Ajsel Budlla
First Albanian high school student to win the EIT Digital Innovation Award at Gen-E (Europe's largest youth entrepreneurship festival, 400,000+ students). One of only 4 students selected to represent Albania at the European Girls' Mathematical Olympiad (EGMO) 2024. Won 'Get in the Ring' prize at Gen-E 2025 — a startup pitch competition run in partnership with leading European VCs.
What they built
Ajsel built PulsePal — an Arduino-based device that monitors patients' vital signs in real time (pulse rate, body temperature, oxygen levels) and transmits data directly to healthcare providers using AI models. She built it to solve a real gap: in rural Albania, patients in remote areas can't reach doctors in time. PulsePal bridges that gap by enabling remote monitoring without expensive hospital infrastructure. Ajsel developed and coded the device independently during a summer JA program, won a gold medal at the Albanian Science and Engineering Fair, and went on to win the EIT Digital Innovation Award and the 'Get in the Ring' prize at Gen-E 2025 — Europe's largest youth entrepreneurship festival (over 400,000 students across 50 countries).
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Verified track record
- Gold medal — Albanian Science and Engineering Fair (PulsePal)
- EIT Digital Innovation Award — Gen-E 2025 (Europe's largest youth entrepreneurship festival)
- 'Get in the Ring' competition winner — Gen-E 2025
- Code Week Digital Innovation Award (EU)
- Featured by JA Europe at EU Commission AI & Entrepreneurship Policy Roundtable (DG EMPL)
- Non-Trivial Fellow '25 | AwardX '24
- EGMO 2024 contestant (one of top 4 Albanian girls selected)
- JBMO 2023 Bronze Medal
- Kangaroo Math Olympiad — national winner, Albania
- JA Europe / EU AI-ENTR4YOUTH roundtable (source)
- IT Brief (UK) (source)
- Summit Education profile (Jun 2026) (source)
- Gen-E 2025 winner page (source)
- EGMO 2024 official record (age 15) (source)
- Trending Topics EU (source)