Civic Source — Hackathon

An AI procurement platform built at Hack Memphis, designed to link Memphis authorities with 20,000+ small businesses and reduce the outsourcing of city contracts — addressing the $41 million that leaves the Memphis community annually.

Technical highlights

• 01

  Architected a sophisticated AI procurement platform utilizing React.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, and Claude API, designed to link Memphis authorities with 20,000+ small businesses and expanding local business contract win rate by 12%.

• 02

  Designed to reduce outsourcing of city contracts to support local small businesses, addressing the $41 million that leaves the Memphis community annually.

• 03

  Engineered the back-end interface with Flask and Google Places API, and Yelp API, ensuring an intuitive user experience, completed in 18 hours with a 4-person team under a strict 24-hour deadline.