BRIDGE TECH CONTEST III — Results Announced

BRIDGE TECH CONTEST III is a competition for startups, developers, and technology leaders. The contest recognizes the achievements of companies and outstanding individuals in creating and developing technology products across the following industries: IT, AI, FutureTech, Blockchain, FinTech, Investments, EdTech, Digital Marketing & PR.

The competition addresses the following objectives: supporting innovative projects and technology teams, including projects at the MVP and growth stages; developing the professional community and forming sustainable industry connections; increasing public awareness and trust in project results through expert evaluation; facilitating the establishment of partnership contacts (including with investors, accelerators, media, and institutional partners) — within the capabilities of the Organizer and partners.

Winners in 15 Nominations

Companies

• THE BEST IT STARTUP — Tangл, a Russian IT company and developer of the innovative Tangл ecosystem. Winner of The Trends Awards in the "Best IT Company of the Year" category.

• THE BEST AI STARTUP — Statanly Technologies, founded at the international machine learning laboratory of ITMO University, creating solutions based on machine learning, computer vision, data analysis, natural language processing, and large language models for a wide range of business tasks. Projects have been implemented for Norilsk Nickel, Eurochem, Evraz, Knauf, Rostelecom, Sinara Transport Machines, Gazprom Neft, Avtodiesel, Rosatom, and others.

• AI FOR BUSINESS (GROWTH) — AgroField

• AI FOR BUSINESS (SEED) — BRaiN HR

• FINTECH PROJECT — Bitbanker

• MADE IN RUSSIA — VISUS LAB

• SOFTWARE 2026 — Online Patent

• EDTECH PROJECT — POVUZAM

• AR / VR COMPANY — VR Concept

• MEDTECH (By Startech) — MD

People

• TRENDSETTER 2026 — Davud Alifov

• FOUNDER OF THE YEAR — Sergey Fedorov

• DEVELOPER OF THE YEAR — Vladislav Blinov

• AI DEVELOPER 2026 — Artur Zinnurov

• CEO OF THE YEAR — Alexander Potapov

Prize Fund

Total prize fund: 3,000,000 RUB. Winners in each nomination also received 2 Business tickets to the international investment and technology forum-exhibition The Trends, taking place on November 25–26, 2026, as well as electronic certificates worth 150,000 RUB (discount on any commercial integration at The Trends).

Competition Details

Dates: February 10 – May 9, 2026. Format: Online. Website: bridge-forum.pro/contest2026

Partners

BRICS MMF, National Coordination Center for International Business Cooperation, IT Park named after Bashir Rameev, Association of Laboratories for AI Development, National AI Fund, Startech VC, Invest-Foresight, Modern Information Systems, Malina VC, and others.