Launch of Vivatech 2025 challenges: An exclusive opportunity for startups
We are excited to announce the launch of the Vivatech 2025 Challenges — an initiative that provides startups with a unique opportunity to showcase their innovations and collaborate with industry experts.
- Gain more visibility with potential investors
- Network with other innovators and industry experts
- Benefit from the support of experienced professionals
Why take part?
- Gain exposure at global events
- Access the Orange Fab acceleration program
- Benefit from strategic partnerships with Orange
Benefits
- Exposure to the leading global marketing and tech events, starting with four-day passes to VivaTech 2025, with the opportunity to exhibit.
- Access to Orange Open Innovation start-up acceleration facilities.
- Potential distribution agreement with our Europe and MEA business units via PrplWrt and New Calling DTC channels.
Rewards
- Innovation and market differentiation of the value proposition
- Business potential with the Orange teams
- Company's execution performance
- Quality of the team
Selection Criteria
Challenge №1:Telco as a platform
The first challenge invites startups to co-innovate with Orange to integrate a digital services platform.
Context
Orange is on the way to deploy one platform to deliver a wide range of services relying on an on-demand, secure and quality-driven infrastructure for B2B, B2B2C, Wholesale business, developers and partners at scale.
Expected Solutions
- Solutions to distribute compute at edge to improve performance and energy efficiency.
- In Smart Industry, solutions for predictive maintenance, overall equipment effectiveness monitoring, worker safety, augmented workers, and drone-based data collection to optimize processes.
- AI-driven solutions are needed to support production models, aggregate local data for KPI monitoring, detect near misses, and predict at-risk contexts.
- API embedding solutions to create new services or offer new API services.
Context
Orange is on the way to deploy one platform to deliver a wide range of services relying on an on-demand, secure and quality-driven infrastructure for B2B, B2B2C, Wholesale business, developers and partners at scale.
Expected Solutions
Challenge №2: Enriched services for consumer
The second challenge focuses on promoting innovative services via prplOS and New Calling. You are invited to propose integrated services that improve consumers’ daily lives, notably through mini-apps for calls.
Context
Orange together with other telcos open 2 new ecosystems for partners to transform the daily life of our customers at home and on-the-go. These initiatives leverage our local assets, including home services seamlessly integrated into the Livebox, repeaters, and other in-home devices, as well as mini-app services on-the-go, seamlessly embedded into audio and video calls on mobile devices. These mini-apps, activated during a call and displayed on the calling interface, are built using web technologies and APIs.
Expected Solutions
- AI-powered home gateway services, including enhanced LAN/Wi-Fi performance and cybersecurity, personal care assistance, user presence detection, and integration with IoT devices.
- Monetized New Calling mini-apps, featuring business card exchange, call summary notes, AI-driven enhancements such as Intelligent Agents and conversation analysis to enrich customer experiences.
Context
Orange together with other telcos open 2 new ecosystems for partners to transform the daily life of our customers at home and on-the-go. These initiatives leverage our local assets, including home services seamlessly integrated into the Livebox, repeaters, and other in-home devices, as well as mini-app services on-the-go, seamlessly embedded into audio and video calls on mobile devices. These mini-apps, activated during a call and displayed on the calling interface, are built using web technologies and APIs.
Expected Solutions
Challenge №3: Responsible Artificial Intelligence for the right use
Context
We seek partners to propose the best AI solutions for the right use.
Expected Solutions
- Aligning Technology with Purpose: innovative solutions to match tasks with the most suitable tools and technology (e.g. intelligent rerouting strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) for customization, and compression techniques for LLMs, etc.)
- Multi-Criteria Evaluation of AI Models: proposals for assessing generative AI models across multiple dimensions, such as cost, bias, safety, diversity, performance, and environmental impact.
- Designing a Responsible Technical Architecture: proposals for the best technical architecture for the AI solution for responsible use (e.g. cloud, user terminal, network edge, interoperability, hardware, etc.).
- Maximise the Positive Impact of AI on Society: solutions where AI can help Orange to contribute to a positive impact on society (e.g. the fight against global warming, accessibility, digital inclusion, trust).
We seek partners to propose the best AI solutions for the right use.
Expected Solutions
Challenge №4: GenAI-powered SaaS applications for B2B
Context
Live Intelligence provides multi-LLM capabilities, catering to both, new and experienced users. Solution delivered as a SaaS and hosted in Europe ensures flexibility and adaptability while maintaining secure data control. Orange Business seeks innovative startups developing GenAI-powered SaaS applications to help to build a dedicated marketplace. Startups are encouraged to utilize the Live Intelligence platform to showcase solutions addressing the needs of SMBs and larger enterprises.
Expected Solutions
Participants are invited to propose innovative SaaS applications that utilize one or more LLMs to address specific business challenges. Using the Live Intelligence platform, they will create scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency and deliver value to businesses. The focus is on developing user-friendly, impactful, and scalable solutions.
Live Intelligence provides multi-LLM capabilities, catering to both, new and experienced users. Solution delivered as a SaaS and hosted in Europe ensures flexibility and adaptability while maintaining secure data control. Orange Business seeks innovative startups developing GenAI-powered SaaS applications to help to build a dedicated marketplace. Startups are encouraged to utilize the Live Intelligence platform to showcase solutions addressing the needs of SMBs and larger enterprises.
Expected Solutions
Participants are invited to propose innovative SaaS applications that utilize one or more LLMs to address specific business challenges. Using the Live Intelligence platform, they will create scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency and deliver value to businesses. The focus is on developing user-friendly, impactful, and scalable solutions.
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JANUARY 6
Challenge opens
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MARCH 8
Challenge closes
3
APRIL 8
Selected Startups announced
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JUNE 11 - 14
VivaTech Paris
