# Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort

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# Emergent Ventures winners, 57th cohort

[Oisin O’Gorman](https://irishtechnews.ie/deepfakes-project-earns-engineers-ireland-award-for-castleknock-school-at-stripe-young-scientist-technology-exhibition-2026/), 15, Dublin, misinformation and fakes.

[Karsen Lee Wahal](https://karsenleewahal.com/), Stanford, is AI killing the web?, and measuring media slant.

[Davy Deng](https://www.linkedin.com/in/davy-deng-280638194/), with Claire Wang (previous winner), whole brain emulation, MIT.

[Enej Grmek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/enej-grmek-20710b274/), 16, Ljubljana, privacy.

[Vladimir Shmelev](https://www.facebook.com/vladimir.shmelev.54/), Ukraine, Ukrainian children for relief trips to Montenegro.

Nik Verma, Chicago, a legal framework for AI agents.

Emirhan Demir and Çınar Yıldırım, Istanbul area, 19, protection against AI agents.

[Midhat Doruk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/midhat-doruk-g%C3%B6l-5689063ab/), 14, Ankara, longevity, biology, and skin cosmetics.

Burak Yilmaz, 17, Diyarbarkir, Turkey, browser-native authentication.

[Lloyd Strickland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Strickland), London, to publish the remaining Leibniz papers, including on computation.

[Abdul Quyum](https://www.linkedin.com/in/abdul-quyum-9a2a513a6/), 15, Perth, organizing information and data.

[Catharine Young](https://www.linkedin.com/in/catharine-young-ph-d-25959148/), podcast on women in science, science communication tranche, Cambridge/DC.