AI + Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and AI Research Projects for High School Students

Artificial intelligence is transforming how we build prototypes, form business strategies, and understand the overall entrepreneurial landscape. In the AI Scholars program, high school students can work on a project at the intersection of AI + entrepreneurship.

Sample AI + Entrepreneurship Projects from Past AI Scholars Students

Problem to Prototype: Build a Personalized AI Assistant

Identify a real-world problem and designing a personalized AI assistant to address it, using OpenAI’s models and tools.

Developed by:

Drew Solomon

Brown University

AI + Designing a Responsible Visual AI Application

Design and building your own computer vision (CV) assistant using OpenAI’s tools and models, starting from your own real-world challenge and ending with a working visual assistant.

Developed by:

Drew Solomon

Brown University

Meet Our AI + Business and Finance Curriculum Advisors

Catherine Lu

Master’s and Bachelor’s in Computer Science | Stanford University

Investor at Spike Ventures, a VC firm that fundraises from and invests in Stanford alumni. Previously, Director of Product at NEA-backed Datavisor, an enterprise company offering an unsupervised ML fraud solution. Co-founded retail AI company Fancy That, which was acquired by Palantir in 2015.

Neal Jean

PhD in Electrical Engineering | Stanford University

Working on an AI focused startup aimed at enhancing workplace productivity. Using machine learning to tackle challenging problems in sustainability and healthcare with Stefano Ermon in the Stanford AI Lab.

Artem Trotsyuk

PhD in Bioengineering | Master’s in Computer Science | Stanford University

Using bioengineering tools coupled with artificial intelligence to improve wound healing outcomes in diabetic patients. Developing AI-powered smart bandages with a closed-loop system for personalized medicine.

AI Scholars Program Overview

AI Scholars Live Online is a 10 session (25-hour) artificial intelligence bootcamp that exposes high school students to fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build a socially impactful project. Taught by our team of graduate students from Stanford, MIT, and more, students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups with a student-teacher ratio of 5:1.