AI Engineer NYC 2026
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UNFOLD EDTECH
Unfold NYC is an interactive, gamified math learning platform designed for teenagers, featuring arcade-style science or algebra challenges
About the project
Montessori-inspired learning app focusing on middle school to teen learners across a wide range of subjects biochemistry, physics, mathematics, calculus, biopharma, and more with streaks making it fun to learn.
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Best Use of Gemini API
Unfold EdTech leverages the Google Gemini API to power its core interactive learning engine, delivering dynamic, context-aware explanations and personalized real-time problem generation for students. By utilizing Gemini's advanced multimodal and language capabilities, the platform adapts challenge difficulty on the fly across complex subjects like physics and biochemistry, offering an engaging conversational tutor experience for teen learners.
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Best Use of Tiger Data
Tiger Data powers Unfold EdTech by acting as the high-performance backend database engine for real-time user telemetry, learning streak tracking, and interactive challenge metrics. By leveraging TimescaleDB hypertables and continuous aggregates, the platform instantly processes high-frequency student engagement data and game analytics without query lag, ensuring a smooth, lightning-fast experience across complex subjects like mathematics and physics.
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Best Overall
Unfold EdTech stands out for Best Overall by seamlessly combining an engaging, Montessori-inspired user experience for teen learners with a robust, full-stack architecture powered by advanced AI and high-performance data engineering. It delivers real-time interactivity across complex subjects like mathematics, biochemistry, and physics, leveraging the Google Gemini API, ElevenLabs voice integration, and Tiger Data for scalable performance. By bridging interactive gamification with powerful backend processing, it represents a complete, production-ready educational platform built entirely within the hackathon timeline.
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Best Use of Nimble
because used the scraper to provide more websites to learn more