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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Adalat AI

Building India’s first end-to-end justice technology platform to address systemic inefficiencies in the judicial system.
Art Academy Plus

An online education platform that aims to empower young artists in China to pursue global higher education opportunities in creative subjects.
Care Hero

An AI-powered home care marketplace that connects families with certified caregivers to deliver personalized, insurance-covered home care.
Dray

The first dedicated non-alcoholic retail concept in Massachusetts, carrying over 300 products across all non-alcoholic adult beverage categories.
Edensign, Inc.

Building the “Canva for reimagining space,” an AI-powered platform that helps anyone redesign, visualize, and realize spatial ideas.
Enlaye

An AI-native platform that helps construction teams identify, quantify, and mitigate risk across the entire project lifecycle.
FieldData

An AI-powered operating system for farms across Latin America — capturing data effortlessly and turning it into decisions that drive productivity and sustainability.
FIND Neuro

Revolutionizing drug-resistant epilepsy surgery with an FDA-path clinical decision support platform.
HumanTruths

A social innovation platform using AI-powered voice agents to capture rich, real-time behavioral data from communities in low- and middle-income countries.
Maka Kids

The first kids' streaming app built on child development science, not engagement algorithms.
Mona

Automating business capital access with AI agents.
MonitAir

The remote patient monitoring platform built for sleep medicine: helping practices monitor CPAP adherence, close care gaps, and get reimbursed for it.
Oxyverse

Transforming neurocritical patient care by providing real-time, noninvasive brain monitoring through a wearable device.
PathCision Medicine

Developing tissue-informed precision therapeutics with superior delivery and efficacy for cancer and other complex diseases.
Qalam Health Solutions

Enabling surgeons to detect bone cancer cells in tissue margins with innovative tools during surgery to prevent cancer recurrence and optimize patient care.
SPORO Health

Streamlining patient chart reviews for physicians, which takes them up to two hours per day.
Stock68, Inc.

Building an AI-powered all-in-one operating platform for the food distributors.
Studio 3e8

Delivering a fully integrated hardware, software, and materials ecosystem for desktop metal 3D printing that makes professional-grade fabrication affordable, compact, and easy to use.
The One Care

OneCare is a voice-first coordination layer that automates care logistics without requiring clinicians, non-clinicians or families to learn new software.
Third Pole Solutions

Launching the Madad Electric Cookstove (MEC) Project to distribute 50,000 electric stoves in Northern Pakistan.
Unified Track

An AI-powered platform that helps high school counselors reduce absenteeism and improve graduation rates.