AECtech+ 2025 | Chicago Hackathon

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 AECtech + Chicago Hackathon as part of Chicago Innovate!

On September 27-28, Chicago Innovate hosted the first AECtech+ Hackathon at Gensler Chicago.

 
 
 

2025 AECtech Chicago Hackathon at Chicago Innovate

 
 
 

BEST OVERALL HACK: Anthill

Agentic AI Structural Modeling Interface For Embodied Carbon Analysis

Jason Pieper / Perkins & Will, Sophie Moore / Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio, Eesha Jain / Thornton Tomasetti CORE studio, Avrinder Singh / FScore.ai, Teodor Duhnev / SNHA, Shreyas Chate / Red River

MOST COLLABORATIVE: Zone In

Zoning rules made simple! Confused by Chicago's zoning codes? Enter an address to get a clear summary of what you can build on your lot.

Seung Jun Lee / Lakril Technologies, Gerald James Low / Culture Studio, Nicolas Chua / Classkick, Gerardo Lopez / WGA, Darren Tung / Rhaeos, Jiaming Shen / Classkick

MOST IMPACTFUL: HouseKeep

Empowering urban residents, such as the elderly and differently abled, to live independently with confidence and safety.

Kaitlyn Phan / Invenergy, Enkela Tafa / TUM, Abigail Hartzell / Invenergy, Astrid Vargas / Marmon Holdings, Jeronimo A. / Blessing Health Systems

HONORABLE MENTION: Shockers

Multi Agent Cross Verification System

Vimalan Sathyanarayanan, Naga Chandana Adusumalli

All Hackathon Projects

Judges

Hackathon entries were judged by an diverse panel of industry leaders

CORE studio