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Startup Competition Final: RAISE the STAKES | RAISE Summit 2026

Gleb Budman, Cyrille Saint Olive, Luke Pappas, Shahab Shafieehanjani, Cyril, Rodrigo, Kinga Matua, Charles

Raise Summit's Raise the Stakes 2026 competition attracted 750 founders from 79 nations who collectively hold $800 million in valuation, with the event judged by executives from Backblaze, Google for Startups, and NEA. The jury selected CurryGen as the top winner for its proprietary biological data workflows, while Neural Trust and Strawberry Browser secured second and third places respectively for their enterprise security and agentic browser platforms. This cohort of finalists represents a high-growth segment of the AI ecosystem that has already raised $56 million and is poised to address urgent market needs in security, drug discovery, and workflow automation.