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20 projects — 11 hackathon entries, plus products, client work and experiments. Team credits on every hackathon; results only when they’re verified.

Results

  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    LockSmith

    A deploy gate for PostgreSQL migrations: it flags lock-taking statements, proves the locks in embedded Postgres, estimates blocking time, and has IBM Bob rewrite them for zero downtime.

    • Next.js
    • React
    • TypeScript
    • Tailwind CSS
    • +3
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    NeighborOps AI

    An operations dashboard for community pantries: a Strands agent handles routine coordination through narrow tools, and people decide how scarce resources are used.

    • FastAPI
    • SQLAlchemy
    • Strands Agents
    • OpenAI API
    • +4
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    ThesisCircuit

    Paper-only options research agents: three strategies compete, a critic objects, and a fail-closed risk governor has the final say. NO TRADE is a first-class, audited result.

    • Python
    • FastAPI
    • alpaca-py
    • Next.js
    • +3
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    ClientOps Memory AI

    An AI operations agent for agencies that turns conversations into typed, evidence-backed memory in CockroachDB, so decisions, instructions and tasks survive the session.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • CockroachDB
    • Amazon Bedrock
    • +1
  • Hackathon · No-code · 2026

    LaunchMap AI

    A launch-readiness workspace that turns an incomplete client brief into a readiness score, gaps, a risk register, follow-up questions and an editable launch checklist a person approves.

    • native.builder
    • React
    • Vite
    • Tailwind CSS
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    BrandPilot Local

    A local, review-first creative studio prototype that turns product images and campaign briefs into reviewable marketing concepts, with real SDXL inference verified on AMD Radeon.

    • FastAPI
    • Pillow
    • OpenCV
    • Next.js
    • +3
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    QuotePilot AI

    An autopilot quoting agent for service businesses: Qwen reads the request, deterministic tools own price and availability, and a human approves before anything is sent.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Qwen
    • Alibaba Cloud
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    ScopeGuard AI

    Turns scattered client instructions (briefs, notes, emails, chats) into an evidence-backed scope that a person reviews and confirms before any work is committed.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • OpenAI API
    • Codex
    • +1
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    CaptionForge AI

    Turns a short video clip into four caption styles by sampling frames in the browser and calling Fireworks models, with honest fallbacks and human review before anything is posted.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • Fireworks AI
    • Docker
  • Hackathon · AI · 2026

    CivicAI Readiness Blueprint

    Decision support for community AI readiness: transparent local scoring, gaps, scenario comparison, a three-phase responsible-AI roadmap, and an optional AI policy insight.

    • Next.js
    • TypeScript
    • OpenAI API
    • Recharts
    Finalist — USAII Global AI Hackathon 2026 GitHub repository for CivicAI Readiness Blueprint