Hackathons place ASU student in the role of entrepreneur

Hackathons have grown in popularity at ASU. These multi-day events bridge classroom learning and real-world problem solving, offering an opportunity for students to play, learn and collaborate in the role of an entrepreneur. Students work in teams to rapidly prototype and build solutions in the end, a pitch competition will surface a winning idea. Check out these hackathon highlights from across ASU.

ScaleU + PI Academy AI Hackathon

20 new AI solutions, 80 students, 1 pitch competition.

The ScaleU + Principled Innovation Academy AI in Education hackathon tasked students to develop innovative agentic AI tools to solve real problems in education. And they delivered over the two-day event.

Students heard from Amazon Web Services (AWS) senior solutions architect, who provided temporary access to Amazon Bedrock for their projects. Teams created pitch decks, along with functional product videos. Seven finalist teams were invited to pitch their ideas, which ranged from AI-powered interview assessments to AI agent that helps graders

“This hackathon transformed my interest in education and technology into action Building AlterView - an AI-powered conversation-based assessment tool - was incredibly energizing,” said Siddharth Mehta, ASU student.

Siddharth Mehta, an ASU student, shares his passion for AI in education after building an assessment tool at the ScaleU + PI Academy hackathon.

I truly believe AI isn't just enhancing education - it's completely reimagining it.