Carevision, a US-based startup using AI to turn cameras into health screening tools through a 30-second face scan, wins PITCH as Web Summit 2026 closes its most international edition yet



Carevision, a US-based, female-founded startup using AI to turn cameras into health screening tools, has been named the winner of Web Summit 2026’s PITCH competition. The company emerged victorious on Centre Stage, competing against 105 shortlisted startups, and winning the favour of judges with its technology that uses a 30-second face scan to measure vital signs and assess cardiometabolic health risks, including those related to heart disease and diabetes.



The win marked the end of a record-breaking edition of Web Summit, which returned on Thursday for its busiest final day ever after Wednesday’s programme was suspended for a day following advice from the Portuguese government over risks posed by extreme weather warnings.



“Cardiovascular disease remains the world&#8217;s leading cause of death, with millions of people living with undetected risks without knowing it until it&#8217;s too late”, shared Carevision founder and CEO Dr. Amani Abulaban, who founded the startup to improve early cardiovascular detection after her younger brother, previously in good health, suffered a stroke. “Our mission is to make screening and risk detection accessible, affordable, and scalable worldwide”



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Web Summit PITCH competition provides startups like Carevision with a global stage to showcase their technology and make connections with investors and potential partners who can help change the trajectory of their business. Following Wednesday’s weather-related suspension, the competition’s semi-finals were rescheduled to Thursday morning, with the final taking place later that day.



Web Summit’s 2026 edition welcomed 70,003 attendees from 164 countries, making it the event’s most international edition yet. It also broke its investor attendance record for the second consecutive year, welcoming 1,943 investors. More than 10,000 startups attended, with 3,052 companies exhibiting from 110 countries, alongside major partners from some of the world’s largest technology giants, Apple, Meta, Google, and Intel.&nbsp;



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Partners from some of the world’s biggest funds &#8211; including Accel, Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, TPG, Union Square Ventures, Index Ventures, Atomico, the Qatar Investment Authority and Tencent &#8211; were in Lisbon to meet fellow investors and some of the most promising startups. New data from PitchBook shows that funds at Web Summit 2026 participated in 60% of global deal value, and 73% of US VC deal value.&nbsp;



A new report by EY also demonstrates Web Summit&#8217;s wider economic impact, with Portugal offering a clear example. The report found that Web Summit has contributed nearly €2.5 billion to the Portuguese economy over the past decade, around €250 million a year. It also found that Portuguese startups exhibiting at Web Summit were more likely to grow their businesses, with sustained increases in revenue and job creation.



Despite the storm’s disruptions, Web Summit’s final day was its biggest ever for stage content and meetups. More than 100 speakers were rescheduled for Thursday, with talks running from 9 am to 5.30 pm, including throughout lunchtime. An additional 65 community and partner meetups were moved from Wednesday, bringing Thursday’s programme to more than 125 meetups and giving attendees further opportunities to connect with founders, investors and technology leaders.



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<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-meet-the-pitch-2026-winner">Meet the PITCH 2026 winner</h4>



Led by founder and CEO Dr. Amani Abulaban, who has more than 15 years of experience in AI and digital healthcare, Carevision is focused on making preventive health screening more accessible worldwide.



“Through our proprietary AI and computer vision technology, we turn any camera into a health screening tool”, explained Carevision founder and CEO Dr Amani Abulaban.&nbsp;



“Taking part in PITCH has been really exciting. We met industry leaders and got on a global stage. We are planning to expand globally, and this was the first step”, the Carevision founder highlighted. “We want the world to know that preventive healthcare can be accessible to everyone, everywhere.”



Web Summit 2026 PITCH runners-up were Zoyk, a Zambian fintech startup helping businesses across Southern Africa manage payments through a single platform, and Moola Money, a UK-based fintech startup bringing financial planning and personalised coaching together in one platform.



<h4 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-pitch-a-launchpad-for-startups">PITCH: A launchpad for startups</h4>



PITCH, brought to you by KPMG, is Web Summit’s annual startup competition, bringing together leading early-stage companies from around the world to compete onstage in front of an independent panel of influential investors and global partners.



Previous winners include Portuguese startups Granter (2025) and Intuitivo (2024), Brazil’s Inspira (2023), Portuguese AI startup Smartex.ai (2021), and UK autonomous driving company Wayve, which is now valued at $8.5 billion (2018).



Last year’s winner, Portuguese AI startup Granter, has continued to grow following its PITCH victory. Granter has gone on to raise €1.6 million in new funding. 



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