
The AI & Analytics for Business Award
AIAB is proud to partner with Venture Lab to offer the AI & Analytics for Business Award for the 2022-23 Startup Challenge. These monetary awards are given to the teams that best exemplify the usage of innovative artificial intelligence in their business model. The application is open until January 22, 2023.
Previous Winners
2023 Winner

EmployAI
EmployAI is a decision intelligence platform for ecommerce executives that provides actionable strategic insights in boardroom-ready slides and an interactive dashboard.
Tara Balakrishnan, WG’23, Amelia Cohen, WG’23
2023 Winner

Groov
Groov uses proprietary 3D phone-scanning to sell fully-custom “athleisure orthotic” insoles to the mass market, conveniently and affordably.
Daniel Cataldi, WG’23
2023 Winner

PopEye
PopEye is the world’s first autonomous anchor-monitoring system for large commercial vessels. At the intersection of mechanical design, electronics, and computer vision, our “camera-in-a-box” both solves the problem of anchor loss, malfunction, and danger, and takes the first step toward fully autonomous, more sustainable anchoring.
Nicholas Anderson ENG’23, Orestis Skoutellas, ENG’23 GEN’23 W’23, Jacob “Rocco” Bendell, ENG’23, Mario Ferre, ENG’23, Benjamin Abt, ENG’23 GEN’24
2022 Winner

PitchPrez
An actually-useful AI coach for business communication.
Jack Zhang, C’24, Alice Liu, Jack Lee
2022 Winner

Shinkei Systems Corp.
Shinkei Systems builds robotics minimize fish waste and multiply shelf-life. From 1.2B lbs caught every day, as little as 1 in 3 fish make it to a plate; we can save the fishing industry more than $50B annually.
Saif Khawaja, W’21, G’23
2021 Winner

Félix
A chat-based platform for sending money from the United States to Mexico.
Bernardo Garcia, WG’21, Manuel Godoy, WG’21