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Learn about past competitors' journeys through the competition and find resources to get started.
Top Launch 2026 – Built to Scale
Introducing the Top Launch startup of the 2026 Imagine Cup—a group of student founders turning early-stage ideas into bold, high-potential ventures. These startups are building with intention, moving fast, and proving that what starts here has the power to scale far beyond it.
Advice for Student Startups Series: GitHub
Where building meets collaboration. This series highlights how student founders use GitHub to manage code, collaborate across teams, and turn early builds into maintainable, real-world-ready software.
Advice for Student Startups Series: Microsoft for Startups
Practical guidance for founders who are already building. This series shares lessons, tools, and insights from Microsoft for Startups to help student teams move forward with clarity and confidence.
Imagine Cup Mentors
Behind every strong student team is guidance that sharpens thinking and builds confidence. Our mentors bring experience, perspective, and thoughtful feedback to help founders navigate critical decisions as they grow.
2026 Imagine Cup Semifinalists
Meet the student teams shaping what’s next. These semifinalists are building thoughtful, scalable solutions and taking meaningful steps toward turning their work into something the world can use.
Helping students turn builds into breakthroughs
Imagine Cup alumni have gone on to raise funding, win global recognition, transform industries, and create tools that improve everyday lives. Here are just a few of the teams that started exactly where you are.
Make tech matter where it counts most
Every year, Imagine Cup invites student founders to take on challenges that institutions, industries, and communities face every day. These categories point to where technology can make a lasting difference, offering you the chance to build solutions that scale.
Sprint to Imagine Cup: Pakistan Students Take the First Step Toward Global Innovation
When 80 students gather in one room, fueled by curiosity, creativity, and caffeine...you know something special is happening.
The pillars of Imagine Cup 2026
Every founder's journey looks different, but the path to building something that lasts often shares the same milestones. At Imagine Cup, we frame them simply: Innovate. Validate. Accelerate.
Imagine Cup 2026: Where students build what's next
Bold startups rarely begin with a spotlight. They begin when a small team dares to test something new, or when a student sees a challenge and chooses to answer it.
Sprint to Imagine Cup: Fuel your innovation
Every great startup begins with a spark. But taking that spark and shaping it into something ready for the world requires support, tools, and the right guidance.
2025 Imagine Cup World Champion
Congratulations to Argus, the 2025 Imagine Cup World Champion.
2025 Imagine Cup World Championship Judges
Announcing the 2025 Imagine Cup World Championship Judges
2025 Imagine Cup World Championship Finalists
Congratulations to the top 3 teams moving forward to compete in the 2025 World Championship!
2025 Imagine Cup Semifinalists
Announcing the 2025 Imagine Cup Semifinalists!
Introducing the Imagine Cup 2025 Semifinals Judges
Announcing the judges for the 2025 Imagine Cup Semifinals!
Welcome to the 2025 Imagine Cup
Get ready for the 2025 Microsoft Imagine Cup: Let the innovation begin!
Meet the 2024 World Champion: Team FROM YOUR EYES
Congratulations to Team FROM YOUR EYES from Turkey!
2024 Imagine Cup World Championship
Recap the action and watch the moment the 2024 winner is crowned champion.
Introducing the 2024 Imagine Cup World Championship Judges!
Meet the judges tasked with selecting who wins the 2024 Imagine Cup.
Announcing the Top Three Teams of the 2024 Imagine Cup!
Congrats to the top 3 teams and their innovations moving forward to the 2024 World Championship.
Meet the Judges of the Imagine Cup 2024 Semifinals!
Announcing the judges for the 2024 Imagine Cup Semifinals.
Meet the 2024 Semifinalists
Meet the Semifinalists and their projects selected to advance in the competition.
A conversation with Imagine Cup Director, Tina Jones
Get the inside scoop on everything you need to know about Imagine Cup from exciting benefits to essential deadlines.
Your Journey Continues: Next Steps for the 2024 Imagine Cup
Explore the exciting next steps on your path to AI innovation and entrepreneurship.
Welcome to the 2024 Imagine Cup!
Learn more about the competition!
Meet the 2023 World Champion: Team TAWI
Congratulations to Team TAWI from Kenya!
2023 Imagine Cup World Championship
Recap the action and watch the moment the 2023 winner is crowned champion.
Meet the Imagine Cup World Championship judges!
Learn about the experts who will select this year's World Champion.
Meet the top 3 teams!
Congrats to the top 3 teams and their innovations moving forward to the 2023 World Championship.
Meet the 2023 World Finals Judges!
Learn about the experts who will select the top 3 teams to move forward to the world championships.
Meet the 2023 World Finalists!
Meet the World Finalists and their projects selected to advance in the competiton.
Meet the 2023 Epic Challenge winners!
Get to know the 2023 Epic Challange winning teams and their projects.
Welcome to the 2023 Imagine Cup!
Learn more about the competition and start your journey today!
Meet the 2022 World Champion: Team V Bionic!
Congrats to Team V Bionic from Saudi Arabia for their hand paralysis rehabilitation solution.
2022 Imagine Cup World Championship
Recap the action and watch the moment the 2022 winner is crowned champion.
Meet the Imagine Cup World Championship judges
Learn about the experts who will select this year's World Champion
Meet the top 3 Imagine Cup teams
Congrats to the top 3 teams and their innovations moving forward to the 2022 World Championship
Meet the 2022 Imagine Cup World Finals judges
Learn about the experts who will select the top 3 teams to move forward to the World Championships
Meet 2022 Imagine Cup World Finalists
Meet the 48 teams and their projects selected to advance in the competition
Meet the Epic Challenge winners
Get to know the 2022 Epic Challenge winning teams and their projects
Welcome to the 20th anniversary of the Imagine Cup
Check out resources and how to start your competition journey.
Meet the 2021 World Champion: Team REWEBA!
Congrats Team REWEBA from Kenya for their IOT infant monitoring solution.
2021 Imagine Cup World Championship
Recap the action and watch the moment the 2021 Imagine Cup winner is crowned champion.
2021 Imagine Cup World Finals recap
Recap the action from the 2021 Imagine Cup World Finals, where the top 38 teams pitched their projects for impact.
2021 Imagine Cup: Top 4 teams
Congrats to the top 4 teams and their innovations moving forward to the 2021 World Championship.
2021 Imagine Cup Top 12 teams
Meet the top 12 teams selected to compete for World Championship spots.
2021 Imagine Cup category feature: Earth
Learn about the Earth category finalist teams and their innovations.
2021 Imagine Cup category feature: Education
Meet the top teams in the Education competition category and learn about their tech solutions.
2021 Imagine Cup category feature: Healthcare
Learn about the Healthcare category finalist teams and their innovations.
2021 Imagine Cup category feature: Lifestyle
Meet the top teams in the Lifestyle competition category and learn about their tech solutions.
Microsoft Learn Challenge January winners!
Meet the January Microsoft Learn Challenge winners who've won USD250 for their submissions.
2021 Imagine Cup World Finalists
Meet the World Finalists selected to advance in the 2021 competition to pitch their innovations.
Microsoft Learn Challenge December winners!
Check out the December teams who've won USD250 for their Microsoft Learn Challenge submission.
Microsoft Learn Challenge November winners!
Here are the November teams who've won USD250 in the first step of their Imagine Cup journey.
Microsoft Learn Challenge October winners!
Meet the five teams who've won USD250 in the first step of their Imagine Cup journey.
7 reasons to compete in the 2021 Imagine Cup
Check out why you should sign up to bring your tech idea to life.
Reimagine our world with technology in the 2021 Imagine Cup
We're looking for bold thinkers and big dreamers to join the 2021 competition journey.
2020 Imagine Cup World Championship
Watch the six Imagine Cup finalists compete for the 2020 trophy at the Imagine Cup World Championship during Microsoft Build.
Meet the 2020 Imagine Cup World Champion!
Congratulations Team Hollo from Hong Kong SAR, winners of the 2020 Imagine Cup World Championship
2020 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Final
Share in the journey of the 10 regional finalist teams from across the Americas virtually pitching their technology solutions during the 2020 Americas Regional Final
Congratulations to our 2020 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Final winners!
Meet Team Deeptector and Team Tremor Vision from the United States, winners of the Imagine Cup Americas Regional Final
2020 Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final
Share in the journey of the 10 regional finalist teams from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, virtually pitching their technology solutions during the 2020 EMEA Regional Final
2020 Imagine Cup Asia Regional Final
Share in the journey of the 10 regional finalist teams from across Asia, virtually pitching their technology solutions during the 2020 Asia Regional Final
Congratulations to our 2020 Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final winners!
Meet Team The Knights from Kenya and Team RedWalls from Tunisia, winners of the Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Final
Congratulations to our 2020 Imagine Cup Asia Regional Final winners!
Meet Team Syrinx from Japan and Team Hollo from Hong Kong SAR, winners of the Imagine Cup Asia Regional Final
Meet the 2020 Imagine Cup Americas Regional Finalists
Meet the 10 teams selected in advance to 2020 Americas Regional Final
Meet the 2020 Imagine Cup EMEA Regional Finalists
Meet the 10 teams selected in advance to 2020 EMEA Regional Final
Meet the 2020 Imagine Cup Asia Regional Finalists
Meet the 10 teams selected in advance to 2020 Asia Regional Final