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Our Finalists

The top 1% of startups fundraising right now. Q&As go live after pitches at 3:45pm BST.

Midio

Speed up development through visual programming
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Plot

A team of AI coaches to help people design careers true to who they really are
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Innerworks

Verifying humanity and identity through unique behavioural biometrics
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Lumina

AI-powered ERP for small and mid-sized businesses
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Salesforge

Using big data to generate sales pipeline with AI email co-pilots and autopilots
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

ScienceMachine

AI Data Analyst' for drug discovery
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Klea AI

A 3D AI language tutor on mobile
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Minimal

Access to microhubs, vehicles, and software for green logistics
Q&A live at 3:45pm BST

Vortex IQ

Transforms ecommerce data insights into automated actions using AI agents
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Bricks AI

AI devtool turning internal APIs into admin panels for CS and ops teams
Q&A live at 4pm BST

TextMine

Structured data for enterprise documents
Q&A live at 4pm BST

adclear.ai

Marketing compliance co-pilot for financial products
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Hulk Bio

Cell-based human milk, a new category of infant nutrition
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Willow

AI-driven platform for families to capture life stories collaboratively
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Communion

the AI native spend management platform for growth teams
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Up

Ticketing and content platform
Q&A live at 4pm BST

Toothfairy

Connecting patients with dentists for more affordable, convenient dental treatment
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Checkstep

AI content moderation and compliance to manage online safety for UGC
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

GatlingX

Superhuman hackbots powered by the fastest and cheapest EVM implementation in the world
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Cold

Task feed eliminating busy work for sales people that sits on top of any sales stack
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Esgrid

AI-powered supply chain sustainability platform for midcap enterprises
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Banani

AI-powered design teammate
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Space DOTS

Surveying space environments for insights that drive safer, more efficient interplanetary growth
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

Anathem

AI for front line workers in ‘high-stakes’ services
Q&A live at 4:15pm BST

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