Dirac Labs, a company that specializes in the development of quantum sensors for subterranean exploration to aid the discovery of rare metals, won the 19th annual Elevator Pitch Olympics held Thursday during the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium at the Monona Terrace.

Sygmatic (foreign language acquisition platform) took second place, and Spectacle Health (platform to help people select Medicaid plans) won the People’s Choice award, which members of the audience selected.

Fifteen startups were each given 90 sec. to pitch in front of a panel of investor judges.

Sativa Building Systems won last year’s Elevator Pitch Olympics.