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US–China AI Innovators & Impact Awards中美AI创新与影响力大奖
Twenty builders under twenty, bridging the world's two AI ecosystems — and using them to do good. 20位20岁以下的年轻建设者，连接全球两大AI生态，用技术创造善的影响。
Why this award exists为什么设立这个奖
Since 2018, Innovator.Media has interviewed the CEOs building the future — Allbirds, Beyond Meat, PayPal, vertical farming, cultivated meat. Now we're turning the spotlight on the youngest builders: students and teenagers whose work in AI already spans the United States and China, or serves both. Not a talent ranking. A bridge. 自2018年起，Innovator.Media 专访了一批正在创造未来的企业掌舵人——Allbirds、Beyond Meat、PayPal、垂直农业、细胞培养肉。现在，我们把聚光灯转向最年轻的建设者：他们的AI作品已经跨越中美两地，或同时服务两地用户的学生与少年。这不是一份天才排行榜，而是一座桥。
Who should be on this list? The 16-year-old shipping an open-source model fine-tune with users in both countries. The high schooler whose AI tutoring app teaches English in Chengdu and Chinese in Chicago. The teenager publishing real research. 什么样的人应该出现在这份名单上？16岁就发布开源模型微调、用户遍布两国的开发者；开发AI辅导应用、在成都教英语也在芝加哥教中文的高中生；已经在发表真正研究成果的少年。
How winners are chosen. Open nominations, a published rubric, and an independent judging panel of founders, researchers, and past Innovator.Media guests. Community support is celebrated — but judges decide the twenty. 评选方式。公开提名、公开评分标准，由创始人、研究者及 Innovator.Media 往期嘉宾组成的独立评审团评定。社区支持值得庆祝——但最终20人由评委决定。
Six ways in六个入口
Twenty winners across six categories. Judges may move a nomination to a better-fitting category — pick the closest one and don't overthink it. 六大类别共评出20位获奖者。评委可将提名调整至更合适的类别——选一个最接近的即可，不必纠结。
Papers, benchmarks, model work, or scientific results — published, preprinted, or independently verifiable.论文、基准测试、模型工作或科研成果——已发表、预印本或可独立验证均可。
Shipped products with real users — an app, a tool, a company. Traction beats polish.拥有真实用户的已上线产品——应用、工具或公司。有增长比精致更重要。
AI applied to health, climate, education, accessibility, or agriculture — measured by who it actually helps.将AI应用于医疗、气候、教育、无障碍或农业——以真正帮助到的人为衡量标准。
Creative work where AI is the instrument — film, music, design, storytelling, new formats.以AI为创作工具的作品——影像、音乐、设计、叙事及全新形式。
Repos people depend on, datasets, tutorials, clubs, and communities that lift other young builders.被大家依赖的代码库、数据集、教程、社团，以及带动其他年轻建设者的社区。
One honor decided by community support during the reveal. Celebrated separately — judges still pick the twenty.揭晓期间由社区支持产生的特别荣誉。单独颁发——最终20人仍由评委评定。
Nominate yourself or someone whose work deserves to be seen. Five minutes, two languages, zero cost.自荐，或提名一位作品值得被看见的人。五分钟、双语、零费用。
Founders, researchers, and past Innovator.Media guests score every semifinalist on originality, impact, depth, and the bridge between two ecosystems.创始人、研究者与 Innovator.Media 往期嘉宾，从原创性、影响力、技术深度与跨生态桥梁价值四个维度为每位半决选者打分。
Four weeks of reveals, then every winner joins the interview series that started it all.连续四周揭晓之后，每位获奖者都将登上这一切开始的地方——我们的专访系列。
What winners receive获奖者将获得
Your story, told in the same series as the CEOs of Allbirds, Beyond Meat, and PayPal — published across YouTube, bilibili, and our newsletter.你的故事将与 Allbirds、Beyond Meat、PayPal 的掌舵人出现在同一个专访系列，发布于 YouTube、B站与我们的newsletter。
A page on the 20 Under 20 site that stays up — the link you put in every application, bio, and pitch deck.在 20 Under 20 官网上长期保留的个人页面——可以放进每一份申请、简介和融资材料里的链接。
A private session with a past Innovator.Media guest or judge matched to your field — real questions, real answers.与你的领域匹配的往期嘉宾或评委进行一对一交流——真实的问题，真实的回答。
Certificate, digital badge, and inclusion in the official winners announcement promoted in both countries.证书、数字徽章，并列入在中美两地同步推广的官方获奖名单。
The road to twenty通往20人名单之路
Dates will be announced with the official launch. The shape of the journey:具体日期将随正式启动一同公布。整体流程如下：
Phase 1 · 6 weeks第一阶段 · 6周
Self and peer nominations in English or Chinese. Judges revealed week by week while the window is open.开放中英文自荐与他人提名。提名期间每周陆续揭晓评委阵容。
Phase 2 · 2 weeks第二阶段 · 2周
Every nomination checked against the published rubric; roughly 60–80 advance as semifinalists.所有提名按公开标准逐一审核，约60–80位晋级半决选。
Phase 3 · 3 weeks第三阶段 · 3周
The independent panel scores every semifinalist. Semifinalists are announced publicly mid-phase.独立评审团为每位半决选者打分，并在此阶段中公布半决选名单。
Phase 4 · 4 weeks第四阶段 · 4周
Five winners revealed each week in both countries, with interviews recorded as we go.每周在中美两地同步揭晓五位获奖者，并同步录制专访。
Phase 5第五阶段
The complete list goes live with every profile, plus the People's Choice honor and a celebration event.完整名单与全部个人主页上线，同时颁发人气奖并举行庆祝活动。
The panel评审团
Founders, AI researchers, and past Innovator.Media guests from both countries. Announced one by one during the nomination window.来自中美两地的创始人、AI研究者与 Innovator.Media 往期嘉宾，将在提名期间逐一揭晓。
Built something in AI and want to help pick the twenty? Get in touch about judging. 你也在AI领域有所建树，想参与评选这20位年轻人？联系我们了解评委事宜。
Before you nominate提名之前
Five minutes, two languages, zero cost五分钟 · 双语 · 零费用
Yourself, or someone whose work deserves the spotlight. Short and honest beats long and polished. 可以是你自己，也可以是一位作品值得被看见的人。简短真诚，胜过冗长修饰。
