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. 

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)

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)

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)

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)