Two teams win 2025 Venture Design Challenge with AI and crowd density solutions

Tara Natarajan Krebs Provost and Dean of the Faculty Vice President for Academic Affairs | Lake Forest College

By Lake County Gazette

Apr 25, 2025

The 2025 Venture Design Challenge finals took place on April 26 in the Lily Reid Holt Memorial Chapel. This year, two teams shared the prize title.

WeSteel AI, an AI-powered vertical software for steel service centers, and CrowdView, an app for displaying current information on crowd density at popular campus spaces, were both recognized as winning projects. Other projects spanned across industries such as golf, flooring, agriculture, and more.

A total of 13 teams competed in the 2025 pitch competition, involving 49 individual student participants. Six teams made it to the final round.

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