Winners of 2024

Discover more about the AI Pitch Competition winners and the details of the Finale!

We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the AI Pitch Competition 2024! After an intense and inspiring Finale, nine startups emerged victorious, each claiming a unique prize. This year’s competition highlighted groundbreaking ideas, transformative solutions, and the brightest minds in AI.

Each of our nine winners stood out in their respective categories, showcasing innovation and potential to shape the future. Their hard work, vision, and commitment to leveraging AI for positive impact have earned them recognition and valuable support to further their missions.

Grand Prize: TouchPulse

TouchPulse empowers visually impaired individuals with AI tools that communicate crucial environmental details, enhancing their independence. Winning the Grand Prize of €50,000 will help them bring their transformative technology to even more people in need.

One-minute pitch by TouchPulse

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

TouchPulse developed Navis, an AI-powered navigation system for people with visual impairments. It provides real-time route guidance, adapts to changes in public transport or construction, and allows users to interact naturally by asking questions about their journey.

Runner-Up: Dembrane

Dembrane’s AI tool turns conversations into structured insights, helping organizations understand and respond to complex group sentiments. Their innovation was recognized with the Runner-up Prize of €35,000, which will help them expand their impact and further develop their technology.

One-minute pitch by Dembrane

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

Dembrane is redefining democracy in decision-making processes with AI-driven dialogue tools. Their platform captures every idea, ensures all voices are heard, and turns conversations into actionable insights that help organizations accelerate their impact.

Second runner-up: Aevai Health

With its AI-driven chatbot, Alva, Aevai Health has transformed data collection for biobanks, making it more efficient and cost-effective. For their innovation, Aevai Health was awarded the Second Runner-up Prize of €25,000 to further enhance medical research through streamlined data collection.

One-minute pitch by Aevai Health

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

Aevai Health created AVA, an intelligent hybrid chat agent that keeps biobank research participants engaged and informed. AVA simplifies data collection, reduces costs, improves research quality, and enhances the overall experience for participants.

Audience Award: Brainbite.ai

BrainBite offers a platform that customizes learning experiences for children, making education both engaging and effective. Their commitment to accessible, tailored learning was recognized with the Audience Award of €10,000, empowering them to expand their reach to more young learners.

One-minute pitch by BrainBite.ai

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

BrainBite is building an AI-powered education platform that brings one-on-one, personalized learning to every child. Using interactive lessons with historic and cultural figures, the platform adapts to each learner’s needs – making education more inclusive, engaging, and accessible worldwide.

Entry ticket to Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2025: MoreMovement

MoreMovement makes motion analysis easy for sports and therapy with AI-powered insights, supporting athletes and therapists alike. Their efforts to simplify body movement analysis were recognized with an Entry ticket to the Hello Tomorrow Global Summit 2025 in Paris, offering them an opportunity to connect with global innovators and expand their impact.

One-minute pitch by Moremovement

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

MoreMovement developed an AI-powered app that helps prevent falls among the elderly. By identifying high fall-risk individuals at home, the platform enables timely interventions that reduce ER visits, save lives, and support healthier aging.

6-months coworking space at Grasso: Maps Untold

Maps Untold personalizes travel with AI-generated maps that help adventurers find unique destinations based on their interests. Recognized for enhancing travel experiences, they were awarded a 6-month co-working space at Grasso, supporting them as they expand exploration opportunities for travelers worldwide.

One-minute pitch by Maps Untold

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

Maps Untold is creating a digital concierge for hotels and vacation parks that guides travelers to hidden local gems. By personalizing city exploration with AI, the platform supports sustainable tourism, boosts local businesses, and helps visitors experience destinations in a more authentic way.

3-months coworking space & tickets to Willem II: BigLife

BigLife uses image recognition to prevent piglet mortality in farrowing pens by alerting sows when they accidentally lie on piglets. Their practical approach to improving animal welfare earned them a 3-month co-working space at Erasmus Enterprise and tickets to a Willem II football match to support their growth and connect with other innovators.

One-minute pitch by BigLife

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

BaiTech created BigLife, an AI camera system designed to prevent piglet suffocation on farms. By detecting dangerous situations and triggering sound cues that prompt the sow to stand up, the technology aims to save millions of piglets each year while making pig farming safer and more sustainable.

1-hour media training by Innovation Origins: Meterd

Meterd helps organizations manage utility usage and transition to sustainable energy with smart IoT and data science. Their efforts were recognized with 1-hour media training by Innovation Origins, which will help them enhance their communication and effectively share their vision for a greener future.

One-minute pitch by Meterd

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

Meterd is an enterprise software platform that combines IoT smart metering with AI-driven data analysis to help companies track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy, and water use. It supports organizations in cutting costs, streamlining ESG reporting, and meeting new EU sustainability standards.

1-hour coaching by an investment manager: Exergy

Exergy is optimizing chemical industry processes with AI to increase efficiency and sustainability. Their efforts were recognized with 1-hour coaching by an investment manager from Erasmus Enterprise, helping them refine their strategies and accelerate their mission of driving sustainable innovation in the chemical sector.

One-minute pitch by Exergy

Watch the one-minute pitches from our 2024 winners. These capture each startup’s idea they brought to the stage, from their problem, their solution to their ambition.

Exergy applies AI hybrid modeling to accelerate innovation in the chemical industry. By turning plant data into actionable insights, their platform enables predictive maintenance, prescriptive analytics, and a 20% reduction in innovation cycle times – cutting costs and environmental impact while boosting ROI.

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