AWS 10,000 AIdeas Competition: Meet the Winners
Meet the winners of the 10,000 AIdeas Competition! Fair warning, you're about to get inspired.
Senior Product Manager
Today we're announcing the 20 winners of the AWS 10,000 AIdeas Competition . Submissions from 115 countries, four rounds of evaluation, two rounds of community voting, and a panel of AWS Experts reviewing every finalist.
Every app on this list was built with Kiro and AWS Free Tier . Builders solving real problems with the same tools available to anyone with an AWS account.
Congratulations to all the winners! To every finalist, voter, and participant: THANK YOU!
You can read each winner's full story on AWS Builder Center. See below for an overview of our winners, and click through to read more about each of their winning applications.
Global Champions
Determined by community voting from the top 50 finalists. $25,000 cash + $5,000 AWS credits each.
- NeuroVoice by Shambhvi Sharma (@shambhvi2006), Yash Aggarwal (@yash4428): A multimodal Parkinson's screening platform that tracks patterns over time to catch subtle neurological changes early.
- ASET by Om Singh (jayom5797@), Utsav Singh (utsavsingh35@, Vikas Tiwari (vikas2731@): A claim verification platform that checks scientific claims against 1.2M+ peer-reviewed papers across 8 domains.
Regional Champions
Highest community-voted finalist from each region: North America (NAMER), Latin America (LATAM), Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), Greater China Region (GCR), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific and Japan (APJC). $15,000 cash + $1,500 AWS credits each.
- SenseSync by Harish Muthyala (@harosh) | NAMER: A real-time haptic communication app that opens a new sensory channel for human connection.
- Predict-Epidem by Vicente G. Guzmán Lucio (@luciomsp), Fernando Silva Trincado (@fernandosilvot) | LATAM: An epidemiological intelligence system designed to monitor and predict outbreaks in Latin America.
- LikenessGuard by Samuel Jesse (@samueljesse) | ANZ: A multi-agent consent enforcement platform with cross-platform integration and cryptographic proof-of-face.
- Social Ace by Boris Lam (@borislam) | GCR: An AI-powered social skills trainer that uses gamified dialogue to help autistic youth affordably practice and build confidence in real-world communication.
- Global Impact AI Navigator by Jerry Davis NDJANA MENGUE (@jerrydavis) | EMEA: A strategic planning tool that turns a raw idea into a full strategic package in under 60 seconds.
- Veloquity by Athelesh Balachandran (@athelesh) | APJC: An agentic evidence intelligence platform that converts raw feedback into evidence-driven decisions.
Innovation Awards
Selected by an AWS expert panel for standout technical implementation and creative problem-solving. $10,000 cash + $1,000 AWS credits each.
- Ivy by Natnael Getenew Zeleke (@aiet) | EMEA: An offline-capable, proactive AI tutoring agent built for students with limited connectivity.
- AgriNexus by Prasad Tilloo (@prasadt1) | APJC: A closed-loop WhatsApp advisor for 100M+ Indian smallholder farms, delivering real-time agronomic guidance.
- RetainIQ by Samyak Jain (@samyakj05) | APJC: A platform that spots organizational knowledge concentration risk before it becomes a problem.
- VERA by Julissa Rodriguez (@julissarparco), Daniel Becerra Quijada (@niubie00) | LATAM: A multi-agent triage system for healthcare in Chile that routes patients to the right level of care.
- FTL by Vishnu Vennelakanti (@vvennela) | NAMER: A zero-trust execution layer for coding agents that sandboxes AI-generated code at runtime.
- MaatriSahayak by Krishna Tripathi (@krux2dev), Rishi Tiwari (rishitiwari023), Arpit Uttam (arpituttam), Akhand Pratap (@Shuklaaps36) | APJC: A maternal emergency management system that puts clinical decision-making tools in the hands of one million Indian ASHA volunteers.
- Caligo Dynamics by Siva Abishikth Mylavarapu (@abi12386) | NAMER: An AI-powered autonomous drone swarm system for emergency response coordination.
- Anukriti by Abhimanyu R B (@abhimanyurb) | APJC: A platform that generates synthetic patient cohorts so drug trials can better represent the people they're meant to help.
- Perspective byAlwoch Sophia (@salwoch) | EMEA: An AI-powered mental health companion that helps clinicians pick up on what patients struggle to say out loud.
- Diverge by Roshan Shetty (@roshanshetty271) | NAMER: A decision intelligence platform that walks users through complex choices using multi-perspective reasoning.
Creative Track Awards
Selected by an AWS expert panel for exceptional creativity, unusual use cases, or work that stood out for social impact. $5,000 cash + $500 AWS credits each.
- MockNest Serverless by Elena van Engelen – Maslova (@elenavanengelen) | EMEA: An open-source, serverless, AI-assisted API mocking platform that helps teams test integrations faster on AWS.
- Beyond The Box by Idongesit Otong (@idong) | EMEA: A multi-modal sensing system that uses smartphone magnetometers and BLE signals to identify materials inside closed containers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How were the winners selected?
It was a multi-stage process. From initial submissions to 1,000 semi-finalists selected through a mix of AI-assisted and human review. Community voting on AWS Builder Center narrowed the list to 300, then an AWS expert panel chose the 50 finalists. In the final round, community voting determined the Global Champions and Regional Champions. The Innovation Award and Creative Track winners were chosen separately by the expert panel, scored on technical innovation, implementation quality, market impact, and global scalability.
Why did both Global Champions come from the same region (APJC)?
Global Champions were picked purely by community vote count across all 50 finalists, regardless of region. The two apps with the highest deduplicated vote totals won, and both happened to be from APJC. Regional Champions exist as a separate category specifically to guarantee geographic representation across all six AWS regions.
Were votes verified?
All votes were cast by authenticated AWS Builder Center users (you need a valid Builder ID to sign in and vote). Vote counts were deduplicated. Only votes cast during the official voting window (April 18 to 23, 2026) were counted. The top-voted articles were also reviewed for validity before winners were confirmed.
Can a single person or team win multiple prizes?
No. Each finalist was eligible for one prize category only. Global and Regional Champions were determined by community votes. Innovation and Creative Track awards were selected independently by an AWS expert panel.
Why are some countries excluded from the competition?
Eligibility is governed by applicable laws and regulations. Individuals in certain countries and regions were excluded per the official Terms and Conditions. AWS employees and their immediate family members were also ineligible. The full list is in the official Terms.
Are the winning applications actually built within the AWS Free Tier?
All prototypes were required to be built within AWS Free Tier limits using Kiro. These apps show that you don't need big compute budgets to build something meaningful with AI.
Are all winners final?
Winners are subject to verification of eligibility and compliance with the official Terms and Conditions. AWS reserves the right to disqualify entries that do not meet the stated requirements, at AWS's sole discretion. See the Terms for official rules.
When and how will winners receive their prizes?
Winners will be contacted at the email address tied to their AWS Builder Center profile. AWS credits will be distributed by May 30, 2026. Winners are responsible for applicable taxes and need to provide required tax documentation before receiving cash prizes. Full details are in the Terms .
Congratulations to our winners, finalists, semi-finalists, and every participant who shared an idea. And a heartfelt thank you to our AWS community and everyone who helped make this competition possible.
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