soonami Cohort 2 Winners
Five months; three uniquely designed hackathons; a community of 1300+ builders - that’s soonami venturethons in a nutshell. We were born with the vision to support and scale early-stage Web3 and AI projects from all across the world. We believe talent and ideas are everywhere, they just need the right ecosystem. And that’s exactly what we’re creating by designing 12-week programs with one week of core building. Our Venturethons are 100% remote and we offer mentorship, guidance to enter our accelerator program which invests $125k in investee companies, an opportunity to tokenize projects, and a chance to pitch to the investment committee at the end of the program whether or not you win the hackathon.
We wrapped up our third hackathon On Dec 3. Here’s the lowdown on our winners:
Winner | New Ventures Track | Prize $8K:
An AI powered software that turns doctor-patient conversation into a patient's electronic medical record.
This project aims to streamline electronic medical record (EMR) charting during healthcare interactions. Utilizing advanced natural language processing, the software transcribes and analyzes conversations in real-time, eliminating manual data entry.
Video: https://youtu.be/K6Lc9fEOZkE
Team: Dhruv Agarwal, Mehul Arora, Shivansh Tiwari, Gillian McMohan, Jillian Sweetland, Shriya Shetty
Dhruv Aggarwal is a UC San Diego Computer Science Master's student specializing in AI. As a former Deep Learning Researcher at Reprhase.ai, he tackled challenges in AI, including talking head video generation. His background includes AI engineering at Udaan, Full-Stack Development at SAP Labs, and contributions to Multimodal Emotion Recognition. They hold a Bachelor's from IIIT Allahabad, collaborating on SLAM algorithm enhancement.
Mehul Arora, XR Research Intern at Qualcomm, merges computer vision and machine learning expertise for innovative XR solutions. Pursuing a Master's in Computer Science at UC San Diego, with a robust software engineering background from IIIT Allahabad, he optimized Structure-From-Motion at Preimage and automated User Profiling at PayU. Diverse research contributions include 3D LiDAR Point Clouds, semantic SLAM, and credit modeling at institutions like the University of Bonn, University of Maryland, and Google Summer of Code. Eager to acquire new skills, Mehul is committed to advancing computer vision and machine learning across diverse domains.
Shivansh Tiwari is currently a final-year student at IIIT Allahabad with a keen interest in leveraging technology to address daily challenges. Known for creating innovative side projects, Shivansh serves as a Google Summer of Code Mentor and was previously a GSoC student developer for The Mifos Initiative. Beyond coding, he enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and playing the piano when not immersed in refining his coding skills.
Gillian McMohan is a PhD student at UCSD; President of Big Sister STEM and a Bioengineering Researcher.
Jillian Sweetland, COO of Autochart, is a PhD student at USCD. She’s a biologist and biomedical researcher.
Shriya Shetty is a Graduate Student at UCSD, She’s a Bioengineering Researcher and has a MicroMBA from Rady School of Management.
Winner | On the Fast Track | Prize $5K
Genoshi: graff.ai generates knowledge graphs from research papers, providing users with AI-generated summaries and insights for rapid research. The tool analyzes research papers and generates knowledge graphs, non-technical summaries, and insights.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW3wANWEoBc
Team: Shourya Vir Jain and Dhruv J.
Shourya Vir Jain is an Electrical Engineering Sophomore at IIT Delhi. He's building genoshi.io which solves for human knowledge and efficiency by leveraging innovative system design and technology. He's passionate about AI, datascience and social impact. He's also an internationally rated chess player (FIDE 2118) and karate black belt.
Winner | Best for Good Project | Prize $1K:
FeedstockPlus is the platform for Bioenergy players to Connect, Source Feedstocks, and ensure Sustainability Compliance.
Video: https://youtu.be/6IqdFpAVdZw
Team: Lucas Zaehringer, Luis Duraes, Ruia Gaspar, and Faijan Khan.
Lucas Zaehringer works on traceability and decarbonization, supply chains, carbon accounting and blockchain. And his project brings all the above together. He's extremely passionate about traceability, verification and information sharing.
In addition to FeedStock Plus, he is associated with Verity Tracking, Blocksize Capital, and ECOTA.
Luis Duraes is a Business Process Owner at Treasure Fusion IT. He is concerned about the environment and the future of our planet earth. Feedstock Plus is one of his projects to contribute towards sustainability practices.
Rui Gaspar is a software engineer and passionate about exploring the frontiers of technology. He works at Talkdesk.
Faijan Khan, is a Machine Learning Software Engineer in India, who contributes to a decentralized AI platform “IDEAS”. He’s a published researcher with two international conference papers. His technical skills encompass Python, Solidity, and JavaScript, specializing in blockchain, data science, and machine learning. He’s an Open-source contributor, mentor, and seeks collaborative opportunities.
