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AI Solve A Thon

Wednesday 11 February 2026·2:00 pm

This innovative problem-solving challenge empowers North Carolina’s public school students in grades 6‑12 to apply artificial intelligence (AI) while creating solutions to real problems in their communities.  Today, the top 10 teams from across North Carolina will compete for the state championship.  Conference attendees are welcome to come and see the amazing AI powered solutions these student teams created to solve issues in their own communities.  Each team will have 5 minutes to present their live pitch to the audience. A panel of judges will score and we will announce the top 3 teams during the conference lunch.  🏆 The 10 state finalists are: Tesseract AI - Triangle Math and Science Academy (coach Mihaela Raynor)Pine Lakers  -  Pine Lake Preparatory (coach Coral Riley)TMSA Tigers  -  Triangle Math and Science Academy (coach Mihaela Raynor)Byrd Brains  -  Cumberland County Schools (coach Stefany VanScyoc)Solution Squad  -  Cabarrus County (Coach Jeffery Martin)Brevard Academy AI Innovation Trailblazers  -  Brevard Academy (coach Jen Iden)HopeHub  -  Davidson County Schools (coach Kathy Lynn)SiteRisk  -  Triangle Math and Science Academy (coach Halime Cobanli)Future Minds  -  Cabarrus County Schools (coach Nina Darnell)BioVision  -  Davidson County Schools (coach Brene Ball)

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