Apply to VivaTech 2026

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Apply to VivaTech 2026

New year - new VivaTech challenges! Viva Technology is one of the largest innovation & technology events supported by Orange Group. Every year new challenges are launched and startups propose solutions to tackle them. Check out this year challenges below and apply now!

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27/01/2026
Applications open
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09/03/2026
Applications close
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13/04/2026
Winners announcement
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17-20/06/2026
10th edition of VivaTech

Challenges

Live Intelligence ecosystem

GenAI for business

Context: Orange Business launched Live Intelligence to accelerate GenAI adoption for businesses of all sizes worldwide. With an intuitive interface, it simplifies onboarding, prevents shadow IT, and enhances efficiency via intelligent agents. This SaaS platform supports multiple LLMs for both beginners and experts, hosted securely within Orange infrastructure. Orange seeks innovative startups to develop solutions for a dedicated AI store, focusing on SMBs, customer and employee experience, operations, and digital infrastructure, driving value and innovation.

What are we looking for? Participants are invited to propose innovative AI Agents or SaaS applications using LLMs to solve business challenges. Using the Live Intelligence platform, they will develop scalable, user-friendly solutions that enhance operational efficiency and deliver value. Focus areas include software engineering, legal negotiations, contracts, industrial maintenance, and legacy IT automation. Solutions will be evaluated on robustness, sovereignty, strategic alignment, and business potential. Finalists will showcase their solutions to potential customers and partners.

Home Platform Experience

our Livebox is yours

Context: prplOS is an open-source OS for Fiber and Fixed Wireless Access gateways, enabling rapid service development on a standardized platform. Many manufacturers, including Orange’s Livebox, are adopting it, creating a unified path for innovators to build native, scalable services. Orange is expanding prplOS as the main software for its gateways across France, Europe, and the MEA region. Its flexible “containers” allow third-party apps, fostering innovation with benefits like low latency, local data processing, privacy, and reliability, driving seamless ecosystem integration.

What are we looking for? We seek innovative startups developing new services for the Livebox prpl OS. Solutions can be local, standalone, or hybrid, with some functions on the gateway and others on the cloud, accessible via smartphone or web. Focus areas include connectivity, IoT, security, safety, privacy, entertainment, content streaming, elderly care, network improvements, and customer support. The goal is to enhance broadband experiences for consumers and SOHO markets, demonstrating the value of on-device or hybrid execution, with an emphasis on user-friendly interfaces and innovative use cases.

Cybersecurity & Quantum

Context: Orange, a leader in secure networks, employs over 4,000 cyber experts to ensure compliance, protection, and response. Integrating AI adds value but also expands the attack surface, including data, prompts, models, and agents. To secure AI adoption, Orange needs advanced real-time monitoring and penetration testing. As a multinational, it also faces the challenge of transitioning to post-quantum cryptography, requiring all solutions to meet next-generation security standards by 2035 across diverse regions and complex systems.

What are we looking for? Orange has established strategic partnerships and seeks solutions to accelerate AI and PQC adoption with minimal disruption. We aim for secure governance of AI and agents, AI-assisted penetration testing, automated cryptographic discovery and inventory with monitoring, and cryptographic agility for seamless algorithm updates. Solutions must use standardized algorithms and protocols (IETF, 3GPP, ETSI, ISO/IEC) for interoperability, security, and compliance. Preference is given to European applicants for cryptographic inventory solutions.