About the challenge

Welcome to the adventure!
Get ready for 36 hours of innovation, collaboration, and data-driven finance where creativity meets analytical thinking.

The PolyFinances Datathon 2025 is more than a competition — it’s a deep dive into the real world of finance, data science, and artificial intelligence.
You’ll work with talented students from diverse engineering backgrounds to tackle complex financial challenges and bring technology to the heart of decision-making.

This is your chance to explore how data and AI can shape the finance of tomorrow.
Expect intensity, teamwork, learning, and a touch of adrenaline — all in one unforgettable weekend.

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Who’s behind the event?

PolyFinances
PolyFinances is the finance specialization program at Polytechnique Montréal, uniting engineering students passionate about understanding and transforming financial markets.
Its members actively manage a real portfolio exceeding $120,000, while organizing conferences, simulations, and competitions to bridge engineering and applied finance.

Main Partner – La Caisse
Formerly known as the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), La Caisse is one of the most influential institutional investors in Canada and among the largest worldwide.
With over $500 billion in assets under management (2025), its mission is twofold:

• Grow the savings of more than 6 million Quebecers over the long term;

• Actively contribute to Quebec’s economic development.

Together, PolyFinances and La Caisse bring you an event that combines academic excellence, financial insight, and technological innovation.

• Financial intelligence: relevance & explainability
  Analyses must be useful, clear, and easy to understand, with choices explained simply and models that are transparent to build trust and support decision-making.
• Use of AWS technologies & services
  The architecture must be solid, modular, and well-designed, make efficient use of AWS services, integrate easily with other environments, and remain performant and reliable even at scale.
• User experience & application performance
  The application must be fast, stable, and responsive, provide clear visualizations that highlight financial impacts, and offer a smooth, consistent, and intuitive experience from start to finish.
• Presentation, storytelling & tool showcase
  The presentation must be clear and impactful, tell a compelling story that showcases the tool, highlight its unique strengths, and stand out through a professional and polished format.