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Next Alliance Awards announces 15 finalists for 2026

Next Alliance Awards Generative AI Web3 technological innovation Milan

The Next Alliance, an Italian technological innovation consortium, has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Next Alliance Awards. Fifteen projects have been selected as finalists across three primary categories: Gen AI, AI Creative, and Web3 & Immersive.

The Gen AI category features six finalists, including 8 Wave Agent Studio, a platform for managing corporate AI agents; ESH Forge, which applies industrial logic to AI-generated software development; and LexHero, an AI workspace designed for legal professionals. Other finalists in this category include LuxAvatar, which uses conversational avatars in vending machines, and Neurocast, an AI model trained on functional MRI data to predict audience reactions to media.

The awards ceremony is scheduled for October 19 at the Blue Note in Milan during the NextGems gala event. The initiative is sponsored by Le Village by CA Milano, an ecosystem designed to foster collaboration between startups and established companies.

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8 Wave Agent Studio · Elite Software House · Le Village by CA Milano · Milan · Next Alliance

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