# From IOAI Competitor to AI Entrepreneur: IOAI Board Endorses LateranAI > Source: > Published: 2026-07-10 14:34:24+00:00 Skip to content About Accreditation Countries & territories International Board International Scientific Committee Regulations Become an IOAI Host Regional Olympiads in AI Education Hub 2026 Kazakhstan Schedule International Jury and HSC Syllabus Contest Rules Registration Financial Aid 2026 Call for tasks AI Model Track Rules & Format FAQ IOAI GAITE GAITE Registration Sponsors Editions 2024 Bulgaria 2024 Participating teams 2024 Organizers 2024 Speakers 2024 Results & awards 2024 Tasks IOAI 2024 Photos and Videos 2025 China About Beijing Schedule Contest Rules Team Challenge 2025 Participating teams 2025 Participants 2025 Results IOAI 2025 Photos and Videos IOAI 2025 Mascot 2026 Kazakhstan 2027 Singapore The Bulgarian Award News Media kit 2025 Press release #1 2025 Press release #2 2025 Press release #3 Contact us Contact us ``` Industry News IOAI 10/07/2026 From IOAI Competitor to AI Entrepreneur: IOAI Board Endorses LateranAI One of the goals of the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence has always been to inspire young people not only to study AI, but also to build with it. This month, the International Board of IOAI published an official endorsement of LateranAI, a company co-founded by Wang Zerui, who represented Singapore at the first IOAI in Burgas in 2024 and won a Gold Medal, before returning in 2025 to earn Silver. For the Board, Zerui’s journey reflects exactly what the Olympiad hopes to encourage: taking the knowledge and experience gained through competition and applying it to solve real-world problems. Supporting fair competitions As international competitions continue to grow, so does the challenge of ensuring their integrity. The Board notes that with 131 accredited countries and territories and almost 500 contestants expected at IOAI 2026 in Astana, investigating potential violations becomes increasingly demanding. While human invigilators remain essential, they cannot observe every action taking place on every contestant’s screen. LateranAI addresses this challenge by recording competition sessions and analysing screen activity and input events. Rather than replacing human reviewers, the system highlights moments that deserve attention, leaving every final decision to competition officials. Each flagged event can be reviewed together with the supporting evidence and replayed afterwards if necessary. Tested in real competitions According to the Board, the platform has already been deployed across more than 2,000 students in ten competition rounds. The endorsement describes its use during the USA–North America AI Olympiad and the USA Cybersecurity Olympiad, where the system detected several forms of misconduct that had not been noticed during in-person invigilation, including the use of AI assistants embedded in permitted websites, automated scripts calling external AI services, remote keyboard control, and prohibited coding assistants. The Board also highlights that the platform allows organizers to determine which types of data are collected, supports hosting data within national or regional jurisdictions, and follows the principles of GDPR and Singapore’s PDPA. An endorsement from the IOAI Board Following its review, the International Board recommends that national delegations and future host committees evaluate LateranAI for use in their own competitions and selection rounds. The letter also notes that the USA–North America AI Olympiad and the USA Cybersecurity Olympiad will continue using the platform in 2027. In addition, IOAI will introduce the team to the organisers of IOAI 2027 in Singapore, while the Asian-Pacific Olympiad in AI is already discussing future cooperation with LateranAI. For the IOAI community, however, the endorsement is about more than a piece of software. It is also a story about one of its own alumni—someone who moved from competing at the Olympiad to building technology that may help future competitions become even fairer. As the Board concludes in its letter, this is exactly the kind of impact it hopes IOAI participants will have long after the medals are awarded.   Related Articles IOAI Opening a Call for Nominations for the IOAI International Board (2026) 12/06/2026 IOAI IOAI 2026 Save the Date: IOAI Community Meeting – April 21st! 08/04/2026 Events IOAI The 3rd IOAI China AI Education Symposium was Successfully Held in Beijing 10/12/2025 IOAI The new African OAI Board and Scientific Committee members have been elected 08/10/2025 IOAI Save the Date: The first Pan African OAI meeting – October 3rd! 01/10/2025 IOAI Save the Date: IOAI Community Meeting – September 15th! 04/09/2025 IOAI Highlights from the First Malaysian AI Olympiad (MAIO 2025) 07/07/2025 IOAI Opening a call for nominations for the IOAI International Board 03/07/2025 ``` Go to Top About Accreditation Countries & territories International Board International Scientific Committee Regulations Become an IOAI Host Regional Olympiads in AI Education Hub 2026 Kazakhstan Schedule International Jury and HSC Syllabus Contest Rules Registration Financial Aid 2026 Call for tasks AI Model Track Rules & Format FAQ IOAI GAITE GAITE Registration Sponsors Editions 2024 Bulgaria 2024 Participating teams 2024 Organizers 2024 Speakers 2024 Results & awards 2024 Tasks IOAI 2024 Photos and Videos 2025 China About Beijing Schedule Contest Rules Team Challenge 2025 Participating teams 2025 Participants 2025 Results IOAI 2025 Photos and Videos IOAI 2025 Mascot 2026 Kazakhstan 2027 Singapore The Bulgarian Award News Media kit 2025 Press release #1 2025 Press release #2 2025 Press release #3