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Designed to mimic a real-world tech team of product managers, technical architects, UX/UI designers, project managers, business analysts, and generalists the competition is a 6-week program that takes teams of 4-5 multidisciplinary students through three phases:
TOP REASONS TO JOIN
Get hands-on experience
Acquire resume building experience in roles such as product management, business analytics, or UX/UI design.
Receive 1:1 mentorship
Receive mentorship from alumni and industry experts to launch your idea.
Win up to $6,500
Secure the $1,500 Challenge Round prize and advance to the Jam Finale to compete for the $5,000 Champion Award.
2025 Programming
Applications open August 29th for the 2025 +Tech Innovation Jam. Programming runs from September 28, 2025 through November 14, 2025. Teams who win their track will advance to the +Tech Innovation Jam Finale which is on November 18th.
Application Due
Pre-Kickoff Event: +Tech Industry Social
Pre-Kickoff Event: +Tech Team Social
Pre-Kickoff Event: +Tech Industry Social
Competition Kickoff
Phase 1: Ideation
Fall Break (no programming)
Phase 2: Create
Phase 3: Demonstrate
Challenge Round Pitches
+Tech Innovation Jam Finale (top 5 pitch)
Team Formation and Idea Generation
The +Tech Innovation Jam is a competition for those with or without an idea and for those with or without a team. Come to one or all of the pre-kick off events designed for you to identify a problem to solve, connect with industry experts, and meet potential teammates.
2024 WINNERS
Champion Award
Cyberwrightis a platform to help website and app creators prevent hacks before they happen.
Team: Pradham Kuchipudi (CSE), Jacob Chen (BBA & CSE), Luya Zhang (MSI), Lorenzo Lupano (CSE), Swapan Gudaru (CSE), Adrian Con (BSA & BBA)
Runner-up Award and Audience Choice Award
Nurturly is redefining support through the journey of motherood: A place where expecting, new, and expereinced mothers can go to learn and share tips and tricks during this beuatiful but scary time.
Team: Sammy Srinivasan (MBA), Mugdha Bhandari (MBAn), Reet Oberoi (MSI), Hyebin Park (MSI)
2023 WINNERS
First Place
AFFIRMATIVE leverages AI to offer cost-effective care navigation services, via subscription, directly to transgender patients.
Team: Matthew Liu (MBA), Zhenqi Wang (LSA), Seoyoon Chang (LSA), Irene Chung (SI), and Karishma Lunawat (OYM)
Second Place
NADA is a dating app with unique product features that are focused on making enuine connections and giving users in-time feedback on their profile.
Team: Michael Sheehan (MBA), Karen Chen (LSA), Jialan Ren (SI), Catherine Zhou (SI), Vaibhav Mittal (MBA), and Daniel Ryou (OYM)
Third Place
Be Well is a tool that helps patients choose a medication plan that is both affordable and suitable for them.
Team: Ashank Dubey (MBA), Dushyant Khanduja (MBA), Carleen Liu (SI), Kaixin Feng (CoE), Xuling Yang (CoE), and Ruijie Zhao (SI)
2022 Winners
First Place
CORE is a no code, customizable, and easy to deploy research kit.
Team: Akbar Arsiwala (MBA), Alyssa Ciapala (MBA), Ethan Marshall (CSE), Karthik Ramani (EMBA), Rithvik Vanga (CSE), Riya Dev (CSE)
Second Place (tied)
Energyapp is a home energy performance app that diagnoses hot and cold spots while connecting homeowners with a contractor.
Team: Claire McKenna (PhD), Shantonio Birch (PhD), Krishna Rao (MA), Mahalakshmi (MA), Cassie Zhang (BA)
Second Place (tied)
CliMates is a platform that allows people to discover impactful climate projects to invest in.
Team: Akhila Kosaraju (M.Des), Isha Goel (MA), Christopher Okumura (BA)
2021 Winners
First Place
Oudiois an ‘imperfect’ social media platformm, utilizing ‘voice’ as a medium, where honest dialogues will make each other’s life more relatable, form deeper connections, and further foster meaningful communities.
Team: Didsayachai Priungruag (MBA ‘22), Jihee Yoon (MSI ‘23), Zelda Hu (MSI ‘23), Akhila Kosaraju (M.Des ‘23)
Second Place
Cele (Sell-ee) is reimagining the gifting experience by using A.I. to identify gift recommendations that are curated and personalized to each specific user and each of their loved ones.
Team: Devlin McConnell (MBA ‘22), Cory Cooney (MBA ’23), Karon (KJ) Green (MSI/MBA ’24)
Third Place
Hand in Hand works to connect interested volunteers with the right organizations.
Team: Lilly Wu (B.A. & PiTE, ’23), April Tsai, (B.A. ’23)
