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New Technology Pioneers Are Building Infrastructure For Next Era of AI Including Canada

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  • 100 start-ups from 23 countries selected to join the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers community.
  • This year’s cohort stands out for building the software and physical infrastructure needed to power autonomous AI systems at scale.
  • Companies are advancing breakthrough technologies in AI, energy, quantum computing, biotechnology, climate innovation, space and advanced manufacturing.
  • Learn more about the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 here. Follow on social media using #amnc26, #2026夏季达沃斯# and #InnovateScaleImpact.

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Geneva, Switzerland, June 2026 – The World Economic Forum has announced its 2026 Technology Pioneers cohort, recognizing 100 early-stage companies from 23 countries that are developing breakthrough technologies with the potential to transform industries and societies. The cohort reflects the growing geographic diversity of frontier innovation, with nine companies from India and record representation from the Republic of Korea.

What sets this year’s cohort apart is its focus on enabling the next era of artificial intelligence (AI). While recent advances have centered on models and consumer applications, many of the Tech Pioneers are building the software and physical infrastructure needed to AI at scale.

Two groups stand out: companies developing the foundations for autonomous AI agents, including identity verification, payments, security and enterprise integration; and those addressing AI growing energy, computing and storage demands.

Frontier Innovation

The cohort also reflects the expanding geographies of frontier innovation. India contributes nine companies, many focused on deep-tech and space innovation, while the Republic of Korea records its strongest representation to date across AI, robotics and quantum technologies. Companies from the Middle East, Latin America and South-East Asia are also strengthening their presence in emerging technology ecosystems.

“For 26 years, the Technology Pioneers community has been an early indicator of where technology is going,” said Verena Kuhn, Head of Innovator Communities, World Economic Forum. “What’s new is that early-stage companies are now tackling challenges that until recently required enormous budgets, infrastructure and large teams. AI is not just what these companies are building; it is also what is making it possible.”

Beyond AI infrastructure, the cohort highlights the breadth of early-stage innovation. Companies are developing cleaner energy sources, improving cancer detection, increasing industrial efficiency, protecting data from future quantum-computing threats, enabling in-orbit satellite servicing and creating lower-impact materials. Many of these ambitions once required the resources of large corporations or government programmes. Advances in AI, simulation and automation are allowing smaller teams to tackle complex scientific and industrial challenges, accelerating innovation across sectors.

The pioneers will contribute expertise to Forum initiatives through a two-year engagement programme and be invited to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026, taking place on 23-25 June in Dalian, People’s Republic of China.

More information about the Technology Pioneers community and past cohorts is available here.

The 2026 Technology Pioneers are:

Australia

  • Uluu – Developing seaweed-based biodegradable biomaterials as sustainable alternatives to traditional plastics.

Brazil

  • Comp – Providing compensation management, salary benchmarking and merit cycle tools for technology companies.

Canada

  • Intuitive AI – Delivering AI-powered food waste monitoring and recycling analytics for commercial kitchens.

China

  • Deep Wisdom – Developing an automated machine learning platform for e-commerce and manufacturing.
  • DeepCtrls Technologies – Building physics-informed AI for energy-efficient control of industrial systems.
  • Landing Med – Using AI-powered digital pathology for early cancer detection.
  • Ninetech – Enabling enterprise digital transformation through large language models and robotic process automation.
  • OneAIX Technology – Providing AI solutions for trade and intelligent systems.
  • PhaBuilder – Engineering halophilic microorganisms to produce biodegradable materials and chemicals.
  • Pheno Innovations – Advancing breakthroughs in critical materials across industries through AI-powered technologies.
  • Tripo AI – Generating AI-powered 3D models for gaming and mixed reality applications.
  • Xense Robotics – Developing multi-modal tactile sensing technology to enhance robotic dexterity.
  • Zephyr Intelligent Systems – Building closed-loop thermal safety systems for lithium-ion batteries.

Colombia

  • Quipu – Providing AI-driven credit solutions for informal workers without traditional credit histories.

Denmark

  • Sparrow Quantum – Developing deterministic single-photon sources for scalable optical quantum technologies.

France

  • Robeaute – Building modular microrobots for minimally invasive neurosurgical interventions.

Germany

  • Dunia – Combining AI and robotics to accelerate the discovery of electroactive materials.
  • SPARK Microgravity – Enabling microgravity research collaboration through integrated hardware and software platforms.

India

  • Airbound – Operating drone networks to deliver blood and critical medical supplies to rural healthcare systems.
  • Bellatrix Aerospace – Developing and manufacturing propulsion technologies for in-space mobility.
  • BorderPlus – Supporting healthcare professionals to access high-growth international opportunities.
  • Dhruva – Building small satellite platforms to advance India’s growing space ecosystem.
  • Ethereal Exploration Guild – Developing reusable medium-lift launch vehicles for cost-efficient orbital access.
  • Fermbox Bio – Producing alternative lipids, proteins and green chemicals through fermentation-based biomanufacturing.
  • OrbitAID – Developing technologies for on-orbit satellite servicing, including refuelling, repair and de-orbiting.
  • Sarla Aviation – Building electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft for urban air mobility.
  • Varaha – Leveraging remote sensing and blockchain technologies for agriculture-based climate solutions in developing markets.

Israel

  • NeoLogic – Developing quasi-CMOS microprocessor technology to reduce chip power consumption and size.
  • Ray Security – Delivering AI-driven proactive cybersecurity to limit data access and prevent ransomware attacks.

Japan

  • 3DC – Developing graphene meso-sponge materials to address electrode expansion challenges in batteries.
  • Fermelanta – Producing rare plant-based ingredients for medicine and cosmetics through microbial fermentation.
  • Godot – Combining behavioural science and AI to advance human augmentation technologies.
  • NanoQT – Building quantum interconnects compatible with optical fibre for long-distance quantum communication.
  • OptQC – Developing photonic quantum computers that leverage light for practical applications.

Kenya

  • Pezesha – Connecting micro, small and medium-sized enterprises to credit and supply chain finance through embedded finance infrastructure.

Mexico

  • OTIF – Operating an online booking platform connecting shipping companies, logistics providers and customers.

Saudi Arabia

  • intella – Providing Arabic-first speech-to-text and analytics solutions for call centres and media.
  • Nommas Technologies – Developing AI-powered visual inspection systems for manufacturing quality control.

Singapore

  • Gero – Integrating physics and AI to accelerate drug development for age-related diseases.
  • Sentient Labs – Empowering the development of open-source AGI.
  • SixSense – Providing a no-code deep learning platform for computer vision applications in manufacturing.

Slovenia

  • Sunrise Robotics – Developing autonomous robotic cells with AI-powered perception for manufacturing.

Republic of Korea

  • A-Robot – Building humanoid and service robots designed for human-robot coexistence.
  • bitsensing – Developing radar solutions for vehicle safety, urban traffic management and healthcare monitoring.
  • RLWRLD – Building foundation models that enable robots to perceive and manipulate physical environments.
  • SDT – Providing edge computing and internet-of-things hardware for enterprise digital transformation.

Switzerland

  • Atinary Technologies – Offering a no-code AI platform for self-driving laboratories to accelerate molecule and materials research and development.
  • Metafuels – Converting green methanol into sustainable aviation fuel.

United Arab Emirates

  • Fasset – Delivering stablecoin-powered banking, international payments and investment access.

United Kingdom

  • Caristo Diagnostics – Building AI-driven imaging to detect and predict cardiovascular disease.
  • Epoch BioDesign – Engineering AI-designed enzymes for low-temperature biorecycling of nylon polymers.
  • IONATE – Developing hybrid intelligent transformers for smart grid power flow control.
  • MatNex – Accelerating materials discovery through AI-driven quantum calculations.
  • Opna – Building the coordination, verification and financing layer for critical power equipment.
  • Paid – Building business infrastructure for AI agents, including pricing, billing and renewals.
  • Sitehop – Delivering 200Gbps full duplex encryption for enterprise network infrastructure.
  • Uplift360 – Advancing chemical recycling technologies for carbon fibre and advanced composites.

United States

  • Adaption Labs – Developing adaptive AI systems that continuously learn and evolve across industries.
  • Albert – Providing an AI platform for materials science research and laboratory data management.
  • Alta Resource Technologies – Deploying novel refining technologies to produce high-purity minerals more efficiently and sustainably.
  • AOA Dx – Combining AI and biomarkers for early-stage cancer detection through liquid biopsy.
  • Autonomize – Using AI to contextualize unstructured clinical data and improve patient outcomes.
  • DeepLook Medical – Developing medical imaging AI for cancer visualization across ultrasound, CT and MRI.
  • Emerald AI – Enabling data centres to dynamically adjust power usage and stabilize electricity grids through AI.
  • Endolith – Using AI-guided microbes to recover copper from low-grade ore with lower energy consumption.
  • GridCARE – Forecasting electricity grid capacity with generative AI to support data centre development.
  • Hello Robot – Building open-source mobile manipulators for embodied AI research and education.
  • Helios – Predicting agricultural commodity prices and supply chains through AI-powered analytics.
  • Hertility – Offering at-home diagnostic testing and personalized care plans for hormonal health, fertility and menopause.
  • Inception Labs – Developing diffusion large language models that power applications such as coding assistance, voice interaction and search optimization.
  • Interlune – Building machinery to extract helium-3 from the lunar surface.
  • Istari Digital – Delivering digital twin and simulation technologies for aerospace and defence.
  • Kredete – Providing mobile banking and credit-building services for African immigrants in North America.
  • Laminar – Combining AI-driven precision automation with spectral sensors for industrial manufacturing.
  • Lunar Outpost – Developing space robotics and lunar surface mobility systems.
  • Mantel – Advancing molten-salt carbon capture for high-temperature industrial processes.
  • Mazama Energy – Harnessing superhot rock geothermal energy for renewable power generation.
  • Northwood – Building ground networks powered by phased array technology to support space operations.
  • Odyssey – Developing general-purpose world models capable of predicting and interacting with real-world environments over extended periods.
  • Overview Energy – Advancing manufacturing technologies for aerospace energy systems.
  • Parallel Bio – Combining human immune organoids and AI to improve drug safety prediction and discovery.
  • Pow.Bio – Building continuous fermentation platforms that reduce production costs by separating growth and production phases.
  • Power to Hydrogen – Producing hydrogen from renewable electricity using anion exchange membrane electrolyzers.
  • Pure Lithium – Developing lithium metal vanadium batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage.
  • QuSecure – Delivering post-quantum cryptography solutions to protect against future cybersecurity threats.
  • Rainmaker – Enhancing precipitation through cloud seeding, drones and weather modelling for agriculture.
  • Realta Fusion – Building compact modular fusion systems for zero-carbon industrial heat.
  • Reditus Space – Enabling microgravity manufacturing and hypersonic re-entry as a service.
  • Samaya AI – Developing AI agents for financial research, analysis and decision-making in asset management.
  • Savor – Producing real fats directly from carbon without relying on animals or farmland.
  • Skyfire – Enabling AI agents to conduct commerce through identity verification and payment infrastructure.
  • Stepful – Empowering communities with accessible pathways to healthcare careers through training and certification programmes.
  • Tern – Developing satellite-free navigation systems for vehicles and defence using real-time mapping data.
  • Tradeverifyd – Helping enterprises monitor and address supply chain risks in line with regulatory and financial requirements.
  • Vaulted Deep – Permanently removing carbon through geological sequestration of carbon-rich biomass waste.
  • Venus Aerospace – Developing reusable hypersonic flight systems powered by detonation ramjet engines.
  • VESSL AI – Providing an MLOps platform for training and deploying AI models at scale.
  • Voltai – Building AI models for next-generation semiconductor technologies.
  • WindBorne – Delivering AI weather forecasting through a global network of long-duration smart balloons.
  • Zartico – Using AI to deliver the clearest view of visitor behaviour for the tourism industry.

About the Technology Pioneers

Launched in 2000, the Technology Pioneers is a leading community for early-stage companies from around the world that are shaping the future through breakthrough technologies and innovations. These companies are selected for their potential to have a significant impact on business and society and are invited to engage with public and private sector leaders through the World Economic Forum’s global platform.

The Technology Pioneers community is part of the Innovator Communities at the World Economic Forum, which convene the world’s leading global start-ups across different growth stages from early-stage Technology Pioneers to growth-stage Global Innovators and unicorn companies valued at more than $1 billion.

About the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026

The 17th Annual Meeting of the New Champions will take place from 23 to 25 June 2026 in Dalian, People’s Republic of China, under the theme “Innovating at Scale”. The meeting will bring together 1,500 cross-sector leaders to explore how innovation and emerging technologies can unlock new growth models and drive positive economic momentum in a fast-shifting global landscape.

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From electro-chromatic e-windows to using supernova explosions to explore the earth for mineral deposits: World Economic Forum 2025 Technology Pioneers Leading New Wave of Global Innovation

  • The World Economic Forum selects 100 start-ups from 28 countries to join its Technology Pioneers community.
  • The new cohort marks a global surge of emerging technologies, from smart robotics and spatial AI to flying taxis and scalable quantum solutions.
  • Now in its 25th year, the community has recognized over 1,200 start-ups that have gone on to transform industries and societies worldwide.
  • For more information on the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025, visit wef.ch/amnc25 and share on social media using the hashtag #amnc25, or #2025夏季达沃斯#. Read more about the 2025 Technology Pioneers here.

Geneva, Switzerland, 2025 – The World Economic Forum 2025 Technology Pioneers community is a group of 100 early-stage companies from 28 countries driving innovation across industries and borders. Now in its 25th year, the program celebrates its strongest cohort yet, marked by broader geographical representation, greater diversity beyond Silicon Valley and the rise of more ambitious frontier technologies.

Reflecting wider shifts in the innovation landscape, many of the companies spotlighted are using artificial intelligence (AI) to reach greater scale and sophistication with fewer resources. Several are venturing into less explored frontiers – from asteroid mining and flying electric taxis, to leveraging satellite imagery to transform agriculture and harnessing energy from supernova explosions to locate critical minerals beneath the Earth’s surface.

The geography of innovation is also evolving.

While the United States remains the top contributor to the community, Europe’s share has surged to 28% – up from 20% last year – reflecting the rise of strong tech ecosystems across the region. China and India are also emerging as major tech innovation hubs.

“There has never been a more exciting time to dive headfirst into tech innovation. But no one gets far alone – you need a community to move your mission forward,” said Verena Kuhn, Head of Innovator Communities, World Economic Forum. “As we mark 25 years of the Technology Pioneers programme, this global community continues to connect start-ups to the networks and ecosystems they need to scale.”

This year also marks the 25th Anniversary of the Technology Pioneers programme. Since its inception in 2000, the community has championed early-stage innovation and recognized more than 1,200 companies, many of which have gone on to reshape industries worldwide. Alumni include household names such as Google, PayPal, Dropbox and SoundCloud, underscoring the community’s role as a launchpad for ideas and impact.

The 2025 cohort stands out for its concentration of companies developing breakthrough technologies to address pressing global challenges. These include advanced robotics, customisable space launch services, micro nuclear reactors and more accessible quantum computing applications. These pioneers will contribute cutting-edge insights to Forum initiatives over a two-year engagement program and will also be invited to participate in the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025, taking place on 24-26 June in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China.

The 2025 Technology Pioneers include:

Australia
•    Cauldron – Commercializing advanced continuous fermentation technology to unlock price parity for mainstream bio-manufactured goods.

Brazil
•    Brain4care – Using AI-based technology to enable timely medical interventions for patients with neurological conditions.

Canada


•    Ideon Technologies – Harnessing the energy from supernova explosions in space to image deep beneath the Earth’s surface, transforming how mining companies recover critical minerals.
•    Miru – Developing dynamic electrochromic windows that deliver high functionality, experience and energy efficiency for the automotive, transportation and architectural sectors.

Greater China
•    Deep Principle – Integrating advanced AI models and quantum chemistry to accelerate the discovery and development of chemical materials.
•    GS Biomats – Developing furan bio-based material, a renewable alternative to petroleum-based chemicals, for various uses including biomedical applications.
•    HiNa Battery – Producing more sustainable, high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion batteries.
•    KaiOS – Providing affordable internet and access to financial services to unserved populations, primarily in South Asia and Africa.
•    Lightstandard – Making large language model computing faster and more energy-efficient with photonic computing.
•    Noematrix – Focusing on researching and developing embodied intelligence systems and related tools and platforms, which are compatible with diverse hardware.
•    Novlead – Designing a molecular technology platform providing available, accessible and affordable nitric oxide solutions for major clinical needs.
•    Shengshu Technology – Building generative AI infrastructure that develops native multi-modal large models such as images, 3D and video. 
•    TRANSTREAMS – Engineering chips and solutions to address the computing power shortages in China during the era of AI-generated content.
•    Turing – Providing cutting-edge computing infrastructure and comprehensive AI solutions to drive the future of intelligent computing.

Colombia
•    Plurall – Supporting early-stage entrepreneurs in emerging markets with fast, accessible working capital and digital payment solutions, leveraging AI models for risk assessment, collections and embedded lending.

Denmark
•    Arcadia eFuels – Developing and deploying technology to produce electro-sustainable aviation and diesel fuels using renewable electricity, seawater, and captured CO2.

Egypt
•    Thndr – Offering a digital investment platform with a range of flexible funding methods and educational resources to empower investors.

France
•    Ascendance Flight Technologies – Decarbonizing aviation with a hybrid electric propulsion system and hybrid vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft.
•    Beyond Aero – Building the first electric business aircraft powered by hydrogen propulsion, as a sustainable alternative to traditional business jets.
•    CO2 AI – Helping large and complex organizations measure their environmental impact, identify credible levers and decarbonize at scale through AI.
•    Jimmy – Developing a micro nuclear reactor to provide carbon-free, competitive heat for industrial processes.
•    Nabla – Reducing clinician burnout by automating clinical documentation with AI.
•    Orakl Oncology – Creating a biology and AI-powered simulation platform to revolutionize oncology drug development.
•    Phagos – Deploying a sustainable alternative to antibiotics using bacteriophages and AI
•    Quobly – Making scalable, cost-competitive, large-scale quantum computers.
•    Sweetch Energy – Enabling osmotic power generation by harnessing the salinity gradient between freshwater and seawater.

Germany
•    Accure – Providing predictive battery analytics software to enhance safety, optimize performance and extend the lifetime of battery systems.
•    Black Forest Labs – Building generative deep learning models for media, particularly images and videos
•    eleQtron – Developing quantum computers by leveraging trapped-ion technology.
•    Tozero – Pioneering the delivery of recycled lithium in Europe by sustainably recovering critical materials from battery waste.

India
•    Agnikul – Providing affordable and customizable space launch services.
•    CynLr – Building robots with intuitive vision and enabling manufacturers and logistics providers to build fully automated factories.
•    Dezy – Leveraging AI-powered diagnostic technology to build affordable and accessible dental care. 
•    Digantara – Providing crucial operational support to commercial space operators and space surveillance intelligence to global space agencies.
•    Equal – Providing an integrated solution that combines identity verification with consent-driven financial data sharing.
•    Exponent Energy – Making 15-minute rapid charging for electric vehicles affordable and scalable through an innovative battery management system, charging algorithms, thermal management and a charging network.
•    Freight Tiger – Building India’s largest software-enabled freight network to help businesses move goods with full visibility, efficiency and lower costs.
•    GalaxEye – Creating a comprehensive, multi-sensor Earth observation system.
•    SolarSquare – Helping homes switch to solar in India with its full-stack solar panel systems.
•    The ePlane Co. – Developing flying electric taxis designed for intra-city transportation.

Ireland
•    Equal1 – Democratizing quantum computing by leveraging existing semiconductor technologies.

Israel
•    Fermata – Providing computer vision solutions for farmers to reduce crop losses and pesticide use.
•    Illumex – Empowering organizations to run governed and reliable AI agents through unified business data language and to democratize data access to every user.
•    LightSolver – Building a photonic supercomputer by harnessing the power of coupled lasers.
•    NanoSynex – Offering a rapid and accurate diagnostic platform for bacterial resistance.
•    ZutaCore – Developing waterless direct-to-chip liquid cooling for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data centres.

Italy
•    Arsenale Bioyards – Building new lab-to-production infrastructure enabling fast, low-cost biomanufacturing at an industrial scale.

Japan
•    Sagri – Leveraging satellite data and AI to transform agriculture through land use optimization and sustainability.

Republic of Korea
•    Hylium Industries – Providing safe and innovative liquid hydrogen solutions for carbon-free mobility.
•    NARA Space – Building South Korea’s first microsatellite constellation for methane point source detection. 
•    Robocon – Developing robotics and smart factory solutions for the construction and steel industries.

Luxembourg
•    Tokeny Solutions – Building the compliance infrastructure for digital assets in blockchain and fintech.

Mexico
•    Allie – Creating closed-loop optimization systems for manufacturing that autonomously adjust production parameters in real time.

Nigeria
•    Cybervergent – Providing a platform to automate cybersecurity compliance and risk governance.
•    Sabi – Powering the sourcing and distribution of physical goods and critical commodities in Africa.
•    ThriveAgric – Empowering smallholder farmers across Africa by linking them to finance, data-driven best practices, and access to local and global markets.

Saudi Arabia
•    Intelmatix – Making enterprise AI accessible through industry-specific, context-aware AI agents.

Singapore
•   Manus – Automating a wide range of practical tasks for personal and professional use with a general AI agent.
•    Rize – Decarbonizing rice cultivation in Asia through scalable agricultural innovations.

Spain
•    Crisalion Mobility – Offering sustainable air and ground mobility solutions.
•    INBRAIN Neuroelectronics – Developing brain-computer interfaces to treat neurological disorders.

Sweden
•    Graphmatech – Developing advanced materials infused with graphene to make large-scale industries more innovative and resource efficient.
•    Lovable – Using AI to help users create software and web apps without coding expertise.

Switzerland
•    HAYA Therapeutics – Developing RNA-based medicines to treat heart, lung and tissue diseases.
•    Neural Concept – Accelerating product design through 3D generative engineering and AI.

Uganda
•    Numida – Using credit models and digital underwriting to provide loans to micro businesses.

Ukraine
•    Respeecher – Enabling scalable voice cloning across languages and contexts.

United Kingdom
•    CuspAI – Using frontier AI to accelerate the discovery and development of materials with specific functionalities.
•    Obrizum – Offering personalized digital learning services at scale through an AI-powered platform.
•    Oxford Ionics – Building high-performance quantum computers using trapped-ion technology.

United States
•    Ammobia –Fuelling the world with cost-effective, lower-carbon ammonia production.
•    Archetype AI – Pioneering a new form of Physical AI capable of perceiving, understanding and reasoning about the world through analysing real-time, multimodal sensor data.
•    Arine – Integrating cutting-edge AI, clinical expertise and advanced data analytics to deliver medication-based care interventions at the population level.
•    AstroForge – Making critical minerals more accessible to humanity by mining asteroids.
•    BforeAI – Using behavioural AI to predict and automatically pre-empt malicious campaigns and stop cyberattacks before they occur. 
•    Candidly – Developing an AI-powered platform to help borrowers manage and overcome educational loans.
•    Claryo – Helping warehouse operators maximize operational efficiency by leveraging spatial generative AI.
•    Distyl AI – Enabling enterprises to seamlessly integrate AI agents into operations.
•    Emvolon – Converting methane emissions into carbon-negative fuels for hard-to-abate sectors onsite.
•    Exowatt – Delivers solar power on demand by storing energy and converting it into electricity as needed, helping data centres and the grid run on clean energy 24/7.
•    Foundation Alloy – Commercializing solid-state metals technology to make higher performance metals using less energy.
•    HAIQU – Developing a new application execution stack for all modalities of near-term quantum computers.
•    Hertha Metals – Developing technology to decarbonize primary steel production.
•    Hyfe – “Turns food processing waste into chemicals that replace petroleum in everyday goods”.
•    Lumu Technologies – Providing cybersecurity operations capabilities to help businesses control the impact of cybercrime.
•    One Bio – Using biotechnology to add anti-inflammatory plant-based fibres to everyday foods.
•    Oberon Fuels – Developing innovative carbon-neutral fuels for maritime, propane, and hydrogen sectors.
•    Osmo – Combining frontier AI and olfactory science to digitize scent and enhance well-being.
•    Outtake – Securing digital identities by detecting and removing harmful AI-generated content.
•    Parallel Learning – Providing licensed therapy and instruction to students with learning differences through a digital platform.
•    Pavilion – Increasing efficiency in US public procurement with an AI-enabled government marketplace.
•    Reality Defender – Offering multimodal detection of AI-generated media to prevent fraud and disinformation.
•    RoboForce – Building AI-powered robotic systems designed for high-risk or repetitive work, to enhance efficiency, productivity and safety across industries.
•    Rubi Laboratories – Using biocatalysis to transform CO2 into essential materials like cellulose.
•    Shiru – Leveraging AI to identify and develop naturally occurring functional ingredients.
•    Starcloud – Constructing data centres in space to solve the AI energy challenge.
•    Waterplan – Delivering an AI-powered platform to measure, manage and mitigate water risk.
•    Workera – Providing AI-driven workforce skills intelligence and upskilling pathways.
•    Workhelix – Helping companies identify AI transformation opportunities and measure return on investment.

Uruguay
•    Prometeo – Creating a single, borderless banking application programming interface to connect companies with financial institutions across the Americas.

About the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2025
The 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions will take place from 24 to 26 June 2025 in Tianjin, People’s Republic of China, under the theme “Entrepreneurship for a New Era.” The meeting will convene over 1,700 leaders from business, government, civil society, academia, international organizations, innovation and media to explore entrepreneurial solutions to global challenges.

About the Technology Pioneers
Launched in 2000, the Technology Pioneers community marks its 25th anniversary in 2025 as a leading platform for early-stage companies from around the world that are shaping the future through breakthrough technologies and innovations. These companies are selected for their potential to have a significant impact on business and society and are invited to engage with public and private sector leaders through the World Economic Forum’s global platform.

The Technology Pioneers community is part of the Innovator Communities within the Forum’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Innovator Communities convene the world’s leading global start-ups across different growth stages from early-stage Technology Pioneers to growth-stage Global Innovators and unicorn companies valued at more than $1 billion usd/ $ 1.373 billion cad.