Privacy-Preserving AI Hackathon - Entrepreneur First, Hugging Face and Zama.

​We are calling all builders interested in coding the next generation of privacy preserving ML applications using Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE), and Zama Concrete and Concrete ML libraries.

​​The challenges

​Work on the future of privacy. You have 48 hours to build a fully functional, privacy-preserving application using FHE. Final themes will be disclosed a few days before the hackathon.

​​​Builders will leverage datasets from the Hugging Face and Zama Ecosystem and will be coached and mentored by leading engineers from Zama and Hugging Face.

​​A Selective Hackathon

​Only 50 spots are available for builders across Europe.

• ​​Presence of industry leaders

  • ​​​Top technical mentors from Entrepreneur First, Hugging Face and Zama.​​ An exceptional jury including people from Entrepreneur First, Hugging Face, Zama and Lunar Ventures.

• ​​Winning team

  • ​1st place: ​​€3,000

  • ​2nd place: €2,000

  • ​3rd place: €1,000

  • ​​​Exclusive Entrepreneur First, Hugging Face and Zama goodies

​The schedule

• ​Thursday 26.09 - 6:30 PM: Introduction to the hackathon, meet all participants at the Zama office with food and drinks.

• ​Friday 27.09

• ​9:30 AM: Hackathon starts

• ​12 AM: Lunch provided at the office

• ​7 PM: Dinner provided at the office

• ​8 PM: Office shutdown

• ​Saturday 28.09

  • ​9:30 AM: Hackathon 2nd day starts

  • ​12 PM: Lunch provided at the office

  • ​5 PM: Ceremony and awards

​The conditions​

• ​This is a fully in-person event in Paris.

• ​Food and drinks will be provided.

• ​You can join as a team or individually.

• ​Apply now to secure your spot.

​Additional information

​This Hackathon is co-organized by Entrepreneur First, Hugging Face and Zama.

• ​Keep up with our latest news on X: @zama_fhe, @join_ef, @HuggingFace

• ​Get familiar with Zama’s open source Concrete ML library

• ​Check out some Hugging Face spaces already built with Concrete ML