Innovation Challenge: Live Pitches in GenAI

​See the Latest Technological Innovations at UCLA and Learn from Expert Judges!

​The Easton Technology Management Center's annual Cross-Campus Innovation Challenge is a great example of the spirit of collective effort which is essential to success, exemplifying an invaluable partnership between the Anderson school and the greater UCLA campus, our many students, faculty, and alumni who are committed to innovation and advancements in sustainability, healthcare, and generative AI. This initiative brings together UCLA students from all disciplines and backgrounds to create new ventures that can drive a positive change in society.

​​This is the final of three live pitch events, focused on technological advancements in Generative AI that drive positive societal impact.

​​​Join our expert judges as our competition finalists showcase their groundbreaking innovations!

​​​Annirudh Duddala
Senior Sales Leader at Amazon Web Services

​​​Bradley Null
Co-Founder @ Giraffe AI

​​​Anan Kashyap
Deputy CFO and EVP of Finance at Xero

​Jon Licht
Delivery Lead at Accenture 

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​​​GenAI Team Finalists:

• ​​​MuralinkAI

  • ​​MuralinkAI is revolutionizing home decor space by making personalized interior design services affordable and accessible to everyone because every family deserves a house they can call home. This is made possible by developing a smart marketplace that leverages innovative GenAI visualization tools to create personalized high quality 3D designs.

• ​Ayurithmic

  • ​Ayurithmic is the first Gen-AI powered platform that acts as an Electronic Health Record system for Ayurvedic and other traditional medicine practitioners, while also providing insights on which interventions are the most effective. It simplifies observational data collection by leveraging clinical data and machine learning, allowing practitioners to provide higher efficacy treatments to patients and making it easier to share observational results to advance the field of accessible traditional medicine.

• ​Cashmax

  • ​Cashmax is transforming the way businesses and individuals grow their wealth—combining smart financial tools with the power of social media influence. Our platform helps you optimize spending, unlock new revenue streams, and turn online engagement into real-world financial gains. Join us and turn every post, like, and share into a step toward financial success.

• ​Uphealth

  • ​Uphealth is an AI-powered stress management platform that helps individuals and organizations proactively prevent burnout and build resilience. At Uphealth, we’re developing Joy, an AI-driven personal assistant, trained in psychotherapy and positive psychology. Joy delivers a personalized, predictive, and prescriptive approach, providing real-time support, daily coaching, and data-driven insights to help individuals and organizations flourish.

• ​Kaigo

  • ​Kaigo leverages generative AI to revolutionize elderly care by providing a personalized AI-powered platform that enhances accessibility, quality, and efficiency of in-home care. Through AI-driven caregiver matching, predictive analytics for early health intervention, and NLP-powered virtual assistants, we create a seamless experience for seniors and their families with an end to end solution enabling our elder community to age in place - at their home.

​About the Innovation Challenge

​We believe the strongest solutions to complex problems come from a diversity of thought, experiences and backgrounds. This initiative brings together UCLA students from all disciplines and backgrounds to collaborate on driving a positive change in society.

​To learn more, please visit: https://www.anderson.ucla.edu/innovation-challenge