Zurich Innovation World Championship spotlights startups
The companies were honored during an awards ceremony at Zurich's headquarters in Switzerland.
Chisel AI recently took home the gold in the first Zurich Innovation World Championship for its work, which aims to improve processing of unstructured data sources using artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Zesty.ai was named the silver winner for its work, which aims to improve the accuracy of property analysis using AI technology.
LifeNome and Soldier.ly shared the bronze award.
The companies were honored during an awards ceremony at Zurich’s headquarters in Switzerland. Each winner now has the opportunity to develop pilot programs that make their products and services available to customers in select countries and regions.
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The Zurich Innovation World Championship was the company’s first global InsurTech competition. It attracted more than 450 startups from around the globe. During the past five months, these businesses competed in five categories:
- Smart homes and buildings;
- Digital health;
- Financial planning;
- Mobility; and
- A wildcard option.
The eight global round finalists — Chisel AI, Habit Analytics, LifeNome, Nubihome, Shayp, Soldier.ly, Vymo and zesty.ia — were judged by Zurich’s executive committee, who together decided on the four winners. Zurich also will start working with many of these companies on a local basis and share their expertise globally.
“We are pleased that Chisel, zesty.ai, LifeNome and Soldier.ly are the winners of the first Zurich Innovation World Championship. Each of these InsurTech startups demonstrated they can fully support Zurich and its customers with pioneering ideas and products,” Giovanni Giuliani, Zurich’s group chief strategy, innovation and business development officer, said in a press release. “We are committed to drive transformation and innovation in the insurance industry and I am excited to see what our winners’ pilot programs will deliver for Zurich and the industry.”
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