Stanford just hosted a hackathon. Over 1000 Ivy League and elite engineering students came to build for 36 hours straight.
The reward? $200k+ in prizes.
Here are the winners and crowd standouts we saw at TreeHacks ‘25 @hackwithtrees (🧵):
1/ BrailleBot - 🎖️Best Hardware Prize
Converting a 3d printer and junk material from Stanford supply closet into a $15 braille printer
@jclin22009
@cathyzbn
@ScottHickmann
@LawtonSkaling
2/ OMNOM - 🎖️ Most creative prize
End to end food ordering and delivery robot that drives to restaurants, picks up orders, and brings them home
Built from scratch with spare parts and custom aluminum
@NilsIRL
@AJobAIO
@JohnathanM62119
3/ GitRizz - 🎖️Editor’s choice
Dating app that finds matches based on your GitHub. AI analyzes your profile creating vector embeddings of your commit history and finds similar matches
Tinder for CS majors
@AlorSahoo
@dtzhou2
4/ Aegis
Biomedical device to dispense medicine in emergency scenarios based on biometric data from wearables (Apple Watch)
@dynguyen0
@anshag01
@rickgxa
@AnshSheth4
5/ NeuroScribe
Brain computer interface keyboard
Translate thoughts into binary, which can be translated into any language
6/ Engage
Multimodal classroom TA that charts your progrsss analyzes interactions with Gemini to see who’s paying attention and asking questions
AI observability, for students
@nonhausdorff
@BorlettiLuca
7/ Super Smash Bros
Recreated in Java.
And also displays a fun AI generated fact at the end screen.
That’s it. (I really liked this one).
@_ayushnayak
@Alan_Ma_
7/ THE CAT
Robot rescue cat built to help in fire emergencies by identifying victims and calling 911
8/ Ranger - 🥈Best Idea 2nd place
Augmented reality wearable for the deaf that transcribes audio and shows the directional location of noises
Runs completely offline
9/ Auto LeARn
Car mechanic AR headset to help users fix their cars with videos and AI suggestions
10/ Pet Talks
AI camera to translate animal actions and gestures into words to help pet owners understand what their pets are thinking
Ring for bunny rabbits
@_binhle
11/ Easy Read
Chrome extension for English learners that lets you click to replace complicated words found in websites or papers
Toucan but for English
12/ BAS Climate Action - 🎖️Sustainability prize
AI agent that identifies areas where businesses can implement relevant UN-catalogued Cooperative Climate Initiatives
Deep research for building sustainable businesses
Are you a hacker dying to work on the most ambitious AI projects? We’re hiring interns, DM’s open
That’s all I could film! Huge shoutout to @MLHacks @hackwithtrees @Stanford
Want to see more hacks, AI agents, and demos? Follow @AlexReibman @AgentOpsAI
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