2025 Finalists

2025

President’s Innovation Challenge

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Adaptive Reader

Adapting any book for every learner—personalized by language, reading level, and printed on demand.
AIRQUA

Transforming flood relief with air-generated water technology, delivering clean, safe water to families in urgent need during crises.
Bespoque

Incorporating an adaptive tailoring service into online checkout so people with disabilities can customize clothing from any retailer to meet their individual needs.
Blossom Academy

Creating pathways for underserved communities to develop digital skills, empowering them to access the evolving job market and boost their incomes.
Brain Exercise Initiative

Preventing memory loss through cognitively-stimulating exercises.
Core Biomedicine

Advancing cancer lineage therapeutics beyond genomics, with a focus on targeting cancer-specific core lineage-dependent pathways.
Dombelfarms

Providing access to high-quality agro products and technology-enhanced services to empower smallholder farmers feeding Africa.
Gurus Inc.

Helping vulnerable populations overcome barriers to long-term stability and community reintegration through providing housing, education, mentorship, and support services in a safe, affordable environment.
Halo Braid

Reducing hair braiding time from six hours to minutes, empowering hair stylists to double their business.
HydroHaul

Redefining the hydrogen value chain, linking consumers with producers affordably and flexibly.
IntuitiveMotion.AI

Vision-first, cost-efficient physical AI.
Katmai Computing

Developing quantum hardware you can hold in your hand.
Keles Keyless Expander

Standing out among conventional palatal expanders through its built-in activation arm.
Kura

Offering efficient, seamless, and reliable financial support for relatives and beneficiaries living abroad.
Laptis

Streamlining access to trusted substance use treatment.
Lexi

Delivering real-time AI medical interpretation to the 30 million patients navigating language barriers in healthcare.
Limax Biosciences

Treating internal and external injuries with a stretchable adhesive hydrogel.
Maka Media

Nurturing healthy kids by empowering parents to make confident, intentional screen-time choices.
Modulate Bio

Developing therapies to treat neurological disorders, including Essential Tremor, epilepsy, and anxiety.
Nadv.Rx

Providing audio discharge instructions after emergency department visits, empowering patients to take ownership of their care.
NuCyRNA Therapeutics

Redefining RNA-targeting therapeutics, starting in neurodegenerative diseases.
PeriPeach

Preventing severe tears from childbirth.
Pythia Diagnostics

Building a wearable device that predicts epileptic seizures by analyzing skin-released chemicals.
Radiate Biosciences

Redefining colorectal cancer screening with a blood test that delivers colonoscopy-level performance.
Regatta Bio

Developing cellular therapies to restore immune tolerance and prevent immune system-related diseases.
SAMI+

Equipping health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with AI-powered handheld ultrasounds, enhancing prenatal care.
Slam Out Loud

Using the visual and performing arts to enable children in India from disadvantaged backgrounds to find their voice.
Spatial Sense

Providing spatial learning products to students for a lifetime of STEM success.
SpiroSniff

Creating an affordable breathalyzer to detect lung cancer early, using sensors and AI for rapid, non-invasive, accessible screening.
SylloTips

Using AI to capture and reuse companies' undocumented knowledge, putting an end to the inefficiencies of word-of-mouth.
terraFlow

Blood-to-biomarker discovery engine
The Paal

Empowering smallholder farmers in India to harness the full potential of livestock farming.
Vital T

Building an endotracheal tube with integrated ultrasound and imaging to non-invasively monitor critical hemodynamics in ICU patients.
Vocadian

Using voice AI to predict and manage fatigue risk, empowering a safer, healthier, and more productive workforce.
Wyndergy

Harnessing wind power to increase range for electric vehicles and eliminate range anxiety.

And the Winner Is...

On May 7, 25 finalists will pitch live and learn who wins a share of $517,000 in Bertarelli Foundation prizes.