Announcing the Semi-Finalists of the 2012 AWS Start-Up Challenge

We received close to 2,500 applications for the 2012 AWS Start-Up Challenge! Applications arrived from every state in the US and from 84 other countries including Iceland, Ghana, Bahrain, Nepal, Cambodia, and Malawi.

Our suite of judges have chosen the following 24 semi-finalists:

Big Data & High Performance Computing

• Automated Insights (USA)
• Demyst Data (Hong Kong)
• Mortar Data (USA)
• Positive Bioscience (India)
• QMedic (USA)
• Seven Bridges Genomics (USA)

Business Applications

• Chute (USA)
• GoSquared (UK)
• Guidebook (USA)
• PlanGrid (USA)
• Poikos (Netherlands)
• Tracelink Business Cloud (USA)

Consumer Applications

• Appy Couple (USA)
• LogMyCalls (USA)
• Hive (Australia)
• Magnasoft Northstar (India)
• Powhow (USA)
• Wikidot (Poland)

Gaming

• Bossa Studios (UK)
• Claritics Gaming Analytics (US)
• Grand Cru (Finland)
• Playblazer (India)
• PlayCanvas (UK)
• Smilu (US)

You can learn more about each semi-finalist on our semi-finalists page. We've posted descriptions and videos of each entrant.

The Finale Celebration for this year's Start-Up Challenge will be held on January 24th in San Francisco.

Congratulations to all of the semi-finalists!

-- Jeff;