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Dec. 3 Demo Night – Explore What’s Next: Student Ventures & Emerging Tech Demos

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Explore What’s Next: Student Ventures & Emerging Tech Demos

See what’s being built inside the UW Tech Exploration Lab this fall — from AI startups and digital health tools to blockchain ventures and creative tech experiments.

Join us December 3, 5:30–7:30 PM at 1403 University Avenue
Step into the UW Tech Exploration Lab for Demo Night, where innovation comes to life. Browse student demo tables, test emerging technologies firsthand, and ask teams about the ideas they’re developing across AI, blockchain, digital health, and more. Meet the founders, offer feedback, and network with peers, mentors, and industry partners who are shaping UW–Madison’s growing innovation ecosystem. Free and open to the public.

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Here are some of the student innovators and entrepreneurs who will be at the Demo Night.

AI & Automation

  • Scribe AI – Turning notes and ideas into structured content with next-gen generative AI.

  • Chatbot for Entrepreneurs – AI to streamline access to resources for entrepreneurs.

  • AI Research Assistant – Helping business researchers quickly synthesize insights from complex data.

  • Inventory Automation System – VR- and AI-driven smart inventory management to streamline business operations.

  • Beaver AI – An adaptive email assistant that prioritizes what matters most, filtering noise and surfacing time-sensitive messages.

  • AI Sports Agent – Using AI to connect athletes to potential sponsors.

  • ClearClause – An AI tool that makes contracts and terms easy to understand, highlighting key clauses and changes so users can make informed decisions without legal confusion.

  • Lyntra – An intelligent planner that breaks tasks into steps, schedules them, and links resources to help students start faster and stay on track.
  • Team Winnegabo – An intelligent file management and search system that organizes the way people think, not the way computers do—eliminating clutter, frustration, and wasted time.
  • RAAS (Robotics-as-a-Service) – Automating use of robotic platforms to power faster innovation.

Digital Health

  • MadGlow – A wellness-meets-innovation AI model to improve skin health at home through AI, social, and visual content.
  • Calmerra – A privacy-first self-help companion for mood, journaling.

  • VR for Rehab – Immersive therapy experiences to enhance recovery and engagement.

  • Virtual Standardized Patient – AI and VR training tools for medical students and practitioners.

  • ARHAT+ – using augmented reality to support and improve aging-in-place.
  • HATTI for Alzheimer’s – an app to support Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers.

Data, Finance & Smart Systems

  • SeaPay – A secure, blockchain-based payment gateway designed for AI agents, enabling seamless, credential-free transactions across multiple ecosystems.
  • Hisaab – Financial management app for tracking and planning.
  • AI Financial Analytics – AI-powered insights for smarter financial decision-making.
  • Dark Horse RFID Tracking – Scalable, smart tracking for equipment and logistics.

  • Innovators 2.0 – A unified, predictive platform that helps marketers and creators detect and act on emerging social trends before they peak.

  • Creator Analytics – using data to improve influencer workflows and success metrics.

  • Bird’s I – Autonomous drone for event and personal photography using computer vision and motion tracking.

  • Urban Transit Planner – Using graph neural networks and reinforcement learning to design smarter, more efficient urban transit systems.

  • PondPicks – AI to improve restaurant recommendations.

  • Databender – Exploring data visualization and creative coding for immersive storytelling in VR.

Security, Privacy & Responsible Tech

  • Sentinel Call – Phone-step fraud prevention for mid-size banks.

  • BackdoorMe –  Application designed for easy-to-use and secure remote access ensuring security while maintaining simplicity.

  • EverOS – Real-time insights and orchestration for High-Intensity Environments.
  • proTecht – An automation platform that streamlines compliance checks, flags risks, and delivers clear recommendations to cut the time, cost, and uncertainty of audits.

Climate & Sustainability

  • EmberAI – AI, drones and thermal imaging for better predictions to mitigate wildfire risk.

Education & Social Innovation

  • Gupp-Shup.AI – Conversational AI designed to support multilingual communities.

  • Polycast – Real-time classroom transcription and personalized flashcards for ESL learners.

  • UW Match – AI-enabled comprehensive platform for resources and opportunities at UW.

Don’t miss it — hands-on demos, student pitches, and conversations about the future of tech, entrepreneurship, and innovation.