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$25,000 in Oura hardware, and it's the first of their hardware to reach students directly!ŌURA has donated 50 Oura Ring...
08/04/2026

$25,000 in Oura hardware, and it's the first of their hardware to reach students directly!

ŌURA has donated 50 Oura Ring 4 devices to xFoundry, each bundled with data access for the life of the device.

Most of the donation will go to Mental Health Xperience students. 62 teams are competing, and two of them will each earn 15 rings to incorporate into their solutions as they work on tackling Mental Health on college campuses. These are college students building for college students, on their own campus, with data that's their own.

Full announcement at the link in bio.

🐢Meet School Safety Xperience alum Josephine Lau — a member of finalist team Weapon Watch. Since competing, she graduate...
05/14/2026

🐢Meet School Safety Xperience alum Josephine Lau — a member of finalist team Weapon Watch. Since competing, she graduated from UMD and now works as a Market Surveillance Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Her experience with xFoundry sparked an interest in AI integration and opened doors to opportunities she never expected. She hopes her journey inspires more non-tech students to take the leap and compete too.

🛎️Stay tuned for our next Xperience competition!

Big ideas. Bold pitches. Real impact. 💡 HiPitch challenges students to deliver a 3-minute pitch connecting their work to...
04/28/2026

Big ideas. Bold pitches. Real impact. 💡

HiPitch challenges students to deliver a 3-minute pitch connecting their work to a real-world healthcare problem and its impact.

Samuel, Dalton, Neha, and Thanos took the stage on their own and showed up strong. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Every great innovator needs an even better support system. 🐾Meet the unofficial co-founders keeping our ambassadors and ...
04/11/2026

Every great innovator needs an even better support system. 🐾
Meet the unofficial co-founders keeping our ambassadors and staff inspired! Whether they’re attending Zoom meetings or taking “mental health naps” under our desks, pets are essential to the mission. 🦴✨

Happy from the xFoundry community! 🐢🚀

🛎️ attn Mental Health Xperience innovators 🛎️We’re excited to annouce the official kick off for the Xperience competitio...
03/26/2026

🛎️ attn Mental Health Xperience innovators 🛎️

We’re excited to annouce the official kick off for the Xperience competition at our Social event next Monday. Don’t miss your chance to engage with mentors, alum, ambassadors, and previous competitors. RSVP on Connexions!!

Last chance to blossom with us 🌸The cherry blossoms are blooming and so is your opportunity to join the Mental Health Xp...
03/20/2026

Last chance to blossom with us 🌸

The cherry blossoms are blooming and so is your opportunity to join the Mental Health Xperience competition and a chance to secure up to $250K investment. Stop by our Cherry Blossom Mixer to learn more, meet the team, and lock in your spot before registration closes.

📅 March 25, 2026 | 5:30 PM 📍 IDEA Factory | Wasmer Conference Room

Don’t let this one pass you by. Registration is almost up.

🔗go.xfoundry.org/marchmix

Entrepreneurship

Last chance to blossom with us 🌸The cherry blossoms are blooming and so is your opportunity to join the Mental Health Xp...
03/20/2026

Last chance to blossom with us 🌸

The cherry blossoms are blooming and so is your opportunity to join the Mental Health Xperience competition: with a chance to secure up to $250K in investment.

Stop by our Cherry Blossom Mixer to learn more, meet competitors, and lock in your spot before registration closes.

📅 March 25, 2026 | 5:30 PM 📍 IDEA Factory | Wasmer Conference Room
🚨Don’t let this one pass you by. Registration is almost up.
🔗 go.xfoundry.org/marchmix
Entrepreneurship

This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight Saba Ebadis 💫 .in.bloom A Supply Chain major and competitor on Team...
03/19/2026

This Women’s History Month, we’re proud to highlight Saba Ebadis 💫 .in.bloom

A Supply Chain major and competitor on Team Venture Xperience, Saba is tackling one of the most urgent challenges of our generation through Mental Health Xperience.

“True success isn’t simply the wealth or fame you accumulate or the ladder you climb…it’s what you do with the power you have.” Inspired by her cousin Noor Apu, who she calls “the definition of excellence,” Saba channels that drive into building real solutions for student mental health.

Through Xperience, she’s proving that the women who shape us become the fuel for the impact we create.

Swipe to meet Saba ➡️

This Women’s History Month, we’re happy to highlight Grace Cai 💫 Named after computing pioneer Grace Hopper, Grace is a...
03/12/2026

This Women’s History Month, we’re happy to highlight Grace Cai 💫

Named after computing pioneer Grace Hopper, Grace is a CS & Physics major who helped develop computer vision technology to detect hidden weapons as a School Safety Xperience Finalist with Team Weapon Watch.

“As a woman in CS and physics, two male-dominated fields, it deeply matters to me that we keep pushing for diversity in STEM and show young women that these fields are for them.”

Through Xperience, Grace found the support to build something real from the ground up and discovered herself as a leader and creator who empowers others.

Swipe to meet Grace ➡️

We’re excited to introduce Anthony Kang as our xFoundry Student Highlight.💡Anthony and his Team Quello, are already hard...
03/10/2026

We’re excited to introduce Anthony Kang as our xFoundry Student Highlight.💡

Anthony and his Team Quello, are already hard at work tackling mental health challenges for Mental Health Xperience. Anthony is the kind of competitor this program was built for: curious, committed, and ready to turn ideas into real world solutions.

Want to join the competition?
🚨Registration closes 3.26.26 — time is running out. 🔗 in bio.

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