Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup
January 7, 2025
The Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup focuses on two competition tracks, Semiconductors and Ecosystem and AI & Data Infrastructure. Special Award: Data Center Efficiency.
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Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup
The goal of the Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup at CES 2025 is to accelerate the technologies that lead to a sustainable and environmentally friendly future. By promoting innovations that reduce emissions, enhance energy efficiency, and minimize waste, the competition strives to generate significant environmental impacts. On January 7, 2025, the eight finalist startups will pitch their solutions across two tracks: Semiconductors and Ecosystem and AI and Data Infrastructure. Winners from each track will be announced, along with the special award for Data Center Efficiency.
Event Date
January 7, 2025
Event Time
2 - 2:30pm
Location
CES 2025, Eureka Park of Venetian Expo, Level 1, Hall G 201 Sands Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89169
Entries Open
August 5, 2024
Entries Close
September 3, 2024
Competition
Categories
Semiconductors and Ecosystem
Innovations in advancing semiconductors and innovations in the supporting ecosystem, from chip design, manufacturing, materials, to the broader ecosystem including software, integration, and applications that rely on semiconductor advancements.
AI and Data Infrastructure
Hardware and software environment designed to support AI and ML workloads. This infrastructure is crucial for efficiently processing large volumes of data, training complex models, and deploying AI applications across various sectors. Key components: Computational Power, LLM, Networking and Connectivity.
Special Award: Data Center Efficiency
Data centers have a significant impact on the environment due to their high energy consumption and resource usage. Hence, innovations that improve the design and operations of a data center that reduces their environmental footprint are of interest. This competition will also award a special prize for startups with the most viable and greatest impact to advance Data Center Efficiency.Why apply?
Global Visibility
Live Pitch at the conference in front of the live audience.
Access to Corporate Executives
Exposure to corporate executives, VCs and more attending the conference.
Potential for Corporate Strategic Partnership
Network with influential industry leaders, with potential for business development and collaboration.
Eligibility
Must be a privately-funded startup company working on tech innovations in…
See official rules
Evaluation Criteria
Finalists and Winners will be selected based on the Judges’ assessment of the following equally-weighted criteria:
- TECH FOR GOOD / RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION FOR A RADICALLY BETTER WORLD – Is this innovative product addressing a significant global challenge to society and/or the environment, and can this startup’s product have a wide-reaching impact on the same?
- PRODUCT/MARKET FIT – Is there traction and enough scale in the addressable market for sufficient growth/profit to be an attractive investment?
- PRODUCT INNOVATION – Is this a disruptive innovation that is differentiated from competitive or substitute offerings?
- TEAM – Is this team uniquely qualified to develop this project? Do they strongly understand their users and the industry and ecosystem in which they operate? Do they have the determination and endurance to carry this through to completion?
5,000+
Startup applications across 120+ countries, covering a wide spectrum of tech vertical and funding stages
$4.4B
Venture Capital Funding Raised by XTC Startup Finalists (2015-2023)
350+
VCs and CVCs on the XTC Evaluation Committee, Global Partners
36%
Female Founded finalists
Semiconductors & AI Innovation Startup Cup
Semi Finalists
Semiconductors and Ecosystem SEMI FINALISTS
AI and Data Infrastructure SEMI FINALISTS
Susan Payne
Sustainable Planet
Sustainable Planet
Kinga Matuła
QurieGen
QurieGen
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