Bassam Kamal, a fourth-year computer science student at the University of Prince Edward Island, won first prize at the Spark Tank pitching event hosted by the PEI IT Alliance last week.
Kamal presented Adaptiv, an AI-driven fitness coaching app designed to adjust training and nutrition plans around real-life changes. Users enter personal metrics, goals, schedules, food preferences, and injury information, and the app generates a personalized but fully editable plan. When a user’s schedule or circumstances change, Adaptiv recalculates calorie targets and training volume for the rest of the week, explaining the changes and requiring user approval before adjustments are applied.
Several other early-stage founders and student entrepreneurs also pitched at the event, which is intended to showcase emerging technology ideas from across the Island’s tech community:
Wanhar Aziz presented VoteOn, a secure online voting platform aimed at student unions, clubs, nonprofits, and small organizations. The platform is designed to support elections, polls, and referendums with an emphasis on transparency and ease of use, without the cost or complexity associated with traditional voting systems.
Erin MacDonald pitched WellSpring Water, a platform focused on helping users better understand and manage drinking water quality. The app allows users to create profiles, receive reminders for water testing, view local water quality trends, and book verified testing and treatment services. It also connects users with educational resources and a community forum related to water safety and quality.
Bharani Ram introduced the PEI Solar Panel Advisor, a tool that uses artificial intelligence to assess the suitability of residential rooftops for solar energy. Users upload a photo of their roof and enter their address, and the system analyzes sunlight exposure, potential panel capacity, estimated costs, and projected break-even timelines based on local electricity rates and weather data.
Pravin Paudel presented Snapture, a tool that converts event posters into calendar entries using an image-recognition feature called SnapSense. The product is aimed at students and professionals who want to quickly save event details without manual data entry.
Japneet Kalkat pitched Trailflow, a logistics software platform designed to consolidate dispatching, tracking, communications, document management, and accounting into a single system for brokers, carriers, and drivers. Kalkat said the company has signed three early-adopter customers and is targeting logistics firms looking to scale operations without adding staff.
The Spark Tank event was hosted by the PEI IT Alliance, a member-based not-for-profit organization representing Prince Edward Island’s IT and technology community, including companies, startups, professionals, remote workers, and students.
