Challenge: Driving Climate Action Through Self-Service Solar Discovery

As part of our commitment to building a sustainable future, SolarZero invites innovators to help us transform how homeowners discover and adopt solar energy. In alignment with the 2024 Climate Change and Sustainable Public Policy theme, this challenge focuses on creating a cutting-edge, self-service tool that empowers homeowners to explore their solar potential independently. Solar energy is critical to reducing carbon emissions, and we believe that simplifying the solar journey is essential for widespread adoption.

Go to Challenge | 6 teams have entered this challenge.

International Challenges

AI in Governance

How can governments use AI to boost efficiency and transparency in public sector operations while addressing concerns regarding ethics, data privacy, and public trust?

#AI in Governance

Eligibility: Open to everyone.

Go to Challenge | 35 teams have entered this challenge.

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