Mistral AI Hackathon: Game Jam edition

​👾 About this AI Game Jam

​Build the future of gaming!

​​Mistral AI and the @spotlight team are excited to unite passionate game developers, builders and AI researchers for the next Game Jam in Paris.

​That's your chance to experiment at the intersection of AI and game development. The challenge: build a playable video game and innovate in gaming using Mistral AI models. No prior AI experience required - just bring your creativity and passion for gaming.

​Participants will get hands-on support from the best of both worlds - starring game developers, research scientists, and engineers from Mistral AI, Hugging Face, Nintendo, Photoroom, Scaleway, ElevenLabs & Nebius and our exclusive VC sponsor Balderton.

​​🎯 The Challenge

​​Let's see if you can build the best video game with AI! Each project must be playable and available online. Each game will compete for two prizes:

• ​Jury Prize (judged by gaming and AI experts)

• ​Community Choice Award (voted by players). The community choice awards will be hosted live by streamers on Twitch.

​​🗓️ Event Details

• ​​Date: from Friday, January 24th (10AM) to Sunday January 26th (3PM)

• ​Location : in the exceptional offices of Photoroom in the heart of Paris -> in person event

• ​​Participants: 100 spots

• ​​Prizes: $8K+ in cash and lots of other surprises

​​🧑‍💻 Setup and teams

​​Food and drinks will be provided.

​Teams of 5. Every participant must register and be accepted individually. We will open a discord channel closer to the event so you can form your teams.

Note that this is an in-person event. We won't be able to allow online participants.

​​🤝 What you'll get

​​Expect tools and hands-on mentorship from top experts across tech, gaming & entrepreneurship from:

• ​​Mistral AI : access to APIs, Mistral AI models and technical mentors ;

• ​​Hugging Face : access to compute resources, tools, and technical mentors ;

• ​Scaleway : access to GPUs and technical mentors ;

• ​ElevenLabs : free access to AI Audio platform, and 3 months off the creator plan for all Hackathon attendees ;

• ​Nebius : access to compute and technical mentors.

• ​Balderton Capital : access to pitching, mentoring & early stage building advice.

​​Lots of updates on the jury, mentors, ressources, and prizes coming soon!

​​Follow us on X for updates
@spotlightparis ; @MistralAI ; @join_ef ; @huggingface ; @photoroom_app ; @scaleway @balderton ; @nebiusai ; @elevenlabs