Convergent Fall 2020 Demo Day Recap
Last week, Texas Convergent hosted its Fall 2020 virtual Demo Day, showcasing a range of projects and products built by students in the computer science, business, engineering, and design school at UT Austin.
Each semester, students in the Build Team program go through the idea brainstorming and product development process to build a minimum viable product that addresses a problem that the students identify. Meanwhile, students in the Incubator program work with student startup founders to develop the technical, business, and design aspects of their products.
Their hard work culminates in Demo Day, where build team members and incubator startup founders have the opportunity to pitch their solution and demo their product to a panel of judges.
Here are the highlights from this semester’s event.
Day 1
Sixteen build teams across our Public Health, Data Analysis, Social Impact, Remote Applications, and AI-Powered Tech cases presented their products over Zoom.
Day 2
Five incubator pods pitched their startups and build team awards were announced.
Fall 2020 Incubator Pods
Instok (Octoshop) is an e-commerce assistant that helps shoppers find what they need in-stock at the best prices.
Real Perspective is an online service that uses traditional photo and video, drone cinematography, modeling software, and advanced video editing to showcase homes more effectively.
ReView is a mobile app that allows a user to upload a photo of a disposable item and determines if it is recyclable.
Tuktuk is a mobile application that utilizes a market-place model to facilitate peer-to-peer carpooling.
Explorastay is a metasearch aggregator site for mid-term rentals (monthly stays between 1–12 months).
Build Team Award Winners
Moodify from the Data Analysis build team won in the ‘Best Tech’ category.
Team: Isabella Hsu (Product), Hannah Chuang (Tech), Lilia Li (Tech), Rahul Shankar (Product), Ryan Brown (Tech)
Demo: https://youtu.be/1YOfqT4aiTM
Texas Book Swap from the Social Impact build team won in the ‘Best Business’ category.
Team: Anchit Nath (Business), Andrea Toba (Tech), Audrey Kendrick (Tech), Deepika Dandeboyina (Tech), Flora He (Business), Jasmine Wang (Design), Jennifer Truong (Tech), Katie Monaghan (Business), Sanjna Reddy (Tech)
Demo: https://youtu.be/k3iWfOrHiF0
StepCity from the Public Health build team won in the ‘Best Design’ category.
Team: Anoushka Singhania (Design), Audrey Hsien (Product), Emmanuel Ihim (Tech), Kelly Chiu (Tech), William Dang (Product)
Demo: https://youtu.be/rys7QPhTCT0
UTrends from the AI-Powered Tech build team achieved the highest average overall score, earning them ‘Best Overall.’
Team: Akif Abidi (Tech), Danny Perille (Tech), David Kim (Business & Design), Jack Cooney (Business & Design), Maansi Chodavarapu (Tech), Melvin Sureshbabu (Tech), Promise Eke (Business & Design)
Demo: https://youtu.be/txl4dR_Q0Ro
Congratulations to all of our build teams and incubator pods who presented during our Fall 2020 Demo Day! 👏
We look forward to seeing all the things you’ll build in the future.
Texas Convergent is UT Austin’s first interdisciplinary entrepreneurial organization. We equip students with the necessary skills and resources to drive the future of innovation through a multidisciplinary methodology centered on technology, business, and design.
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