Bharat Bhavnasi@bharat_bhavnasi794

The Challenge: The Lonely Journey of Learning 🌌 The journey of education begins hand-in-hand, tracing letters on a slate guided by a patient mentor. But as we grow, the supportive circle fades, replaced by the solitary glow of screens and the silent pages of books. Learning becomes a lonely trek where the path forward is often obscured by unasked questions, held captive by the heavy chains of fear and self-doubt. When a learner stumbles into a conceptual chasm, the guiding hand is absent, leaving knowledge gaps to widen into insurmountable obstacles that inevitably stall academic progress. The intimacy of early education is lost to the impersonal scale of independent study. Our Solution: Slate.ai — The Return to Guided Discovery ✍️ Slate.ai is not just a platform; it's a digital sanctuary that revives the soul of that first slate. Harnessing the power of Gemini-powered AI, we create a Virtual Teacher that is always present, offering a personal, judgment-free space for intellectual growth. Within our interactive canvas, learning is a dynamic conversation, providing real-time guidance, immediate feedback, and gentle motivation. By fusing the warmth of nostalgia with cutting-edge AI, Slate.ai transforms anxiety into curiosity, making education intuitive, deeply engaging, and beautifully fear-free. We ensure every student finds their guiding hand again, empowering them to fill every gap and soar confidently at their own rhythm.

Dripify is a next-gen, AI lifestyle super-app that brings together fashion, food, and personalization into one seamless, real-time experience. Frustrated by the limitations of traditional shopping and food apps, we imagined a smarter, more immersive way to decide what to wear or eat—by simply talking to your AI. With Riya, your voice-powered assistant, Dripify enables users to describe their mood or preferences and instantly see themselves in new outfits using 8K HD image try-ons powered by real-time audio and video streaming. It supports fully multimodal interaction—voice, video, and text—so you can interact however feels most natural. Dripify also remembers your past choices and preferences, using memory-based AI to suggest personalized clothing and food options. You can place meal orders with a single voice command, and share your looks and food picks with friends for feedback via a built-in interactive social feed. Backed by Groq’s blazing-fast inference and LLaMA 4 intelligence, Dripify delivers a personalized, real-time, and hands-free lifestyle experience like no other—turning shopping and dining into something effortless, expressive, and truly intelligent.

Ever spent way too much time searching for that one answer on a public website? Say you're looking for the exact steps to file your taxes on IRS.gov or trying to schedule an appointment on the DMV website. You know the info is buried somewhere, but finding it feels like a maze. That's where our tool, Llama Navigator, steps in to save the day! Introducing Llama Navigator – a game-changing Chrome extension that lets you pinpoint the exact information you're looking for on a website! No more scrolling through endless pages or hunting for links. Llama Navigator does the heavy lifting for you by guiding you directly to the answer.

Dev_AI_Agent is a revolutionary coding assistant designed to operate as an intelligent agent on your local machine, transforming app development by automating up to 99% of the process. It builds entire applications from scratch, including components, pages, and APIs, while being highly adaptable to various tech stacks like Next.js and Angular. With privacy-focused features, it offers both local and deployed versions, ensuring full code security and customization. Its app context awareness streamlines feature additions, and it provides clear, transparent explanations for every coding step. Cost-effective and optimized for on-device execution (e.g., Llama 3.1 on M1 with 32GB RAM), Dev_AI_Agent empowers developers to work faster without compromising control or security, making it the ultimate all-in-one developer partner for innovation and customization.

Grab your ideas, spin up compute, and start building what’s next! Start with $100 in AMD Developer Cloud credits and begin building right away. Get access to hands-on tutorials, workshops, and curated learning resources to help you build faster and go further. To unlock credits and join the hackathon, sign up for the AMD AI Developer Program. 🤝 Go solo or team up — ship something real. 💰 $21,500+ total prize pool & 1 × AMD Radeon™ AI PRO R9700 GPU up for grabs. 📍 On-site Venue (May 9-10): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📍On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Developers, builders, and innovators - bring your boldest ideas and let’s turn them into real AI systems on AMD.

Join our $1,000,000+ startup challenge series powered by Surge 📌 This announcement outlines the launch of a Global Human+AI Exchange — aligning universities, global cities, talent networks, and industry to accelerate human-centered AI innovation, technology transfer, and economic growth. 👉 Read more here ⏱️ 8 days to turn your idea, or existing product, into an investable demo. 📅 February 6 - 15, 2026 • Feb 6 - 14 (Online Phase) - Collaborate and build online with developers and AI innovators from around the world. All projects must be submitted by the end of the online phase on February 14th. 🕙 Doors open at 10:00 AM, first come, first served. • Feb 14 (On‑site Build Day) - Selected participants will be invited to an exclusive in‑person session to refine their projects and connect directly with mentors. • Feb 15 (On‑site Demos & Awards) - Live pitching sessions to a panel of judges and ecosystem partners, followed by the official winner announcement. 🌟 Get feedback from startup mentors and technical experts. 📍 On-site Venue (Feb 14–15): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 📲 Real-time on-site updates (SF) For real-time announcements and information during the on-site portion (Feb 14–15), join the LabLab SF Chapter WhatsApp group: 👉 Join the WhatsApp group 🤝 Join solo or with a team. New founders and existing startups are welcome. 🏆 $1,000,000+ in credits, token prizes, perks and funding opportunity. 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑‍💻 Apply now to build, validate, and pitch with purpose.

In this hybrid hackathon powered by Arc, developers will build the next generation of agentic commerce systems using Arc with USDC. Explore a world where AI agents and web services can pay for APIs, data, compute, and content in dynamic, usage-based ways, while Arc provides stablecoin-native settlement with predictable USDC fees and deterministic, sub-second finality. This hackathon is supported by Google & Google DeepMind, with a dedicated challenge and $40,000 in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) credits awarded for the best use of Gemini models and Google AI Studio. 📅 January 9 – 24, 2026 • Jan 9 – 23 (Online Phase) – Collaborate and build online with developers and AI innovators from around the world. All projects must be submitted by the end of the online phase on January 23rd. • Jan 23 (On‑site Build Day – San Francisco, CA) – Selected participants will be invited to an exclusive in‑person session to refine their projects and connect directly with mentors. • Jan 24 (On‑site Demos & Awards – San Francisco, CA) – Live pitching sessions to a panel of judges and ecosystem partners, followed by the official winner announcement. Get guidance from Arc and Circle experts through on-site support. 📍 On-site Venue (Jan 23–24): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 🤝 Go solo or team up, it's your flow. 🏆Compete for $50,000 in USDC & GCP Credits. 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now - sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!