Elnora Places Third in the Utah Business Innovation Awards

Elnora AI placed third in the AI and Software Platforms category of the Utah Business 2026 Innovation Awards. The honorees were announced on 2 September 2026 at the Innovation Awards Summit in Salt Lake City, where the awards are presented by Nucleus.

SchoolAI took first place in the category and Lucidity Sciences second, with Guardrail Technologies receiving an honourable mention. The awards run across categories including medtech devices, digital health, defence and energy, judged by a named committee.

Elnora was recognised for reducing the time preclinical research teams spend writing and revising laboratory protocols. Its citation notes that the platform converts a scientist's stated goal into an executable, instrument-ready protocol by learning from previous experiments, including those that failed.

Elnora had been notified of its shortlisting on 27 July 2026.

The company relocated from Estonia to Salt Lake City in January 2025 and has been based in Utah since. Founder Carmen Kivisild was named a Women Tech Awards Honoree by the Women Tech Council in July 2026.