Revolutionary AI fitness trainer app to represent Ukraine at World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York
The Ukrainian Future Business incubator, part of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, has announced the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (NYEC) winners, held as part of the All-Ukrainian competition for youth startups. The top prize went to the OUTEX startup project, which focuses on sports and rehabilitation. It's an artificial intelligence application that automatically adapts a person's exercise and training routines.
The press service of the National Academy of Sciences reported that.
The runner-up is an inventive anti-electronic warfare system with a dynamic real-time protocol for altering drone frequencies. Taking third place is the Bear Band, a personal "diagnostic physician" that utilizes non-invasive methods to assess one's overall physical health.
"I didn't expect that I would take the first place! I was hoping, maybe, for the second or third because I was competing with many powerful projects. But, as experience shows, it is essential to work and be open to insights constantly. Then the result will come," Yuliia Tkachenko, developer of the OUTEX startup, said after the award ceremony.
The Small Academy announces that this year marks the unprecedented participation of 19 teams in the finals and a rigorous selection process. These teams will have the unique opportunity to represent Ukraine at the World Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge in New York on November 21.
The Network organizes the competition for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NTFE), an international organization that fosters entrepreneurial education. The victor of the WYEC will be awarded with initial funds to support the advancement of their venture.
"The task was particularly challenging for the jury this year due to the abundance of impressive and non-standard solutions. Although not all of them will proceed to the international competition, some of the projects have the potential to be applied in Ukraine. Notably, the projects created by young individuals for the benefit of Ukraine's armed forces, such as a drone protection system and an exoskeleton capable of lifting over half a ton. The success of these developments relies heavily on the discovery and support from potential investors or patrons," the president of the Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Stanislav Dovhy, noted.
"Several teams have already received an offer to continue working on developing their projects in Ukrainian Future as residents. They will have access to the necessary material and consulting infrastructure," the head of the business incubator, Iryna Bystrova, said.
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