As part of this spring’s Design Thinking Challenge UGA Entrepreneurship students and UGA Student Industry Fellows worked with sports management tech firm Fastbreak.AI to find ways connect their client brands with youth sports fans.
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An AI-driven platform called Switch, created by UGA mechanical engineering major Gabriel Gutierrez, won first place at the University of Georgia Entrepreneurship Program’s Idea Accelerator Demo Day. The tool, which selects the best AI model for each prompt, earned the top prize for its practical approach to improving efficiency in prompt-based workflows.
Terry student Wyatt McAvoy took home the $10,000 FABricate prize for his performance beverage startup, Niche Supplements.
Teff — an ancient grain that forms the foundation of Ethiopian cuisine — has fueled human achievement for at least 4,000 years. Now, University of Michigan MBA student Saron Mechale wants to turn it into a go-to fuel for sports performance. Her sports snack creation, goTeff, took home the $15,000 top prize at the University of Georgia Collegiate Great Brands Competition.
Rotation, a fashion rental startup envisioned by accounting and finance student Skyler Ventura, aims to monetize that practice and exponentially expand the number of closets available.
The concept took home the $2,500 first prize at UGA Entrepreneurship’s first Spring 2026 Idea Accelerator Demo Day pitch contest.
Biomedical engineering PhD Ashley Galanti took home $10,000 at UGA Entrepreneurship Program’s Health and Wellness Pitch Competition to help move her novel seizure-sensing wearable to the market.
Fridgely — a fridge-mounted smart device designed by economics senior Gavin Gillespie to alert consumers before their perishables go bad — took home first prize at the University of Georgia’s 2025 Summer Design Sprint on Aug. 21.
SylCampus, a student organization service launched by two Terry students, took home the top prize at the UGA Summer Launch pitch contest on Aug. 7.
Kareem Elfoulie, a recent mechanical engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, created a noninvasive wearable that alerts caregivers when their senior loved ones need incontinence garments changed. He presented his Senior Shield to judges at the June 18 pitch contest, and they were impressed with his strategy for getting the wearable sensor approved for Medicare reimbursement.
JuzoGO, a company seeking to decentralize the ride-sharing marketplace, won the $2,500 top prize at the UGA Idea Accelerator Demo Day pitch competition.