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JacHacks A2Tech
LATEST EDITION
// SEPTEMBER 26–27, 2026 · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN · ANN ARBOR
JacHacks A2Tech
Where the series came home for a2Tech360.
27 PROJECTS
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2 DAYS
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9 WINNERS
// JACHACKS A2TECH · WINNERS

The Best of JacHacks A2Tech

The standout projects, built over two days at the University of Michigan during a2Tech360, September 2026.

// Agentic AI 2 WINNERS
Trace
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1ST PLACE

Trace

Miguel Orti Vila, Anshu Pathak, Aidana Kuat, Gabriel Salvatore

Keeps every report from a disaster in one Jac graph of sources, claims, people, and places, so responders can see where each claim came from while an agent traces relayed reports back to their source for human review.

ClaimSure AI
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2ND PLACE

ClaimSure AI

Abhayjit Singh Gulati, Shankhanil Borthakur, Sri Satya Vinay Venneti, Adithyan Raja

Two Jac walkers share one graph: one flags health insurance claims likely to be denied before they are filed, the other reads a denial letter, finds the plan clause it contradicts, and drafts a cited appeal for a person to approve.

// Dev Tooling & Open Track 1 WINNER
BlindSpot
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1ST PLACE BEST OF GOOGLE

BlindSpot

Sakeena Patel, Lena Abedali

Reads a Python repo and its coverage report, builds a Jac call graph, and flags the untested functions that other code actually depends on, with a Gemini agent over MCP ranking what to test first.

// Local Impact 3 WINNERS
M-Local
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GRAND PRIZE

M-Local

Rohan Maxa, Travis Jones, Manthan Patil, Adam Jiang

A UMich-first platform where local businesses publish offers and students discover, save, and claim them, with QR redemption so businesses can see it working.

Road to Research
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COMMUNITY FAVORITE

Road to Research

Melody Bai, Lucero Toral

Helps students find professors by department, research area, and name, with recent papers and subfields from OpenAlex, grants, and any public note that a lab is hiring.

Adoptable Pet Match
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COMMUNITY FAVORITE

Adoptable Pet Match

Elizabeth C.

Adopters fill out a quick lifestyle profile and AI matches them with the Humane Society of Huron Valley pets that fit them best, built solo on JacHammer as a first hackathon project.

// Jac Awards 3 AWARDS
CounterSign MCP
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BEST JACLANG BEST OF IBM

CounterSign MCP

Arnav D, Pradhum Niroula, Sidhant Singh, Arihan Iyer

Sits between an AI agent and the payment provider, vetting the whole spending plan and then every purchase with budget rules and an LLM judge before a single dollar moves.

Red Queen
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BEST JACHAMMER

Red Queen

Yorg Kattukaran, Isaac Poothullil, Pranav Nandyalam, Jayden Huang

An AI red team and blue team for your code: one agent finds real exploits, another patches them, and a referee re-fires every attack and reruns the app's health checks to prove each fix works.

Cirql
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BEST MOBILE THROUGH JAC

Cirql

Sohum Kapoor, Jesse Chang

A personal CRM where agents walk your relationship graph: a 30 second voice memo becomes people and promises, and friends' agents find warm intros without exposing names.

// PROJECT DEMO