Snapdragon® AI Lab Build & Present Challenge
Qualcomm
Snapdragon® AI Lab Build & Present Challenge: Stages and Timelines
Solution Submission Round
The proposed solution must be designed, developed, or intended to be optimised for Snapdragon-powered HP PCs.
All that you need to know about Snapdragon® AI Lab Build & Present Challenge
Participants are invited to submit proposals aligned with the AI use case development. The proposed solution must be designed, developed, or intended to be optimized for Snapdragon-powered HP PCs. A proposal may be newly created or, if it existed before the Submission Period, significantly modified to add AI models from Qualcomm AI Hub or other open-source platforms.
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Eligibility Criteria
- Residents of the Republic of India who are 18 years of age or above may participate.
- Each participant is responsible for securing any required authorization or permission from their employer.
The Challenge is not open to:
- Individuals residing outside India.
- Individuals affiliated with government agencies or state-owned entities.
- Restricted Persons.
- Organizations involved in the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Challenge.
- Employees, representatives, and agents of Promotion Entities, and members of their immediate family or household.
- Other individuals involved in the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Challenge, and members of their immediate family or household.
- Any judge, or a company or individual that employs a judge.
- A parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate of an excluded organisation.
- Any individual or organisation whose participation would create a real or apparent conflict of interest, as determined by the Sponsor and/or Administrator.
Submission Guidelines
What to Submit
The proposed solution must be designed, developed, or intended to be optimised for Snapdragon-powered HP PCs.
Proposal Requirements
- The proposal may be newly created.
- If the proposal existed before the Challenge Submission Period, it must have been significantly modified to add AI models from Qualcomm AI Hub or other open-source platforms.
- The proposal must be the work and/or idea solely owned by the participant.
- Only one submission per participant is permitted. If duplicate or multiple submissions are received, only the first will be considered eligible.
- A submission cannot be changed after it has been properly submitted on the Challenge Site. Participants should double-check all intake-form fields before submitting.
Evaluation Criteria
Criterion
- Technical Implementation
- Application Use Case &Innovation
- Deployment & Accessibility
- Presentation & Documentation
Tie-breaking: Ties will first be resolved by comparing scores in the first applicable criterion listed above, then the next applicable criterion as needed. If a tie remains across all criteria, the judges will vote.
Prizes & Rewards
1st Award
One Snapdragon X2 Plus-powered HP Omnibook Ultra; opportunity for a Qualcomm internship, subject to eligibility requirements; and opportunity to showcase the innovation at a Qualcomm event.
2nd Award
One Snapdragon X-powered HP Omnibook 3; and opportunity to showcase the innovation at a Qualcomm event.
3rd & 4th Awards
One year of executive mentorship from Qualcomm leaders, including quarterly virtual engagement sessions focused on technology, innovation, leadership, and professional development.
All Participants
Certificate of Participation.
*Award limitation: A participant may not receive more than one award. Awards are subject to the full conditions in the Official Rules.
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Rights in submissions and final submissions remain solely with participants, except for Intellectual Property Rights originally owned by the Sponsor, its affiliates, or third parties other than the participant.
Key Terms & Conditions
- Participation is subject to acceptance of the Official Rules and the Sponsor’s decisions, which are final and binding.
- All submissions must comply with applicable laws, third-party intellectual property requirements, and the content standards stated in the Official Rules.
- Entrant Materials must not contain confidential information or trade secrets. Submissions and Entrant Materials will not be treated as confidential and may be made available to the public.
- The Sponsor reserves the right, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to modify, extend, suspend, or terminate the Challenge by prior written notice.
- The Sponsor may disqualify participants who breach the Official Rules or violate the spirit or legitimate operation of the Challenge.
- All Entrant Materials must be submitted in English or accompanied by the English translations specified in the Official Rules.
Important dates & deadlines?
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30 Sep'26, 11:59 PM IST Registration Deadline
About Qualcomm
A San Diego, California, based global telecommunications equipment and Semiconductor Company, Qualcomm Incorporated derives most of its revenue from chipmaking and the bulk of its profit from patent licensing businesses. The company gets its name Qualcomm from ‘QUALity COMMunication’ and was founded on July 1, 1985, as contract research and development center largely for government and defense projects, by seven former Linkabit employees led by Dr. Irwin Jacobs. Led by Jeffrey W. Henderson as its Chairman, Steven Mollenkopf as its Chief Executive Officer and Cristiano Amon as its President, the company employs more than 35,400 people around the world and has 224 offices in 224 locations around the world.
Organization Structure:
Category-wise Products:
- SoC :
- WHS9420
- SiRFstar V 5ea
- Qualcomm Atlas VI
- QCC5100 Series and 59 more.
- Chipset:
- WSA8815 Smart Speaker Amplifier
- WCD9341 Aqstic Audio Codec
- Quick Charge 3.0
- QCC300x Product Family and 60 more.
- Modem:
- Snapdragon X7 LTE Modem
- Qualcomm 9205 LTE Modem
- MDM9206 IoT Modem
- Snapdragon X50 5G Modem and 6 more.
- System on a Module (SoM):
- Snapdragon System-in-Package
- Development Board:
- Environmental Sensor Board
- CSRmesh Development Kit
- Platform:
- Vision Intelligence 400 Platform
- Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform
- Snapdragon Automotive 5G Platform
- Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform
- Snapdragon 820 Mobile Platform
- Snapdragon 850 Mobile Compute Platform and 50 more.
- Processor:
- Snapdragon Wear 3100 Platform
- Snapdragon 810 Processor
- Snapdragon 670 Mobile Platform
- SDM632 Processor and 36 more.
- Development Kit:
- Smart Audio 200 Platform Development Kit for Amazon AVS
- Smart Audio 200 Platform Development Kit
- Remote Control Development Kit
- Mesh Networking Development Kit for Amazon AVS
- CSR101x Starter Dev Kit.
Solutions:
- Internet of Things:
- Consumer Electronics
- Smart Cities
- Smart Home
- Voice and Music
- Mobile Computing:
- Smartphones
- Tablets
- Laptops
- Automotive:
- Infotainment
- Telematics
- Networking:
- Home Networking
- Carrier Networks
- Enterprise Networks
Mergers & Acquisitions:
- Scyfer B.V.: a company affiliated with the University of Amsterdam that has built artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for companies worldwide and in a number of different industries, Scyfer B.V. was acquired by Qualcomm Technologies in August 2017, as a measure to focus on the implementation of AI on end devices, i.e., smartphones, cars, robotics and the like—to ensure that processing would be possible without or with a network or Wi-Fi connection.
- Stonestreet One LLC: acquired by Qualcomm on September 24, 2014, Stonestreet One LLC is a software company specializing in Bluetooth software solutions.
- CSR Plc: a leading fabless developer of end-to-end software and semiconductor solutions for the IoE (Internet of Everything) and automobile divisions, CSR Plc, was acquired by Qualcomm Global Trading Pte. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, in August 2015 at an enterprise value of approximately $2.2 billion ($2.4 billion equity value).
- Ikanos Communications, Inc.: a high-functioning broadband networking semiconductor and software supplier facilitating both principal office and home gateway solutions, Ikanos Communications, Inc., was acquired by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated namely Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., in September 2015 for $2.75 per share in cash amounting to $47 million.
Corporate Social Responsibility:
The mobile technology industry is ever-changing, and public discussion on the responsibility of firms across a series of sustainability problems is as always unfolding; and hence, it is quintessential for Qualcomm that its sustainability strategy reflects the world around and anticipates its future business and sustainability objectives. Prioritizing the sustainability issues that are most important to the Company’s business and key stakeholders, who include communities, nonprofit organizations, employees, governments, investors, suppliers, and customers, it focuses its programs, reporting, and resources on the following six topic areas:
- Transformative Technology: Solutions for a sustainable world.
- Sustainable Product Design: Protecting people and the planet.
- Security and Privacy: Advancing data security beyond the mobile ecosystem.
- STEM Education: Cultivating tomorrow’s workforce.
- Inclusion and Diversity: Building a Business that exhibits the world.
- Ethical Governance: striving to perform operations with the greatest level of honor, respecting its clients, business associates and each other.