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AI-powered solutions for centralizing applications, delivering personalized AI training, and embedding regulatory compliance emerged as winners at the ISG Startup Challenges held recently in Paris, New York, and London.
Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm, hosted ISG Startup Challenges at recent AI Impact Summits in Paris, New York, and London. These events showcased entrepreneurs pitching AI-powered solutions to overcome major obstacles in enterprise AI adoption. Audience members voted for the technologies they were most likely to implement, selecting winners focused on application centralization, personalized training, and regulatory compliance.
At the ISG AI Impact Summit held December 8–9 in Paris, Pierre de la Grand’rive, CEO of Delos, won the audience vote. Delos provides a secure, intuitive workspace that centralizes essential applications and innovations. Competing pitches included Better People for integrating generative AI into daily operations, HeyJo for AI agents in the photovoltaic industry, and Linkup for grounding applications with fresh internet data.
“ISG Research predicts low-quality data and lack of governance will hinder enterprise agentic AI adoption in 2026,” said Karen Healy, partner and global leader of ISG Events. “The entrepreneurs who participated in our fall 2025 ISG Startup Challenges presented cutting-edge solutions for the biggest obstacles to achieving meaningful results from AI.”
The ISG AI Impact Summit in New York on November 17–18 saw Boz Vitanova, founder and CEO of TeamLift, take the top spot. TeamLift embeds personalized AI training and assessment directly into employee workflows. Other participants included Nearly Human, which integrates generative AI with human expertise to transform workplaces, and Prioriwise, an AI-powered customer success engine for mid-sized IT service providers.
“AI use cases continue to proliferate, but enterprises are struggling to scale their pilots and validate business benefits,” Healy said. “Our ISG Startup Challenges gave participants a unique opportunity to meet, preview and interact with partners that can help them jump-start metrics, redesign workflows, train employees and ensure compliance.”
In London at the ISG AI Impact Summit on September 10–11 at the Park Plaza Victoria, Mike Kropp, CEO of Iridius, emerged victorious. Iridius is an AI product that embeds regulatory compliance into every solution. Competing startups included SearchSmartly for AI-powered real estate searches, Network Science for AI and deep tech co-creation with enterprises, and LaunchLemonade for no-code intelligent AI agent building.
About ISG
ISG is a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. A trusted partner to more than 900 clients, including 75 of the world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is a long-time leader in technology and business services that is now at the forefront of leveraging AI to help organizations achieve operational excellence and faster growth. The firm, founded in 2006, is known for its proprietary market data, in-depth knowledge of provider ecosystems, and the expertise of its 1,600 professionals worldwide working together to help clients maximize the value of their technology investments.
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