
WHY TAKE PART IN THE STARTUP COMPETITION?
The Chatbot Startup Competition is designed to give startups a unique opportunity to pitch and demo their startup to leading investors, brands, technology leaders and the general attendees.

Once In A Life Time Opportunity

Great Exposure
Gain significant exposure for yourself and for your startup

Gain Insights
Gain significant exposure for yourself and for your startup

Win Prizes
Gain significant exposure for yourself and for your startup

ELIGIBILITY
Your startup must be related Chatbots or adjacent technologies
Your startup raised no more than $5M in funding
Your startup should have an MVP in place
Individuals cannot be members of more than one team of applicants
Applications must be submitted in English
Startups who have applied in the past may apply again
THE JUDGING PROCESS
1. Each application will be reviewed according to defined criteria.
2. The top 5 applications will be announced at the Chatbot Summit opening plenary session
3. The startups will have 3 minutes (+2 minutes for questions) to pitch their idea and product in front the judges and an excited audience.
4. The judges will rate each of the startups. The winner will be announced at the closing keynote of the Chatbot Summit
Prizes:
In addition to the exposure and the chance to win some fame and glory, winners of the startup will receive the following prize (*final prizes will be announced later on)
- Free consulting hours from a leading attorney firm
- Free consulting hours from a leading consulting firm-
- 2-4 Complimentary tickets to the next Chatbot Summit (all top three winners).
- Complimentary startup booth for the next Chatbot Summit (1st place only).


COMPETITION TIMELINE
Nov 15: Chatbot Summit Startup Competition opens for pre-registration.
Dec 15: Application submission begins! A link will be sent to your email by this date if you are eligible to participate.
Jan 7: Application submission deadline
Jan 14: The top 5 finalists will be announced and invited to a live pitch at the Chatbot Summit.
Jan 31, 2018, at 14:00: Competition finals at the Chatbot Summit Tel Aviv 2018!
Jan 31, 2018, at 16:00: Winner Announcement at the closing keynote!