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Columbia Business School

Entrants must be current graduate students at Columbia, Cornell Tech, NYU, or Yale, and are judged in a live pitch competition after refining their idea with investors, operators, and industry leaders experienced in AI and scaling startups.

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Columbia Business School (CBS) is Columbia University's graduate business school. Its AI Startup Challenge invites current graduate students, including students from Cornell Tech, NYU, and Yale, to pitch AI-driven startups that apply artificial intelligence to real-world problems in finance, healthcare, and consumer markets. Competitors refine their ideas with experts before pitching to a panel of…

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AI Startup Challenge 2026: Applied AI and the Future of Business

Awards $40K+ in prizes to graduate-student teams building AI-driven startups.

1 grant
AI Startup Challenge 2026: Applied AI and the Future of Business
Closed
$40K pool
AI Startup Challenge 2026

Awards $40K+ in prizes to grad students at Columbia, Cornell Tech, NYU or Yale pitching AI-driven startups.

1 grant
AI Startup Challenge 2026
Closed
$40K pool
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