FinGuard AI Finance Helper

"Starting with the presentation video, I strongly recommend always testing the video before submission. The audio issues made it difficult to understand your explanation, which significantly reduced the effectiveness of the presentation. The idea of a budget app is solid, though not particularly original. What’s less clear is how AI meaningfully enhances the product. If the AI’s only contribution is suggesting “reduce X expense by Y%,” then the value proposition is weak. Users could achieve the same (and often better) insights by simply inputting their expenses into ChatGPT, Gemini, or any large-company LLM. This raises the question of why a user would choose your app over established alternatives. Another concern is that much of the demo appears static and hardcoded, rather than functioning as a dynamic application. Combined with the fact that this is the product’s state after more than a year of work/research, it suggests limited progress. Additionally, if development started before the hackathon timeframe, that raises eligibility issues."