Hackathon Showcase

Synth Squad

We are creating an efficient solution to streamline post-12th financial aid eligibility checks for students and institutions.

4 members

Project Description

Many students fail to access educational loans, skill-development programs, and scholarship opportunities because application journeys are confusing, time-consuming, and require completing complex online forms. Students often abandon the process early, while institutions lose potential applicants due to poor engagement and lack of guided onboarding. Our project solves this problem by building an AI Conversational Eligibility Agent that automates the complete screening and guidance workflow through a simple phone call.

A student visits the application page, enters their email address and phone number, and the system immediately triggers an outbound call using ElevenLabs Conversational AI. The AI agent conducts a natural, dynamic conversation—collecting required details such as academic status, income range, financial need, loan amount, and supporting factors. All responses are streamed to a Gemini model, which evaluates eligibility using custom scoring logic.

Once the call ends, the system automatically sends an email with the result:

Eligible: The student receives “Pre-Approved” confirmation along with curated resources, next-step documentation, bank/scheme links, and guidance tailored to their profile.

Not Eligible: The student receives constructive feedback, alternative options, and learning materials to improve eligibility in the future.
The solution provides an end-to-end automated journey from student input → AI call → evaluation → email response → personalized guidance, reducing friction and improving access.Judging Criteria Alignment

Working Prototype

The prototype demonstrates:

A working web form for collecting student email and phone number.

Automated outbound calls via ElevenLabs voice agent.

Real-time question-and-answer conversation with barge-in and context retention.

Gemini-powered eligibility evaluation.

Automated email dispatch with dynamic content (eligibility + personalized guidance).

Dashboard for viewing call transcripts, eligibility scores, and student outcomes.

Technical Complexity & Integration

The system integrates:

ElevenLabs realtime Conversational Agent + SIP calling.

Gemini LLM for semantic interpretation, scoring, and personalized recommendation generation.

Event-driven backend orchestrating call lifecycle, state management, and email triggers.

Email service (SendGrid / AWS SES / Firebase Extensions).

Analytics dashboard with eligibility data visualisation.
This demonstrates multi-service orchestration, async event pipelines, and intelligent decisioning at scale.

Innovation & Creativity

The project converts a traditionally form-heavy eligibility workflow into a human-like voice conversation, enabling students with low digital literacy to complete screening effortlessly. Real-time LLM reasoning and personalized learning resources extend the experience beyond eligibility—turning the system into a virtual mentor.

Real-World Impact

The solution can increase program accessibility for millions of students, reduce drop-offs, improve upstream applicant quality, and drastically reduce institutional operational effort. Students receive guided support and curated resources even if not eligible, reducing frustration and increasing empowerment.

Theme Alignment

Directly aligned with conversational agent workflows, real-time reasoning, telephony integration, and end-to-end intelligent task execution—key themes of the hackathon. AI & Voice

ElevenLabs Conversational AI (Realtime API + outbound voice calls)

Gemini LLM for conversation analysis, scoring, and personalized recommendation generation

Backend & Orchestration

Bolt for backend routing, secure endpoints, and coordinating the full call → evaluation → email pipeline

n8n for workflow automation (email sending, follow-ups, CRM updates, state transitions)

Supabase for:

Authentication

Database (PostgreSQL)

Storage of leads, transcripts, call logs, and eligibility outputs

Edge Functions for backend tasks

Frontend

React/Next.js intake form for phone + email capture