A US high school student won gold at the International AI Olympiad; Team USA returned with 1 gold, 1 silver, and 2 honourable mentions

Team USA returned from the 2026 International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad (IAIO) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with four students earning four distinctions. The team won one gold medal, one silver medal, and two honourable mentions during the competition held from February 23 to 27, 2026. Dale Liu, a junior at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, won the gold medal. All four students were selected from the 2025 USA-North America AI Olympiad, according to the USA Artificial Intelligence Olympiad in a March 2, 2026, press release about the team’s performance in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 2026. The students represented the United States at the international competition and brought home four distinctions across the medal and honourable mention categories.Four students represented Team USA at the 2026 IAIOThe 2026 International Artificial Intelligence Olympiad brought together the four students representing the United States in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The event took place from February 23 to 27, 2026. Dale Liu, a junior at Lynbrook High School in San Jose, California, won the gold medal. Peter Xiao, a senior at Montgomery High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, earned the silver medal, while Aaditya Bilakanti and Jerry Yu received honourable mentions. Together, the students earned one gold medal, one silver medal, and two honourable mentions.Team members were selected through the 2025 USA-North America AI OlympiadThe four students reached the international competition through the 2025 USA-North America AI Olympiad. USAAIO says its work includes organising K-12 AI Olympiad contests, selecting, training, and sending Team USA to international AI Olympiads such as the IOAI and IAIO, and encouraging and educating K-12 students to gain knowledge of AI and develop skills in using and improving AI. This pathway connected the students’ participation in the USA-North America competition with their appearance at the international event in Ljubljana. The 2026 IAIO was the international competition where the four selected students represented the United States and earned the medals and honours announced by USAAIO afterwards.Which groups are supporting USAAIO and future AI OlympiadsUSAAIO also acknowledged organisations that supported its work and Team USA. The press release lists the US Embassy in Slovenia under the US Government, along with the Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions, MIT Admissions and Temple University, Fox School of Business. Corporate supporters listed include Beaver-Edge AI Institute, Google, Jane Street, Pathway, EasyFunCoding, General Catalyst, Non-Trivial, applied37, Ladder Internships, and Third Wheel. It notes future international events, stating that the 2026 IOAI will be held in the UAE and the 2027 IAIO will be held in Vietnam.You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.