UB startup venture Opollo Technologies has been selected as a national finalist in Blackstone LaunchPad’s annual pitch competition, and will be pitching investors virtually on Feb. 23 for prizes worth $50,000.

But no matter how the UB startup, led by MD/MBA student Ryan Young and MBA student Anders Rosen, does in the final competition, the UB community can help the company earn the competition’s People’s Choice Award and a $5,000 prize.

Voting is open through 11:59 p.m. on Feb. 23.

Opollo Technologies employs artificial intelligence to provide better surgery duration forecasts than industry-standard methods. Opollo survived 90 team cuts to make it to the final eight student teams from across the LaunchPad network making their pitches on Feb. 23 during Startup Grind’s Global Conference.