// CHALLENGES/ENGINEERING AIVEN'S INFRA ECONOMICS
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Engineering Aiven's Infra Economics

Aiven ships an 18-month, ~4M cost-line dataset from production: 4 clouds, 18 SKU families, 6 geo buckets, 6 service categories. Anonymised, structurally identical to what they use internally. No prescribed problem — pick an angle (forecasting, commitment optimisation, price-performance productized, deal optimisation by commit, anything sharper) and show Aiven something they hadn't already seen. Live demo only — no video, no slides-only.

Datasets + full brief on the public Notion hub →

// PRIZE
€2,000 · winner takes all · most-surprising team

// DEADLINE
Sun 15:00 · strict, no late submissions

// HOW TO ENTER
Pick this track on your team page, then submit by emailing the partner before the deadline. Organizers are cc'd automatically.
Pick this track →Submit via email →
// THE BRIEF

Aiven ships an 18-month, ~4M cost-line dataset from production: 4 clouds, 18 SKU families, 6 geo buckets, 6 service categories. Anonymised, structurally identical to what they use internally. No prescribed problem — pick an angle (forecasting, commitment optimisation, price-performance productized, deal optimisation by commit, anything sharper) and show Aiven something they hadn't already seen. Live demo only — no video, no slides-only.

Datasets, full brief and submission format live on the public Notion hub. Read it carefully before you start.

// JUDGING CRITERIA
CriterionMax
Insight
Did you show Aiven something they hadn't seen — the 'huh, didn't know we could see that' moment?
10
Craft
Real, polished demo. Lives on a laptop, runs on stage, doesn't break.
10
So-what
Real decision, real money, real customer — make the room feel why Aiven should care.
10
FULL RUBRIC ON THE PUBLIC NOTION HUB
// SUBMISSION

The deadline is strict at Sun 15:00. Submissions go by email to the partner — clicking Submit via email opens a pre-filled draft from your client.

// TO
stijn@aiven.io
// CC (auto)
meri.heikkinen@aaltoes.com, olivia.ronnemaa@aaltoes.com
Submit via email →
// TEAMS BUILDING · 10
AETHER LABS· 2
CHILL· 1
DOOR HANDLE· 2
HELIOS ONE· 1
MARGIN CALL· 4
PÄRINÄBOYS· 3
SEAWEED DIET· 3
BOBS· 1
TEAM AIVIBE· 3
TINY BEES· 3