Meet 2023 Trailblazers V 

The Trailblazers of the fifth edition at their Award Ceremony / May 2023 at the SPOT on EPFL campus

The fifth edition of blaze has concluded, and 9 promising startup projects have been created by highly motivated student-entrepreneurs.

These projects have demonstrated the potential for rapid deployment, distinctive technology, and a commitment to social impact. During their time with blaze, the student-entrepreneurs have benefited from the support of leading industry partners, cutting-edge technology experts, and experienced designers.

Please join us in meeting these inspiring young people!

Astha and Sthithpragya Gupta offer researchers and entrepreneurs in different locations an easy access to sophisticated robotic hardware platforms for all their projects on a pay-as-you-go basis. Each robot is equipped with their own powerful maintenance software.

The co-founders Jonathan Besomi and Paul Szyszkowitz have built the SAAS for the ecommerce interface of the future. Using natural language search Grandmaster AI offers ecommerce shops the potential to best advise their client in a dynamic and real-time manner.

Austin Peel and Aymeric Galan aim to revolutionize the way science is taught through immersive and accessible digital learning experiences. Intuitive Science adds a new dimension to the visualization of scientific problems, cultivating deep intuitions in learners and empowering tomorrow’s great minds to solve global challenges.

The startup created by Soukaynah El Maliki aims to improve positively women life with 10 minutes per day through journaling, by providing them with resources and community to help them to achieve their dreams and overcome the obstacles that stand in their way.

Co-founded by David Cian and Daniel Gruiosu, the startup Neuralworks Technologies is specialized in next-generation human-computer interaction, combining the efficiency of engineered behaviors with the power of self-learned behaviors.

Co-founded by Karim Zahra, Marco Fumagalli, and Matéo Hamel, Neosens is developing a medical device for the rapid and accurate detection of early-onset neonatal sepsis worldwide. By reducing the time-to-results from days to just a few hours, Neosens minimizes unnecessary antibiotic treatments, along with their associated side effects and costs.

Antoine Munier and Jean-Baptiste Conan have created the next generation of writing editor, in the form of a new cloud-based text editor targeted at professionals (researchers, legal teams, etc.) with substantial formatting needs.

Thibaut Hasle has developed a sport application that facilitate access to sport by helping users to find the right partner at the right time in the right place without the need to subscribe into a specific club.

Co-founded by Alexandre Reis De Matos and Gabriel Veigas Marques, Unki is an AI-powered leisure platform that offers individuals and groups unique experiences tailored to their desires, wherever they are.