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# San Sebastián Gives $35,000 to AI Tool That Watches Live Streams
- URL: https://scrolletta.com/2026/09/24/zinemaldia-startup-challenge-pixentinel/
- Published: 2026-09-24T07:13:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T08:43:22.000Z
- Description: A Spanish live-stream monitoring platform wins San Sebastián's startup prize, and a Finnish virtual location-scouting tool takes the European award.
- Author: Scrolletta
- Tags: Frontier, San Sebastián Festival, Pixentinel, Antti Ahokoivu, TECNALIA, Vicomtech, #pool-2026-09-28, #ai-generated

Pixentinel, Luis Zabala's platform that uses AI and streaming analytics to monitor live streams and protect their quality and revenue, wins the best Spanish project prize of €30,000 (roughly $35,000) at the San Sebastián Festival's Zinemaldia Startup Challenge. Finland's Antti Ahokoivu takes best European project and a mention for entrepreneurship with Virtual Location Scouting, which uses augmented and virtual reality to let a whole crew scout a location digitally. The challenge is run by TECNALIA, the audiovisual industry alliance ALÍA, Vicomtech and the festival, with support from Spain's culture ministry through film agency ICAA and from its digital transformation ministry.

**Primary**: [San Sebastián Festival, Zinemaldia Startup Challenge awards, 24 September 2026](https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2026/news/1/23633/in?ref=scrolletta.com)