Event
The 2026 Goldman Sachs Analyst Impact Fund Finals
Goldman SachsAsahi Pompei, David Fagenbaum, Anne Victoire Oriel, Gavin McCormick, Richard Cormack, Julie, Wendy Gorman, Juan Caballero, Jamie Schreiber, Richie, Megha, Katarina, Adeline, Paris, Harshad, Gaspar, Helena, Pablo Salami
- EveryCure projects repurposing existing drugs could be five times faster and 500 times less expensive than traditional development, with a $250,000 grant expected to enable the review of an additional 2,000 drug-disease matches annually.
- WattTime forecasts that by 2030, data centers will consume as much energy in a single year as New York City consumes in 18 years, and plans to invest $250,000 across four quarters in 2027 to build a public AI emissions index, anticipating a 10% global AI data center emissions cut by indexing over three-quarters of world AI labs.
- Thorne projects that within five years of deploying Project Prevent, over 83 million CSAM photos will be prevented, utilizing $220,000 of a grant for a four-phase development initiative to make children's images resistant to AI manipulation at the source and $30,000 to develop the Thorn Search AI chatbot to centralize evidence-based guidance.
- Thorne emphasizes the urgency of acting on AI-generated abuse now before further AI capabilities increase, while Build Change estimates up to 40% of the world will lack adequate and safe housing by 2030.
- Build Change plans to expand its retrofit program into Manila's 4 million-person population by adding microfinance partners and cooling upgrades, and scale a pilot in Indonesia into a permanent program in West Java for six million at-risk people.
- Build Change intends to invest 70% of its budget in workforce development to teach local builders resilient building standards and 30% to strengthen BCTAP AI capabilities for assessing damaged homes and generating region-specific recommendations.
- Build Change expects to reach 20,000 people and assess 2,000 homes by September 2027, aiming to join Goldman Sachs Executive Office's vetted non-profit list for long-term partnership following major disasters.
- Participants detailed competition preparation strategies, including daily presentations to groups of three or four, studying past winners like Jacaranda Health and One Billion for engaging elements and stage presence, and pivoting from a simplistic pitch to a technical approach based on George Kevin MD's advice.
- Participants described cross-divisional team dynamics formed at New Hire Orientation or in elevators, noting that meeting in New York was motivating, while agreeing to resolve differences of opinion by prioritizing the charity and occasionally working alone for hours or weekends to reach conclusions.
- Participants reflected on the importance of defining a core message by identifying key elements rather than removing detail, with one noting that stopping efforts to copy others to embrace natural styles received the best feedback, and another expressing that representing Build Change was a gratifying experience.