Michigan Ross Business+Tech and Michigan Engineering Connect hosted the first joint Artificial Intelligence Hackathon on February 19-20, 2026 in partnership with Oracle. The competition drew 220 students across 53 teams. Each team submitted an agentic solution to address one of the major problems that education is grappling with at the moment: how to use artificial intelligence to enhance learning experiences, assessment, and student well-being while also remaining fair, transparent, and relevant to real-world needs.

Of the 53 teams, two teams were selected for first and second place. The first-place team comprised the following students: Yutong Yao, BBA ’29; Ziren Jin (Engineering); Anji Feng (LSA); and Guanxi Wang, BBA ’29. The second-place team included: Yuhan Wang (Engineering); Stephen Lam (Engineering); Hoo Di Heng (Computer Science); Kunal Sharma, MBA ’27; and Sarath Chitti, MBA ’27.