c0mpiled-5: Future Interfaces

Overview

We partnered with UCSD's Startup Incubator Club to bring together 100+ builders in a packed venue! Sky Yang and Neo Lee – co-founders of ImagineAI (YC F25) and UCSD alumni – made their return to campus and helped us judge 31 submissions alongside our team of remote judges. With a theme of "Future Interfaces", we saw hacks involving VR headsets, openclaw bots running on Mac minis, and more!

Reflections

• Good: Our new-and-improved judging system worked great (shoutout Armel for the suggestion)! We first had each of our judges do an initial pass over every submission, scoring teams out of 10 (based on our rubric). Meanwhile, I kept track of the projects with high average scores, putting together a shortlist. The judges then met as a group to discuss the standout teams and finalize the winners.
• Good: We also experimented with live pitches for the first time! In the past, we've usually been limited by time, but a slightly longer schedule enabled us to bring our finalists up to the stage. Seeing the pitches live gave our judges much more signal than a pre-recorded demo could, and our final rankings felt better informed.
• Good: Venue set-up was excellent; great energy in the room and tons of great conversations between teams and judges.
• Bad: In the 30 minutes we gave finalists to prepare their pitches, many of the other participants went home. When trying live pitches again in the future, we'll probably have all teams prepare pitch decks during the judging period, and better incentivize hackers to stick around.
• Observation: Saw quite a bit of hardware at this one! Our 2nd place winners (The Closet) used XR headsets to build their 3D design app, and we also got to see an openclaw set-up (raspberry pi + camera) and an inertial electronic musical instrument.

Additional Sponsor

Morph (YC S23)

Judges

In-person:

• Imagine AI (YC F25): Sky Yang & Neo Lee

Remote:

• Mentra (YC W25): Parth Pawar
• Mosaic (YC W25): Kyle W.
• Cardboard (YC W26): Saksham Aggarwal (Co-Founder)
• Omni (YC W24): Zeeshan Zulfiqar (Founding Engineer)

Prizes & Recognition

1st Place ($3,000): NIGEL

• Vikram Kommera
• Laksh Jain
• Sohum Mehta
• Nikhil Prabhu

2nd Place ($1,500): The Closet

• Christa Tsao
• Jesse Rupe
• Sina Radi
• Erik Shamsedeen
• Sangjoon An

3rd Place ($500): VisionCart

• Manasvin Surya B J
• Keerthana Senthilnathan

Best Design: VertxAI

• Spandan Das

Biggest Technical Challenge: NIGEL

• Vikram Kommera
• Laksh Jain
• Sohum Mehta
• Nikhil Prabhu

Most Venture-Backable: The Closet

• Christa Tsao
• Jesse Rupe
• Sina Radi
• Erik Shamsedeen
• Sangjoon An

All Submissions

U2#

• Description: I built an AI-powered chrome extension to help disabled and dyslexic people use and navigate through their browser.
• Team: Neel Majmudar
• GitHub: https://github.com/neelmajmudar/c0mpiled5
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wiTc2nqbf2W2UnhjmIoHs0ZJyyumTSF1/view?usp=sharing

NIGEL#

• Description: NIGEL is a real time fire mission control system that combines live camera feeds, 3D building maps, voice-activated radio transcripts, and an AI assistant to help dispatchers coordinate firefighters through emergencies with visual intelligence and voice communication.
• Team: Vikram Kommera, Laksh Jain, Sohum Mehta, Nikhil Prabhu
• GitHub: https://github.com/Trolleroof/NIGEL-hackathon
• Video: https://youtu.be/rzGtTom3oS8

Seasaw#

• Description: A platform to simplify the terms and service of different services to inform users of how their data is being managed and then to allow easy comparison between different services.
• Team: Ramon McDargh-Mitchell, Stephanie Kovalchuk-Lum
• GitHub: https://github.com/RamonsArchive/Seasaw
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Oqs-vMU6z3XLMnboNxZ76GjLUU8LA4XG/view?usp=sharing

Momentum#

• Description: Momentum is a proactive AI "Digital Guardian" that synthesizes your schedule, biometrics, and real-time location to tell you exactly what you should be doing right now to achieve your goals.
• Team: Simran Malik, Ishika Nahar, Ishaanee Roy, vishnudeep tyagi, Nathan Nainggolan, Olo Silitonga
• GitHub: https://github.com/notifications-star/lifeos/tree/main#
• Video: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jATfsC2OsBKA2QqHp7vGYgM0SZNZIwye?usp=sharing

FlowDesk AI#

• Description: Productivity interface that helps users lock in to their tasks and expand their knowledge by tracking their behaviors, teaching and quizzing them, and keeping them in focus for the duration.
• Team: Patrick Chung, Yannis Smith, Dhruv Sehgal
• GitHub: https://github.com/TheAsianFish/CompiledHackathon
• Video: https://www.loom.com/share/0229c4b3ac4b40eba027c6a0c845612f

Visa Flow#

• Description: We built VisaFlow OS, a dynamic, adaptive interface that modernizes confusing immigration workflows by turning a student's situation into a real-time personalized checklist, timeline, and guidance flow that changes based on what they need next.
• Team: Arunima Anand, Kris Dcosta, Rishika M
• GitHub: https://github.com/regal-1/visaflow-OS
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WhqOEwlQMaNu7sarlQx8nimEN6BobTyG/view?usp=sharing

Repask#

• Description: A dynamic IMU (inertial measurement unit) interface to generate music and art using the real world as a canvas, and simultaneously have a conversation with an AI agent that dynamically reacts to your art's "interestingness" — paying homage to Gordon Pask's 1940s cybernetic Musicolour system.
• Team: Clarissa Supatra, Shubham Patil, Ishaan Awasthi
• GitHub: https://github.com/ShubhamPatilsd/gyroscope-art
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pesiCE4EM2MSMAZUoMlwwiYEDg2s1SBN/view?usp=sharing

VertxAI#

• Description: VertxAI is an open-source graph based chat bot where conversations become independent thinking threads that preserve intent and adapt to how humans actually reason.
• Team: Spandan Das
• GitHub: https://github.com/Spandan2022/VertxAI
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GhbnT1XSc9v9pjcHGOqo2vK47IofIJQG/view?usp=sharing

Playbook#

• Description: A voice controlled AI agent that vocally answers your questions about an NBA game as it is being displayed.
• Team: Brian Jing, Vidit Batta, Roee Frenkel
• GitHub: https://github.com/RoeeFrenkel/computer_interface_hackathon
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z_a9dlzqb6YFqWy3NktOwve4AjihpU4C/view?usp=sharing

Adaptabuild#

• Description: A chrome extension that allows you to change the UI of your website to your liking.
• Team: Alexander Woods, Yang Yue, Juan Pablo Bello, Quinn Sullivan, Katherine Chui
• GitHub: https://github.com/kachui-05/Compile_Hackathon
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X5GyYo6t2mA6xiM91i94LbfjxNI6XX4r/view?usp=sharing

Shift#

• Description: An interface where a user can use eye tracking to highlight a piece of confusing text and use a voice agent to explain it no hands needed.
• Team: Abhay Korlapati, Subhash Srinivasa, Rayirth Dinesh, Shrivas Sudharsan, Mojo Batey, Rayan Mohammed
• GitHub: https://github.com/abhay784/Shift
• Video: https://docs.google.com/videos/d/1ocrdmFEb-_hOKKpKzS5h1oqLN-04z-r1PEuRSk_fF_c/edit?usp=sharing

Predictive Browsing#

• Description: Predictive browser to filter content on webpage based on user preferences and previous data on the user, it would delete irrelevant information.
• Team: Alex Gao, Ben Xing, Dani Ticau
• GitHub: https://github.com/alexgaoth/predictive_browser
• Video: https://www.loom.com/share/81001d5d48d2459ca7dfd994e04a2d36

Page Digest#

• Description: Page Digest summarizes articles and also makes them accessible to people with information overload, ADHD, dyslexia, and other conditions.
• Team: Kyle Zhao, Zack Roland, Mikey Nguyen
• GitHub: https://github.com/kylezhao1026/future_interface
• Video: https://www.loom.com/share/9d4507f80039478397301570e1a37573

Pinpoint AI#

• Description: It's an object tracking app where you are able to keep track of objects by pinpointing in a 3D Lidar map.
• Team: Sanjith Shanmugavel, Shreyaan Chhabra, Aryan Agrawal
• GitHub: https://github.com/Sanjith-Shan/PinPointAI
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PSLV8Jg2NRdGi4UvFjjaZPWLr0qOZg99/view?usp=sharing

FlowState#

• Description: FlowState is a voice-powered AI agent that fights "wall of text" paralysis for ADHD users — speak what you're looking for on any website, everything else on the page dims, only the relevant information stays with bionic reading to help you read it faster, and when your EEG headset detects your focus slipping, the website simplifies even further, adapting in real time to your brain.
• Team: Mohak Prakash, Ojas Surana, Vishudh Shah, Flyson Lin
• GitHub: https://github.com/ojassurana/FlowSta
• Video: https://www.loom.com/share/bd7f9bb32c254a638fd94def8bb375c8

Drive UCSD#

• Description: We built a UCSD-focused social rideshare web app that lets students browse and request rides on an interactive map and driver-rider matching functionality based on user profile.
• Team: Dhruv Sood, Krishang Khandelwal
• GitHub: https://github.com/krishang2006/DRIVE-UCSD
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1n7PGYUXy24TwsLXsxDggEMuwtLoLHC/view?usp=sharing

AEGIS#

• Description: Aegis is a cognitive decision-support cockpit that analyzes emergency call transcripts, monitors patient vitals in real time, and recommends optimal responder deployment while providing pre-arrival preparation guidance to emergency responders.
• Team: Steven Ngo, Aarav Trivedi, Elliott Yaroslavsky, Howard Lin
• GitHub: https://github.com/eyaroslavsky422/Aegis
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LiA_VGQXqKKREYg912PYXFAtcHFcANmE/view?usp=sharing

Aurelian#

• Description: An adaptive animation assistant that turns static SVGs into polished, dynamic animations.
• Team: Long HoDac, Kate Fernandez, Andrew Yin
• GitHub: https://github.com/Longhodac/svgAnimator
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uF9ytZIzw8xRIuQlw2QhRyB7xEkAwD0i/view?usp=sharing

VisionCart#

• Description: VisionCart connects a Shopper wearing a POV camera with a Customer watching remotely through a real-time, AI-enhanced video stream. The Customer sees live AI overlays, freshness scores, price comparisons, and item detection and can interact with the Shopper's physical environment by drawing on the feed and speaking via real-time transcription.
• Team: Manasvin Surya B J, Keerthana Senthilnathan
• GitHub: https://github.com/manasvin24/visionCart
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rVdArwEGCwh3WsN9ZVIs3HHOMewarjaC/view?usp=sharing

BestDealsGG#

• Description: Intelligent interface of used good marketplaces designed to save your time and money while shopping online.
• Team: Ilya Mazalov, Danylo Ryzhokhin
• GitHub: https://github.com/ilyayi/bestdeals_hackathon
• Video: https://www.loom.com/share/54d10501c8af49cca91b772fce41b997

The Closet#

• Description: We built a spatial XR design platform that turns sketches into live 3D garments and auto-generates factory-ready tech packs, eliminating context loss between designers and manufacturers.
• Team: Christa Tsao, Jesse Rupe, Sina Radi, Erik Shamsedeen, Sangjoon An
• GitHub: https://github.com/MiniMinerX/TheCloset
• Video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xFX2sm/

Stick.AI#

• Description: We built a voice assistant app, that can call, make graphs/dashboards, set reminders, send emails and do any day-to-day task that you want it to do.
• Team: Ricardo de Castro Lelis Tavares, Ricardo Aguiar Bomeny, Thiago Mathias Donato, Sakshham R Sahai, Noemy Valencia, Bella Balogh
• GitHub: https://github.com/rbmny/stick-hackathon-monorepo
• Video: https://youtu.be/wGLU6_lT4SQ

AccessAI#

• Description: AccessAI is a Chrome extension that lets anyone with a visual, motor, or cognitive disability navigate the web hands-free using voice commands and AI-powered accessibility fixes.
• Team: Annejulia Milian, Ivoree Sanchez, Jasmine Fan, Jayanti Lahoti
• GitHub: https://github.com/monbebe0319/FutureInnovatorsHackathon
• Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/ODKaRdmF4vk

Team Oogway#

• Description: AI Academic Adviser personalized to your degree audit with access to UCSD class catalog and the ability to enroll in the browser with just one click.
• Team: Vivian Yu, Tomasz Jezak, Jack Willis, Antara Chhabra, Dhairya Vashist, Bryce Hackel
• GitHub: https://github.com/antara-chhabra/compiler-5-theoogwayplan
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AKpgsbh1AVO5xjgiR06UvAl9tCdaZKV0/view?usp=sharing

Shrimp Chips#

• Description: Chrome extension that reorganizes content from websites and documents into a tailored version based on user's research goals and expertise.
• Team: Aaron Soekiatno, Devin Wang
• GitHub: https://github.com/YeetingWaterbottle/c0mpiled-5/
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qer6KzQfxxqxXnXhOd_WLNAMlSvxrxZ3/view?usp=drivesdk

Nalanda#

• Description: Nalanda transforms the entire internet into your personal library by enabling in-context webpage annotations - Users can highlight text and add sticky note annotations directly on any webpage (as a glass layer overlay), with all annotations stored and organized in a central dashboard hub.
• Team: Shree Gopalakrishnan, Keshav Tiwari
• GitHub: https://github.com/kshtwr/compute_hackathon
• Video: https://youtu.be/QM8WM_r1FtI

MimicNotes#

• Description: Personalized AI notetaker that learns how you learn and mimics your style.
• Team: Sage Yang, Kiruthika Marikumaran, Mustahsin Zarif
• GitHub: https://kirustar14.github.io/PersoNotes/
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gbxI5a8pOOtxzotIEWoGIAQEE87_7t83/view?usp=drivesdk

NextRound#

• Description: We built an AI-powered interview and resume evaluation platform that simulates structured, adaptive mock interviews and provides instant, role-aware feedback to candidates.
• Team: Rahat Bhatia, Ray Wang
• GitHub: https://github.com/rahat15/c0mpiled-hackathon-ai-interview
• Video: https://youtu.be/xxhX7J1nhGg

LockIn#

• Description: We built a system-level AI study copilot that monitors your attention and on-screen context to nudge you when you drift and instantly simplify/visualize what you're reading when you get stuck.
• Team: Abishek Mahesh, Jaisurya Sundarbabu, Vigneshwaran Sivasankaran
• GitHub: https://github.com/abishek2001/lockinmain/
• Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_aBuesgNLLWnP0Q6YFeFNFxpsoxbWYnL/view?usp=drivesdk

Baymax#

• Description: We are building a Baymax Band for elderly users. The band uses EMG signals to translate muscle activity into basic phone functions.
• Team: Elina Wang, Curtis Chen
• GitHub: https://github.com/elinawang64pro/moonpie-demo
• Video: https://youtu.be/GFJxmn6WKk

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