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+# https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-ascending-subarray-sum
+
+from typing import List
+
+class Solution:
+    def maxAscendingSum(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
+        result = 0
+        curr = nums[0]
+        for i in range(1, len(nums)):
+            if nums[i - 1] >= nums[i]:
+                result = max(result, curr)
+                curr = 0
+            curr += nums[i]
+        result = max(result, curr)
+        return result
+