■ Event Recap · June 27, 2026 · Tavus HQ

PALmaker × LovableHACKATHON

Built with PAL Maker + Lovable, together with the ProductTank SF community — Tavus HQ, San Francisco, June 27, 2026.

Builds shipped

Judges

Photos

Unforgettable day

■ The story01 / 04

Chapter 01 / 04

Doors open.

Welcome, builders — badges on, credits claimed, countdown running.

■ SATURDAY · TAVUS HQ01

The winners

On the podium

🥇1st placeWINNER

RangeGuide

by Reed Truong, Edison Lee, Chris Vachev

We built RangeGuide, an AI-guided injury recovery tracker that helps patients measure joint range of motion over time and turns each movemen

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🥈2nd place

Anthos, the AI Play companion for toddlers

by Marianna Manolioudaki, Arya Mishra

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🥉3rd place

Mary the IELTS Examiner

by SJ (Seung Jae) Cha, Seongjin Park, Anna Saltveit, Zhengxiang (Jack) Wang

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■Judges' favorites

Ten more that stood out

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Cyber Senior

by RoostersRoom

A video agent that helps identify scams and fraud, a problem projected to reach $129.4 billion

Live Open

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The Keeper

by Christin Philip, Arshmehar Kaur

Most fights aren't about who's right — they're about what never got said. Keeper helps you both hear it.

Live Open

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LuvFit

by Erika, Patrick

an AI-powered personal fashion stylist

Live Open

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BreadCrumb

by Charlie, Ian, Jennifer, Reema

A gentle AI friend for people with ADHD to turn a busy day into one clear next step.

Live Open

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Lost Me.

by Sulaxmi, Wani S

"Lost Me" - an AI tutor that doesn't just explain, it learns how you learn.

Live Open

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CareerQuest

by Nav, Arjun

An AI-powered adventure game that transforms career discovery into an immersive, runner-style simulation, complete with a per

Live Open

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MemoryOS - Your Life Graph

by Sagar W, Raskar S

A conversational life OS where it recalls what matters, coaches through your hardest patterns, and keeps the promises you made.

Live Open

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Smarty Pants Academy

by Sahil, Sulaxmi

A pixel-art AI school where kids explore classrooms and learn from live AI teachers who remember every student, every lesson.

Live Open

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PalTube

by Jackie Lee, Helen Hsieh

Your pal for smarter YouTube learning

Live Open

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Future Me

by Anirban Kundu, Sharvani Harani, Som Banerjee

Future Me empowers lasting behavior change by letting users have meaningful conversations with a healthier version of themselves.

Live Open

The full lineup

A–Z

AI Investing PALby Mike, ZhenghanVideo agents to discuss current different alpha strategies of investing.View build

Alex Carter, Product Discovery Interviewerby Jae KimA product discovery AI interviewer that surfaces honest customer pain pointsView build

Armorby Saniya Bhaladhare, Harsh JannawarYour always-on security guardian! Watches for threats. Protects your privacy.View build

Clio - Friends and Family Memoriesby Jerry YoungClio uses AI to help families capture and preserve the life stories, wisdom, and memories — one heartfelt conversation at a timeView build

Echoby Rahul Sureshkumar, Grace Tai, Praveen Ilango, Tharun Poduru, Hemaang PatkarSpatially-navigable PALs with persistent cross-session memory, each a Tavus CVI persona you talk with.View build

Guidioby Govardhanreddy Kanala, Ashwini HornampallisivareddyExplore the world with an AI guide that understands your surroundings and answers in real time.View build

Playcraft, featuring Georgina the Game Masterby Patrick DamasoCreates games based off a proprietary game engineView build

Reverse Turing Testby Alvin Alaphat, Dhiren ShettyThe reverse turing test. Convince the AI you are also an AI. Aids in the fight against deep fake detection.View build

Specterby Flora Dixit, Aritro Bhattacharjee, Bhagirath Bandigari, Divyash NathSpecter learns skills on your Mac, remembers them in GhostWiki, teaches back with Tavus PAL — publish caught skills on Skills Hub.View build

Superby Darshan Golchha, Codex, LovableAI that sounds like you, looks like you and joins meetings for youView build

■ The judging panel

Eleven judges. Every build scored.

The judges and organizing team in front of the Tavus sign — The judges & organizing team — Tavus HQ, June 27, 2026

■ HALL_OF_FAME.TXT11 ENTRIES

★ THE JUDGING PANELSCORED EVERY BUILD

01Saswat MishraProduct @ Hyperbound
02Gagan BhatApplied AI @ Anthropic
03Gaurav MahajanEngineering @ Apple
04Ankit SultanaEngineering @ Notion
05Karsh PandeyProduct @ Virta Health
06Zane HomsiProduct @ Glean
07Kelly PengFounder @ First Intuition
08Rohan BenkarEngineering @ Coursera
09Darius KarelEngineering @ OpenAI
10William GaoMentor @ StartX · stealth founder
11Karthik Ragunath Ananda KumarAI Research @ Tavus

■With thanks

Our hosts

TavusThe human computing company. We teach machines the art of being human, so talking to one can feel as natural as talking to a friend or coworker. PALmaker is where anyone builds a PAL — the whole thing — without writing a line of code.tavus.io

LovableRapid UI generation that lets your team build and publish a working app in a single session.lovable.dev

ProductTank SFThe community bringing product builders, thinkers, and operators together.ProductTank SF on LinkedIn

■June 27, 2026

In photos

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Until next time

Thanks to everyone who built with us.

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