600 student teams compete in national startup competition

Thanks to the idea of ​​applying artificial intelligence to personalize the learning path, the AIthenos team - an alliance between FPT University and National Economics University - has won first prize at the national final round of the FPT Biz Talent 2025 startup competition.

AIthenos team won first place in Group A with a cash prize of 50 million VND and a trip to Singapore. Photo: LV

FPT Biz Talent is a startup competition organized by FPT University for students nationwide, from high school, intermediate, college, academy to university. Not only is it a playground for competition, the competition also provides opportunities for candidates to apply creative thinking, solve practical problems in the field of business, innovation, connect with experts, businesses and the startup community.

After 4 seasons, FPT Biz Talent 2025 returns, expanding its scale and dividing into 2 competition groups: Group A for University, College, Secondary and Academy students; Group B for High School students. Candidates will build startup plans combining the application of science and technology into business models in fields such as education, healthcare, agriculture , industry and many other fields. The best representatives from schools across the country present their complete startup projects at the final round of FPT Biz Talent 2025.

Ms. Pham Tuyet Hanh Ha, Head of the School Affairs Department of FPT University and Head of the Organizing Committee, said that this year's competition attracted more than 600 teams from 133 universities, colleges and high schools nationwide. This shows the interest of schools, teachers, parents, and especially students in starting a business and innovating.

Ms. Pham Tuyet Hanh Ha shared: “FPT Biz Talent is not only a playground where all young people have the opportunity to connect and receive support from the professional board and mentors throughout the competition, but also promotes the spirit of entrepreneurship. Imagine 10-20 years from now, the faces here will be the owners of economic and technology corporations. We put our trust in young people.”

In the Final Round with the theme “Take Off”, the Top 5 best teams in each group directly presented their projects and completed startup products to the judges. During the 15-minute presentation and 10-minute debate, the teams demonstrated the feasibility and commercialization potential of their projects.

The young people demonstrated their presentation skills and critical thinking in 25 intense minutes to defend their projects before the jury. After a challenging competition, AIthenos, a representative of the FPT University and National Economics University alliance, convinced the jury with a project applying artificial intelligence in education, winning the championship, along with a cash prize of 50 million VND and an experience trip to Singapore.

The best representatives from schools across the country presented their complete startup projects at the final round of FPT Biz Talent 2025. Photo: LV

AIthenos was born from the personal experience of Vu Trung Quan, a student at FPTU Hanoi, the project founder, when he was looking for a way to help his younger brother overcome his learning difficulties. From that practical need, Quan and his colleagues developed AIthenos, an AI application that personalizes the learning path for students. The highlight of the application lies in its ability to accurately identify the knowledge “gaps” of each individual, thereby designing a learning program suitable for their individual abilities, strengths and weaknesses. Unlike online learning platforms that apply a common curriculum, AIthenos offers a unique and flexible learning experience.

After nearly a year of testing, AIthenos has made its mark on the market with revenue of nearly 985 million VND, along with many positive feedbacks from parents and students.

Besides AIthenos team, representatives from other universities and colleges also made their mark in Group A of the FPT Biz Talent final round. NTVP team (BTEC FPT Ho Chi Minh City British College) won the second prize. The third prize went to DIMO - 3Dimension Motion team (FPT University Ho Chi Minh City). The encouragement prize was awarded to GreenTech UNETI (University of Economics and Technology) and Lezon (an alliance of FPT University, FPT Arena Multimedia and University of Economics, University of Danang).

In group B for high school students, team GROWINK (FPT High School Da Nang) won first prize, team FPT School Ha Nam won second prize, team Edunauts (FPT PolySchool Da Nang) won third prize and team KTNK (FPT High School Can Tho), The Squirrel Squad (FPT High School Quy Nhon) won consolation prizes.

The organizing committee of FPT Biz Talent awarded the second prize winning teams 40 million VND each, the third prize 20 million VND and the consolation prize 10 million VND.

Throughout the competition, the organizers held many workshops to help contestants gain more knowledge and skills about starting a business. In particular, the Top 10 finalists were assigned a mentor by the organizers to guide and advise the young people to improve and complete their business plans before presenting to the judges in the final round.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/giao-duc/600-doi-hoc-sinh-sinh-vien-thi-tranh-tai-cuoc-thi-khoi-nghiep-toan-quoc-20250915190542452.htm