Registration is now open for the Global Prompt Engineering Championship 2025 — the world's largest generative AI competition — and Dubai is the destination. Organised by the Dubai Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DCAI) under the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF), the championship invites AI talent worldwide to compete for AED 1 million in prizes.
What Is the Global Prompt Engineering Championship?
The Global Prompt Engineering Championship is an international competition that tests participants' ability to craft precise, creative, and high-performing prompts across four generative AI categories: Art, Video, Gaming, and Coding. It is the largest event of its kind in the world and forms a centrepiece of Dubai AI Week.
The 2025 edition runs April 22–23 at AREA 2071 inside Emirates Towers, under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.
How the Competition Works
Registration closes on March 22, 2025, at challenge.dub.ai.
Twenty-four finalists — six per category — will be selected from the global pool to compete live in Dubai. On day one, competitors face category-specific challenges; the strongest performers from each group advance to the final round on day two, where the overall champion is crowned and the AED 1 million prize pool is distributed.
A specialised judging panel evaluates contestants on three criteria: speed, accuracy, and the quality of AI-generated output.
Dubai AI Week: A Global Stage for AI Talent
The championship sits at the heart of Dubai AI Week 2025, the UAE's flagship annual AI gathering. The event helps cement Dubai's reputation as a global hub for artificial intelligence innovation and talent.
Last year's championship drew thousands of entries from nearly 100 countries, with participants from Lebanon, Egypt, India, Singapore, France, the UK, and the UAE. The 2025 edition is expected to attract even greater international participation.
How to Register
Competitors can sign up before the March 22 deadline at www.challenge.dub.ai. Participants compete in one of four categories — Art, Video, Gaming, or Coding — and are judged on prompt engineering performance under live competition conditions.
