Final Briefing Day: Ask, Fix and Submit Your Nestlé Vietnam Application Before It's Final

⚠️ Registering for Final Briefing Day does not submit an application.

🗓️ Thursday 19 November, 3:00-4:00pm Vietnam time (4:00-5:00pm Malaysia/Singapore), on Zoom. The second and final briefing of the Nestlé Vietnam AI Reinvention. Missed the first one on 12 November? This is your chance to put your clarification questions to the Nestlé Vietnam team, live.

📌 Want your application in our preliminary review? Submit it on BeyondPilot by Monday 16 November, 23:59 ICT.

👉 OPEN YOUR APPLICATION ON BEYONDPILOT

Applications close Sunday 22 November, 23:59 ICT. After that, what you've submitted is final.

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One hour, two jobs.

New since 11 November, or missed the first briefing? Bring your clarification questions. You'll put them to the Nestlé Vietnam team, live, before you write a proposal you'd have to rewrite.

Already applied? Hear what our preliminary review found across submitted applications, then fix yours while it still counts.

Either way, you leave knowing exactly what to do before applications close on 22 November.

A draft with every field filled in is still an incomplete application.

Let me guess how yours looks right now.

The use case is picked. The proposal is mostly written. You're waiting for one more answer, one more round of edits, one quiet evening to "do it properly."

So it sits in draft.

You're not alone. As of 11 November, roughly 4 in 5 applications on BeyondPilot were still drafts.

Here's the problem. We only review applications whose status says Submitted. A draft doesn't count, even when every field is complete. Not "almost there." Incomplete.

And at 23:59 ICT on 22 November, whatever is submitted is what goes forward.

So we're giving you a trial exam first.

Most programmes give you one shot. You submit, you wait, you find out.

We'd rather you see the feedback while you can still use it. Here's how it works:

1. Submit by Monday 16 November, 23:59 ICT. Get your application to "Submitted" on BeyondPilot.
2. Tuesday 17 November: preliminary review. We read every submitted application. Nobody is shortlisted and nobody is cut. It's the trial exam, not the real one.
3. Thursday 19 November: Final Briefing Day. We share what the review found, consolidated across applications.
4. Until Sunday 22 November, 23:59 ICT: refine. Submitted applications stay editable until the deadline. Use the feedback, tighten your proposal, done.

That's three days between hearing the feedback and the deadline. Enough to fix what matters. Not enough to start from zero.

🎙️ What you'll walk away with

• What the preliminary review found. The patterns across submitted applications: what made a proposal easy to assess, and what left reviewers guessing. You'll be able to hold yours up against it, line by line.
• The latest from the Nestlé Vietnam team. What's new since the first briefing on 12 November, so you're working from the current brief.
• Live answers to your clarification questions. The data, the systems, what "good" looks like for your use case: the things a written brief can't tell you. It's the last live Q&A before the deadline.
• Submission tips you can use that same evening. The fixes that take an hour, not a week.

Missed 12 November? You're not late.

You're just in time for the last one.

The first briefing was where providers put their clarification questions to the Nestlé Vietnam team. If you joined us after that, this is your seat at the table. Ask about the use case you're targeting, hear the latest update, and leave with the same submission tips as everyone else.

Send your question when you register. It helps the right person prepare a proper answer.

One warning: don't wait for the 19th to start. Start your application today. If you can submit by 16 November, you're in the trial exam too. Either way, a draft won't count on 22 November.

"I came on 12 November. Why come back?"

Fair question.

The first briefing was about the brief: what the Nestlé Vietnam team needs, and why. This one is about your answer: how your application reads to the people assessing it, and what to fix before it's final.

Different hour. Different job. And it's the last one.

What you're probably thinking

"If I submit now, I'm locked in." You're not. A submitted application stays editable until 22 November, 23:59 ICT. Submitting early just gets you into the trial exam.

"Mine isn't good enough to be reviewed yet." That's exactly why the review exists. Nobody is shortlisted or removed on 17 November. Better to find the gaps now than after it's final.

"I'll submit on the last night." Most people will. They'll also miss the feedback, and they'll be one slow upload away from a draft that doesn't count.

"I only found this programme after 11 November. Am I too late?" No. The deadline is the same for everyone: 22 November, 23:59 ICT. Ask your clarification questions on the 19th, start your application today, and submit by 16 November if you can.

"Everyone else had the first briefing. I'm behind." You're one hour behind, and this is that hour: a live chance to ask the Nestlé Vietnam team your questions, plus their latest update.

🧭 How it runs

60 minutes on Zoom: the preliminary review findings, the latest update from the Nestlé Vietnam team, submission tips, then open Q&A with your clarification questions. Send your question when you register so we can prepare a proper answer.

There's no recording, so block your calendar now and join on time.

👥 Who should come

• New since 11 November, or missed 12 November? Come with your clarification questions for the Nestlé Vietnam team. Start your application before you arrive.
• Submitted already? Come to sharpen it. You can edit until the deadline.
• Still in draft? Come to finish it. Better still, submit by 16 November so you're in the review.

Solo builders, student teams, startups, scale-ups, software vendors, integrators and consultancies with a working AI solution are all welcome.

📅 Key dates

• 16 Nov, 23:59 ICT: submit to be included in the preliminary review
• 17 Nov: preliminary review (a trial exam, no shortlisting)
• 19 Nov, 3:00-4:00pm ICT (4:00-5:00pm MYT/SGT): Final Briefing Day, on Zoom
• 22 Nov, 23:59 ICT: applications close, and submitted applications are final
• 27 Nov: every applicant hears back
• 15 Dec: Matching Day, in person, Ho Chi Minh City

👉 Three steps, in this order

1. Register for Final Briefing Day on this page and send us your question: a clarification for the Nestlé Vietnam team, or one about your application.
2. Start or submit your application on BeyondPilot by 16 November, 23:59 ICT.
3. Check your status says Submitted, not Draft. Then come on 19 November ready to make it better.

🚀 About the Nestlé Vietnam AI Reinvention

GenAI Fund runs the Nestlé Vietnam AI Reinvention with our partner Nestlé Vietnam, on BeyondPilot. There are 27 AI use cases, each with an owner on the Nestlé Vietnam side, plus an Open Category for solutions they didn't list. You need a working prototype, pilot or product, and the ability to support a pilot in Vietnam. You keep your IP.

GenAI Fund works with 6,000+ startups and builders, has made 500+ enterprise matches and runs 100+ active AI PoCs.

Organised by GenAI Fund · Partner: Nestlé Vietnam · Applications on BeyondPilot