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AI wildfire prediction tool

NASA Space Apps 2026

Recruiting

Use satellite imagery + weather data to predict regional wildfire risk, with a public risk map for local authorities.

Team: Santiago Baca — ML · Diego Herrera — Backend

Needs FrontendNeeds DesignerOpportunity-only

Graph-based fraud detection

Banorte AI Challenge

Team almost complete

Model transactions as a graph and flag anomalous money-movement rings instead of isolated transactions.

Team: Diego Herrera — Backend · Mariana López — ML · Ana Ruiz — Design

Needs FrontendPublic
Early idea

Detect out-of-stock shelf segments in near real time and push restock alerts to store staff.

Team: Mariana López — Computer Vision

Needs BackendNeeds FrontendNeeds ProductPublic

Independent work

Outside competitions

Initiatives and research you drive yourself. They count as evidence in your Skill Tree just like competition submissions.

Open Air Quality Mesh

Climate · led by Santiago Baca

Initiative

Low-cost sensor network publishing open air-quality data for Mexico City neighbourhoods.

Recruiting~6h / week · ongoingPublic dataset + dashboard
Needs HardwareNeeds FrontendNeeds Business Developer

Few-shot Vision for Retail Shelves

Computer Vision · led by Mariana López

Research

Benchmarking few-shot detection on Mexican retail imagery, targeting a workshop submission.

Ongoing~8h / week · 4 monthsWorkshop paper + open benchmark
Needs ResearchNeeds DataNeeds Market Researcher

Graph Signals for Card Fraud

FinTech · led by Diego Herrera

Research

Short technical note on graph features that survived a real transaction backtest.

PublishedCompletedPublished note ✓ Verified

Ideathon Founders Lab

Entrepreneurship · led by Paulina Solís

Initiative

A recurring ideathon where sales and technical builders pair up to pitch a new venture every month.

Open~4h / week · 8 weeksMonthly pitch + investor feedback
Needs Pitch LeadNeeds Sales CloserNeeds AI / ML

Submission history

Real-time anomaly detection

Banorte × Google Cloud 2025

Winner ✓ Verified

Python · Kafka · FastAPI

Flood early-warning map

NASA Space Apps 2025

Finalist ✓ Verified

Python · GeoPandas · React

Energy demand forecaster

Microsoft AI Challenge 2025

Category Winner ✓ Verified

PyTorch · Azure · Docker