A Test of True AI Mastery The clock struck 4:00 PM on January 16th, and the digital gates opened. For our team at System in Motion, and for six other ambitious teams, the 2026 French Tech AI Hackathon had officially begun. The challenge was a complex, real-world problem from L’Oreal China. The mission was clear — yet immediately intimidating: scale the training of thousands of Beauty Advisors across a market as vast, fragmented, and fast-moving as China.
