Semifinalist spotlight 🎼✨ Music should adapt to the musician — not the other way around. Meet Virtuoso from Georgia Institute of Technology... Using Azure AI, Virtuoso transforms existing sheet music into custom arrangements tailored to any instrument combination or skill level. By removing cost, language, and skill barriers, the team is making music more accessible for hobbyists, classrooms, and lifelong musicians alike 🎻🎹 Hudson Etkin Jonathan Cheng Sanjan Sen Creative technology. Expanded access. More people making music 🎶 Learn more about this year’s #ImagineCup semifinalists and read the full announcement on the blog: https://lnkd.in/gk-tCmng
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Grateful for the incredible Microsoft Most Valuable Professional community who helped review this year’s Imagine Cup submissions. Your expertise, time, and thoughtful feedback help strengthen the experience for student founders around the world. Thank you for showing up for the next generation of builders. #MVPAward
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Semifinalist spotlight 🌍✨ Support should start with understanding. Meet SIRIUS from ESPRIT... Through StepWise, the team is empowering children with Down syndrome with a platform designed to support developmental growth, independence, and daily skill building. Built with cognitive and motor needs in mind, and featuring an accessible interface with OpenDyslexic fonts, StepWise gives children, parents, and health providers clearer guidance from the very beginning 🤝💙 ahmed douss kiram Ben Ali Zied Gachita Thoughtful design. Intentional technology. Impact that starts early and grows over time 🌱 Discover the teams shaping this year’s Imagine Cup and read more on the blog: https://lnkd.in/gk-tCmng
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Semifinalist spotlight. 🌎🔥 When wildfires move fast, response has to move faster. Meet Interlinked from University of California, Berkeley... Using real time AI to predict wildfire ignition and spread, their platform equips firefighters, communities, and local governments with smarter tools when every second matters. 🚒🌲 Built alongside local leaders and Indigenous communities, Interlinked reflects lived experience, real world collaboration, and a commitment to equitable access. Neel Shetty Rehaan Bicha Rushil Desai Technology in service of people. Builders in service of impact. Learn more about this year’s Imagine Cup semifinalists and read the full announcement on the blog: https://lnkd.in/gk-tCmng
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Behind every strong build is someone who asks the right question at the right time. The Imagine Cup 2026 Builder Series mentors are here — founders, CTOs, AI strategists, and technology leaders who have built, scaled, and transformed companies at the highest levels. Now they’re investing that experience into our semifinalists. From generative AI and cloud to cybersecurity and startup growth, their real-world insight will help teams sharpen decisions and build with greater clarity. To every mentor guiding the next generation of founders…thank you! Semifinalists, lean in. Read the full blog to meet the mentors shaping this year’s Builder Series. 💡🏆 https://lnkd.in/dcFSXEuF Dr. Neil Roodyn | Patricio Cofre | Thomas Martinsen | Kent Agerlund | Nishith Pathak | Norman Sasono | Agnes Molnar | Maarten Eekels | Gabe Rijpma | Olajumoke Toriola | Ouafa BENTERKI | Eric D. Boyd | Todd Fine | Dr Dave G. | Sharon Weaver | Christian Buckley | Chander D. | Greg Levenhagen | Scott Bockheim | Kate Carruthers MAICD | Jourdan Templeton | Rockford Lhotka
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Builder Series begins today. 💡 Semifinalists, this is where your build deepens. Week 1 focuses on how leading companies use Microsoft AI to solve real problems at scale and how you can apply that same foundation to strengthen your own solution from day one. More clarity. Stronger architecture. Smarter decisions. Momentum starts here. 💻🏆
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Not every breakthrough starts with traction. Or funding. Or a perfect pitch. Sometimes it starts with a question you refuse to let go of. To the 22 teams advancing to the Imagine Cup 2026 Semifinals…Congratulations. Your persistence, iteration, and belief in what you’re building brought you here. And to every team who submitted this year…your work matters. Showing up, building, testing, and putting your idea into the world is no small thing. Let this moment spur you forward, not slow you down. Progress is built in cycles. Iteration compounds. Momentum returns. Whether you’re refining your next version, exploring a new direction, or preparing for Imagine Cup 2027….keep building! Because the distance between where you are and where you want to be? It’s closed by staying in motion. Team spotlights coming soon. 🌍
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🚀 The 2026 Imagine Cup Semifinalists are here. Congratulations to the 22 student-led teams from around the world advancing to the next stage of competition. Your innovation, resilience, and commitment to building real-world AI solutions truly stand out. These teams didn’t just submit ideas. They built traction. They validated. They iterated. And now they’re stepping onto a bigger stage. From Scale to Launch, the journey continues with mentorship, technical guidance, and the opportunity to compete at the World Championship. 🌍 22 teams. 🌎 Global representation. 🤖 One world stage. 👏 Join us in celebrating this year’s semifinalists — and read the full announcement blog to meet the teams and explore what they’re building. https://lnkd.in/gk-tCmng Momentum got you here. Impact is what comes next.
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👀 Something big is almost here… The Imagine Cup Semifinalists will be announced this Wednesday (February 18th). 🎉 Teams from around the world have been building, testing, iterating, and pushing their projects forward — and we’re about to spotlight the next group moving on. Whether you submitted this year or you’re watching and learning for what’s next, this is one of those moments that reminds us why students build in the first place. ✨ Stay close. Cheer loud. Who are you hoping to see on the list?
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🛠 Are you building with no-code or low-code tools? Not every startup starts with a full dev stack. Sometimes speed, testing, and iteration matter more than writing everything from scratch. If you’re using no-code or low-code platforms, we’re curious... Whether you’re prototyping fast or scaling intentionally, there’s more than one way to build.