27/05/2026
๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ด๐ฎ๐นโ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ.
Over the past few weeks, the START Rise AI Challenge (powered by Start Campus) has brought together entrepreneurs, researchers, and emerging startups from across Portugal, identifying teams developing AI solutions spanning healthcare, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, energy and beyond.
Weโre excited to see nine outstanding finalists now heading to the national final in Lisbon, where they will compete for access to infrastructure, mentorship, cloud resources, and growth opportunities designed to help accelerate their next stage of development.
This initiative has only been possible through collaboration - and weโre so proud to work alongside Porto Business School, Microsoft for Startups, Schneider Electric and Oxbridge AI Challenge in supporting emerging AI talent and helping create meaningful pathways for innovation to scale.
At Start Campus, we believe supporting AI means more than building infrastructure - it means helping create the ecosystem, partnerships and opportunities that allow innovation to grow.
Wishing all the finalists success in Lisbon and thank you again to all the startups who submitted their solutions to this yearโs inaugural challenge!
Read more about all the finalists and our initiative below:
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ (๐๐ก): https://hubs.ly/Q04j0GVZ0
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ (๐ฃ๐ง): https://hubs.ly/Q04j0hVj0
START Rise Website: https://hubs.ly/Q04j0mHQ0