Collect submissions
Two ways to add teams#
You can use both in the same project.
Add manually. From the project page, add each team yourself: name, project, pitch deck, and an optional note for the jury. Use this when applications already came through a tool you are not replacing this season.
Team submission. Publish a public submission page and share one link. Teams sign in with Google and upload their own decks — no email attachments, no accounts for you to manage.
What one complete entry contains#
| Field | Rules |
|---|---|
| Pitch deck | PDF, PPT, PPTX, or a Google Slides link. One deck per team, up to 50 MB. |
| Team and project details | The identifying fields your project asks for. |
| Note for judges | Optional context the team can add. |
| Entry status | Ready, incomplete, or submitted. |
Every submission follows the same structure, which is what makes missing information easy to spot before judging starts rather than during it.
Submission controls#
- Publish when ready. The submission page stays private until you publish it. Before publishing, its public address returns 404 — the page does not exist for anyone who guesses the link.
- Preview before publishing. Check exactly what teams will see before the page goes live.
- Open or restricted access. Accept submissions from anyone with the link, or only from approved email addresses.
- Set the window. Choose when submissions open and close. You can also close them when judging begins.
- Share by link or QR code. Link, QR code, Telegram, or X — whichever channel your teams already read.
- Automatically link invites. Add a team by email; when they sign in with the same Google account, their submission connects to that invite automatically.
The readiness check#
The project page shows three counts: what is ready, what is incomplete, and what still needs attention. Chase the exceptions, not the pile.
Evaluation can start once at least one entry is ready. Entries that are still incomplete when the run starts are not silently included — the batch reflects what was actually ready.
What teams experience#
The submission page states the program, the required materials, the deadline and when results are expected. Teams upload directly; there is no inbox to dig through on your side and no attachment limits to work around on theirs.
If you want a page to send your applicants, For applicants is written for them rather than for you.
A note worth putting on the form#
If AI is part of your evaluation, say so on the submission form in plain language, not in an appendix. The awkward version of this conversation is the one where a team discovers AI involvement after the results are announced. The honest framing is stronger than it sounds: every submission received a full read under identical rules, and humans made every ranking decision.
Next steps#
- Run an evaluation — what happens to a deck once the batch is ready.
- For applicants — the page to link from your own submission form.
- Security and privacy — who can see a deck once it is uploaded.