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UC Santa Cruz Student Wins Top Prize for AI Tool Helping Incarcerated People

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Hari Raghavan, a UC Santa Cruz computer science junior, has secured the first-place technology prize at the 2026 Santa Cruz Launchpad business competition. The $5,000 award recognizes his development of Standby, an AI-driven platform built to assist incarcerated individuals and the organizations that serve them.
May 27, 2026 at 3:10 PM