
Best Overall Hack
AlgoRhythm
AlgoRhythm gives beginner songwriters an AI-powered studio where melodies become complete arrangements in seconds.
Team • Abraham Agbota, Ryan Ghimire, Justin Ma, Arjun Babla
Legacy
A curated look at the projects that lit up HackTJ over the last two seasons. From medical breakthroughs to whimsical lifestyle tools, these teams show what's possible when creativity meets code.
HackTJ 12.0
A sky themed palette set the stage for our 2025 expedition, spotlighting the teams that pushed to new horizons.

Best Overall Hack
AlgoRhythm gives beginner songwriters an AI-powered studio where melodies become complete arrangements in seconds.
Team • Abraham Agbota, Ryan Ghimire, Justin Ma, Arjun Babla

Best Mobile Hack
SearchParty lets communities coordinate missing-person searches with live location sharing, task assignment, and heatmaps.
Team • Aryan Gadre, Kanishk Sivanandam, Chetan Maviti, Adarsh Bharadwaj

Best AI/ML Hack
SafeScape gives civilians and first responders a shared AR-enabled map for navigation, reporting, and rapid triage.
Team • Ansh Malhotra, Nivaan Kaushal, Pratham Singh, Armaan Ahmed

Best Web Hack
QuantumFold accelerates protein modeling by blending quantum computing with AlphaFold's accuracy.
Team • Deven Hagen, Justin Lee, Alan Zhu

Best Quantum Hack
Quantum Enhanced MRI Diagnostics highlights regions of interest in scans using edge detection and amplitude encoding.
Team • Kashi Kamat, Sarvani Vemuri, Surbhi Singla

Best Finance Hack
Circa turns bartering into a seamless on-chain experience so communities can lend, rent, and swap safely.
Team • Maneesh Vaddi, Agastya Sondhi, Arjun Chitla, Adhiraj Chhoda

Best Lifestyle Hack
PinPoint slices long-form video into just the clips you care about with semantic search and time-stamped recall.
Team • Soham Jain, Shaurya Jain, Anmol Karan, Jason Hao
Best Cyber Technology Hack
DeepShield is a browser extension that checks every frame for deepfakes directly on the page you're viewing.
Team • Rohan Honganoor, Amogh Katiki, Andrew Chen, Jayden Yang

Best Biomedical Hack
RDD listens for tuberculosis markers and spots Parkinson's tremors to bring early diagnosis to any clinic.
Team • Luv, Anush, Sanjeev, Saatvik

Best Environmental Science Hack
Retro Rower gamifies trash clean-up with a rowing simulator where players draft the most sustainable crew.
Team • Darwin Goldstein, Daniil Prokofev, Christoph Knaeble

Best Beginner Hack
AP Romance personifies AP classes to make course exploration playful and far less intimidating.
Team • Nathalie Hatchuel, Sohana Bahl, Fay Amirullah
Best Use of ROAM AI Agent
CyberGuard searches the public web for leaked credentials, validates them on-chain, and advises next steps.
Team • Shiv Davay, Aahan Sachdeva, Parthiv Maddipatla, Svaran Medavarapu

Vishnu Murthy Foundation Best Social Impact
Jot It transforms handwritten prescriptions so pharmacists never have to guess at dosage again.
Team • Sophia Huang, Jacob Dipasupil, Avery Li, Ipek Sayar
HackTJ 11.0
From pose-aware cameras to carbon trackers, the 2024 cohort proved just how broad student innovation can be.

Best Overall Hack
WatchDog detects falls, fires, and sudden medical events, alerting loved ones instantly.
Team • Shaurya Jain, Arjun Babla, Anmol Karan, Ajith Sivakumar

Best AI/ML Hack
Nutrium reads receipts or photos and turns them into recipes along with calorie guidance.
Team • Michael Rodriguez, Ryan Ghimire, Syed Raza Haider

Best Web Hack
WeCode blends challenges, competitions, and learning resources into one collaborative dev hub.
Team • Drew Zauel, Nikhit Rachapudi, Max Weinstein, Eshwar Moorthy

Best Finance Hack
Credit Score Simulator forecasts credit trajectories and offers hyper-personalized tips.
Team • Anika Saraf, Sahil Kapadia, Angelina Richter, Alina Chen

Best Mobile Hack
Bites forecasts credit health on the go and explains how to improve it.
Team • Arvind Ragunathan, Brij Baghat, Rohan Kalahasty

Best Beginner Hack
Speaksearch pairs speech recognition with head tracking so anyone can browse hands-free.
Team • Adhiraj Chhoda, Prateek Vadde
Best Design Hack
FIN reimagines stock discovery with a swipe-first interface inspired by consumer apps.
Team • Nivaan Kaushal, Pratham Singh, Armaan Ahmed, Ansh Malhotra
Best Biomedical Hack
Helping Hearts offers an accessible, non-invasive way to monitor hypertension from home.
Team • Ojas Chaudhary, Noah Kabiri, Alex Nassif, Phong Lam
Best Education Hack
IntegriKey analyzes typing patterns to spot when students pivot from coursework to gaming.
Team • Aneesh Kalla, Abhikurupati
Best Environmental Science Hack
Your Carbon Foot uses NLP to estimate emissions and suggest greener routines.
Team • Maneesh Vaddi, Kevin Su, Rishab Nanduri
Best Cyber Technology Hack
Vigilant combines AI object detection with broadcast alerts to mobilize Amber-style responses.
Team • Deven Hagen, Justin Lee, Alan Zhu
Best Quantum Hack
Implementing a Pathfinding Heuristic optimizes signal pathways for more targeted cancer treatments.
Team • Neha Chandran, Kade Yen, Enerel Munkhbaatar
Best Social Impact Hack
Look N Go merges voice and head control so people with motor impairments can browse freely.
Team • Anurag Perakalapudi, Arnav Gupta, Adarsh Bharadwaj
Best Lifestyle Hack
Cider distills long documents into event timelines using a large language model.
Team • Ray Shen, Ken Zhou
Your turn
Registration opens soon, but you can start sketching ideas today. We'll gather March 7-8, 2026 at Cvent HQ in Tysons, VA. Bring your ideas, we'll bring the mentors, midnight snacks, and stage lights.