Google Japan Launches AI Challenge for 25th Anniversary, DeepMind's Heiga Zen Judges
heiga_zen · x · 2026-10-19
Google Japan is hosting the Google AI Challenge for its 25th anniversary, soliciting ideas for new apps and services built with Gemini, Notebook, AI Studio and Antigravity. Open free of charge to students, engineers and creators with multiple entries allowed, across three tracks (Life & Family, Work & Learning, Society & Planet): 25 finalists get 3 months of Google AI Pro, and the Grand Prize includes a US Google event invite and a ¥100,000 gift card. Judges include Google DeepMind Director/Tokyo lead Heiga Zen (the poster) and comedian Crystal Noda. Entries close Nov 30, results in Jan 2027.
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