Goldman's annual pitch competition reaches record size

Over one thousand Goldman Sachs analysts competed in the eleventh Analyst Impact Fund, pitching charitable projects to CEO David Solomon and senior executives for grants totalling six hundred fifty thousand dollars.

Every Cure wins top prize with AI drug research

A Frankfurt analyst team called Every Cure won first place and two hundred fifty thousand dollars for using AI to accelerate drug-disease cross-applications to clinical trials and get approved drugs to patients faster.

AI dominated this year's finalist pitches

Around eighty-four percent of analysts who participated brought AI into their pitches, including all of the finalists. Asahi Pompey, global head of corporate engagement, called this year's cohort the most technologically fluent yet.

Other winning teams and their causes

Team Thorn from Birmingham and London won one hundred thousand dollars plus twenty-five thousand dollars as fan favorite for combating online child sexual abuse.Build Change won seventy-five thousand dollars for disaster-resilience housing.

Competition builds leadership skills, bank says

Goldman Sachs says the competition helps junior employees develop skills the bank looks for in future leaders.

“Our program gives analysts the opportunity to engage with complex global challenges while developing the leadership, resilience, and adaptability that will serve them throughout their careers.”

Program grew from small idea to major event

The competition started when two Goldman partners brainstormed ways to connect junior talent with the company's culture of service.In its first three years only one thousand analysts participated.

Mentorship and skill-building extend beyond grants

One in six partners at Goldman Sachs mentored a team. Asahi Pompey says the fund builds skills leaders need: making complex ideas simple, leading peers with humility, knowing when to hold ground and when to…

“The ability to make something complex simple, the ability to lead peers with humility, the ability to know when to hold your ground and know when to yield, to know when getting the right answer is less important than asking the right questions.”