Track 1

Between finding parking, waiting for food, coordinating group projects, navigating campus systems, and handling repetitive tasks, small inefficiencies add up. Find one frustrating piece of everyday life at Cal Poly - or anywhere else - and build something that gives people time back.

Track 2

Education is full of opportunities to make difficult things clearer, more engaging, and more accessible. Build a tool, experience, platform, or experiment that improves how people learn, teach, study, collaborate, or navigate academic life.

Track 3

Great ideas do not always fit neatly into a category. Use this track to build something original that responds to a problem, need, or opportunity you have noticed, whether that be at Cal Poly, in your community, or beyond. If your idea fits into one of the other tracks, start there; if not, bring it to life here.

Track 4

Cal Poly is full of opportunities, resources, people, events spaces, clubs, classes, and knowledge that students often only discover by accident. Build something that surfaces what people are missing – whether that's an underused campus resource, the right teammates, an opportunity, or something beyond campus entirely.