2026 Semifinalists

2026

President’s Innovation Challenge

Out of 400+ applications, we've selected 180+ PIC semifinalists. These ventures represent all 13 Harvard schools and are one step closer to winning a share of $500,000+ in Bertarelli Foundation funding.

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An internal PIC selection committee reviews initial venture applications and selects the semifinalists.

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Brigance

Providing a free, always-on AI legal assistant that helps workers report wage theft by texting their story and automatically filing complaints on their behalf.
EVAL

Identifying citizen pain points and funding gaps in real time with agentic AI, enabling governments to allocate resources where they matter most.
Omni | X

Building interoperable AI to coordinate aerial, terrestrial, nautical drones and humanoid robots for crisis response and national defense.
Spatially

Helping rural governments convert legacy zoning maps into digital GIS data for easier updates, transparent planning, and better development decisions.
Surna Technologies

Building sovereign AI infrastructure that enables emerging and frontier economies to build, deploy, and monitor their financial systems in real time.
VoteNow

Making a mobile app that centralizes all dates, locations, and resources necessary to vote based off a user’s geofenced address.