Enter TechRound’s AITech45 2026!
TechRound is proud to announce our third AITech campaign, celebrating the most exciting AI companies across the world.
Whether your business has been innovating in the AI space for 20 years or just two months, this is an opportunity to have your story heard.
Enter for free for a chance to be featured as one of our top 45 AI companies. Each company featured will get an individual write-up, so it’s great publicity!
Founded in 2016, TechRound is the UK’s best-known and fastest-growing startup and tech news site. This is where decision-makers, investors and startups of all sizes and nature come to find out the latest developments and trends within the industry.
Entries Open: 6th May
Entry Cost: Free
Entry Deadline: 21st May, 5pm GMT
Winners To Be Announced: 10am GMT 1 June 2026
Why Enter?
- Featured in front of an audience of 200,000+ visitors per month
- Top 45 placements get a full page write-up (see example)
- Recognised by VCs, investors, journalists and industry leaders
- Free to enter
Our Criteria
- All companies must have an AI angle
- Revenue is not a deciding factor
- Both new businesses and established businesses welcome
Meet The Judges
Olga Ukrainskaya, Technical Marketing Manager
Olga Ukrainskaya is a Technical Marketing Manager specialising in AI-powered marketing automation, CRM architecture, demand generation, and data-driven lifecycle marketing. She has deep expertise in building the technical infrastructure that connects marketing execution to measurable revenue outcomes.
Olga is a published author on AI and marketing technology on HackerNoon and other tech media platforms. She is an invited keynote speaker and track owner at industry events, a guest lecturer at Huddersfield Business School, and an expert judge at the TechRound AI45 Competition.
A strong advocate for women in technology, Olga actively supports the Ladies Who Tech community and mentors women entering and growing in the tech industry through the Women in Tech mentorship programme. She also mentors marketing professionals on CRM and automation through the HubSpot Ecosystem Mentorship Programme.
Shiv Agarwal, Co-Founder and CEO of Singulr AI
Shiv Agarwal is a serial entrepreneur and accomplished technology leader with 25 years of experience in cloud computing, networking, and security. He co-founded Arkin Net in 2013, a data center security and operations platform, which was acquired by VMware in 2016. At VMware, Shiv served as VP and GM, and helped establish VMware as a leader in network security market. In 2023, Shiv co-founded Singulr AI to help enterprises securely adopt, govern, and scale AI.
Under his leadership, Singulr AI has raised $10M in seed funding from Nexus Venture Partners and Dell Technologies Capital and launched an enterprise-ready AI governance and security platform. Shiv’s career reflects his passion for building transformative technologies and empowering organizations to embrace innovation responsibly.
Adonis Celestine, Senior Director and Automation Practice Lead, Applause
Adonis is a recognized thought leader in the Quality Engineering and Automation sector. He collaborates with some of the world’s most innovative organizations to facilitate transformational change in their software development processes. In his role as Senior Director and Automation Practice Lead at Applause, he helps Applause’s clients to take a customer-centric approach to quality as part of their quality engineering evolution.
A core aspect of his leadership is his strategic vision and ensuring solutions are both technically sound and aligned with broader business goals. Adonis is an accomplished writer and public speaker. He is the author of “Quality Engineering: The Missing Key to Digital CX” (2022), “Continuous Quality: The Secret of the Pharaohs” (2021), which won the EuroSTAR Software Testing Award, and “As the World Turns: A Predictive Test Approach with Machine Learning” (2019).
Maria Nugroho, AI Enterprise Strategist
An enterprise AI leader, Cambridge graduate, and expert in bridging the gap between technological complexity and scalable commercial value. Maria Nugroho is a driving force behind the UK AI industry’s journey from pilot programs and marketing demos to real-world solutions with real financial impact delivered at scale. Maria’s current role at SAP and previous roles with Google and AWS position her at the intersection of technology, market economics, and enterprise change management.
Her specialisation in the commercialisation layer, the missing piece between innovation and impact, stems from a career focused on translating technical capability into commercial value, designing adoption frameworks across hyperscalers, and driving measurable pipeline and revenue impact. Throughout her career at AI and cloud leaders, including Google, AWS, and SAP, she has focused on turning complex AI and cloud technologies into scalable commercial outcomes, placing her at a useful and unique intersection of technology, commercialisation, and enterprise change management: the exact point where the UK AI ecosystem needs leadership.
Les-leigh, Content and Marketing Executive at TechRound
Les-Leigh is a writer and digital marketing specialist with experience across B2B SaaS, technology, healthcare, recruitment and education. She writes daily on artificial intelligence, startups and emerging technologies, with a particular focus on how AI is reshaping business, creativity and the future of work.
With a background in marketing strategy, content and design, she has worked with startups and established companies in the UK and United States, producing research-driven editorials, features and digital campaigns. Her work centres on analysing the impact of AI across industries, making her a regular voice on innovation and a natural fit for judging AI-led initiatives and competitions.
Important! Advice From The Judges
Use the first line to describe your business, what it does and what you are about in two sentences…what makes you tick?
With our judges reading through hundreds of applications, we are looking for a clear description of your business, its concept, its success and plans for growth.
Try to avoid waffle and discuss your business clearly and concisely.
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