>> Announcer: From Santa Clara, California, It's theCUBE! Covering Technovation World Pitch Summit 2019. Brought to you by SiliconANGLE Media. Now, here's Sonia Tagare. >> Hi and welcome to theCUBE. I'm your host, Sonia Tagare, and we're here at the Oracle Agnews Campus in Santa Clara, California, covering Technovations World Pitch Summit 2019, a pitch competition in which girls from around the world develop mobile apps in order to create positive change in the world. With us today, we have a Technovation executive, Devin Dillon, who is the Senior Director of Partnerships at Technovation, welcome to The Cube. >> Thank you. >> So, before we start, for people who don't know, can you tell us more about Technovation World Pitch? >> Sure, so Technovation World Pitch is sort of the culminating event of a program that we run for young girls around the world. So we invite girls to solve problems in their community. This year, we had over 7,000 girls from 57 countries participating. So lots of girls with lots of ideas. And then this World Pitch is the culmination of that. So it's a competition, and our winners from around the world are invited to come here and share their ideas. And a really exciting part is they get to meet all of their peers that are also working on solving problems and exploring technology, so it's a really great week. >> That's awesome, and can you tell us more about how you got involved in Technovation, and what your role is at the company? >> Sure, so I got involved in Technovation about seven years ago, the program was small. It had just gone international. I think our first year, we had less than 10 countries that were participating, but I really liked the idea of putting education online, accessible to anybody. Anyone can lead it, and solve a problem in their community, and learn a little bit as they were doing that. So that's how I got involved. And then, the program has grown, and we now have this big celebration event. So it looks different, but yeah, that's how I got involved. >> And can you tell me more about your role? >> Sure yes. So, I lead the program. So we have two programs at Technovation. We have Technovation Girls, which this World Summit is the celebrating event for, then we have Technovation Families, which is an educational program for our younger audience. It invites families to solve problems with AI. So my role is really to make sure that our programs are awesome, and helping people to learn. Our resources are good, and we're supporting our leaders around the world. So, our Technovation team never actually leads programs, we invite everyone from around the world to lead the programs, so we do a lot of work to make sure that the quality is there, and that the programs are having a great impact on the kids. >> Wow, and I recently heard that Iridescent became Technovation, so can you tell us more about that change, and why that decision was made? >> Yeah, I'm happy to. So, like I mentioned, we have two flagship programs. They previously had names that were pretty different and our organization was called Iridescent. And Technovation, it was this program, it was like a program that had gotten a lot of global scale and participants. So much so, that when we would say Iridescent, people would recognize us. So we changed our overall organization name to Technovation, and this program is now called Technovation Girls. We challenge girls to solve a problem in their community, using coding, and create a mobile app and a business plan, and then our other program, Technovation Families, challenges families to solve a problem using AI. >> And so I heard the girls had an amazing week. What was the schedule like, who did they get to meet? >> Sure, so it's a busy week. We have flown in girls from all over to be able to see a little bit of the Bay Area, to be able to meet each other, so we have lots of activities. We've had field trips to a lot of tech companies, so we were able to visit Uber, we were able to visit Autodesk, Google Ventures, where the girls are able to see and hear from different mentors in the industry, meet people that are working on technology, ask the questions, and then the other component is we invite the girls to connect with each other. It's a powerful moment where we have a lot of girls representing different cultures and different ideas, so we have fun things like dance parties and opportunities for them to get to know each other also. >> That sounds like a really bonding sleep over. >> Yeah, we try to create that atmosphere. Of course the girls can be shy, and they're coming maybe the first time to the United States. Many of them, English is their third or their fourth language, so it can be a little scary at first, but I think by today, they have been able to hopefully create some lasting friendships. >> That's amazing, and along with the friendships, for the people who do win, what kind of prizes do they get? >> Yeah, so we are giving away this year, over $50,000 worth of prizes. $30,000 of that is scholarships so the students can continue their education since they're young girls, they're able to sort of put that to their education how they would like, and then another option is that they can continue developing their idea. So the girls have crated a mobile app and a business plan, and so they're able to continue developing that if they would like to. >> And do they have mentors guiding them through that? >> Yes, and the exciting thing is, a lot of the mentors are here. So the way that the competition works, is that the girls are working on their idea for many months. They are creating an idea, they're coding, they're learning a lot of different things, they can be creating business plans, and the mentors are really there to support them, to help them build a relationship with someone who's maybe in the tech industry, but also just someone to give encouragement and to help them work together on their problem. >> And have you seen an increase in participant in Technovation over the years? >> Yeah, so this year, like I mentioned, we had 7,000 participants, which is a large year for us. The past two years, we've had great growth, because the program is online, and it's freely accessible. We've really been able to see a lot of take up from different people around the world. >> What countries do you hope to reach to eventually? >> Yeah, good question. Well we had submissions from 57 countries this year, so you know, each year, the submissions kind of change. So we're growing in a lot of really exciting places, I always love to see ideas from all different areas of the world, so tonight, we have some great ideas represented from Nigeria, and Cambodia, and Bolivia, and Canada, like really right there, like lots of corners of the world, so it's always exciting to see. >> And like what criteria do finalists have to pass to make it to this stage? >> Yeah, good question. So they need to submit a lot of different things to be invited to the competition. So the girls really work on pitching their idea, because we know that if you have an idea, not just in technology, you need to be able to understand how to present it and develop you know a business plan, and how you want others to understand what you're doing. They have created a mobile app, so they've coded something. They've probably learned technology or some technology skills, and then, what are our other components. They like develop their idea. So a large part of it is really thinking of an idea, making it batter, developing an actual product, so. >> Wow, and how do you think Technovation is helping the overall girls in tech, women in tech community? >> Yeah, so we're hoping it could get girls interested. So our girls are young, but we really hope to spark an interest and get them involved in the community, hopefully, this is a step on their path. Maybe they will keep taking classes that are technology related, or maybe they'll make some friends that are into technology and form a community. Maybe they'll go to college for this. Maybe some of them will become computer scientists, or engineers, or someone in technology, so it's pretty open, we want to create problem solvers and problem solvers so a lot of different things in our world, including impact technology. >> And going off of that, are there any success stories that really stand out to you? >> Yeah, I'm trying to think of some girls from this year. I think what always stands out to me, from the girls, is that they aren't just building like a mobile app. A lot of them are collaborating with people in their community, with their governments, with different non-profits. So, one of the girls this year, she's working on opioid addiction, and she's been collaborating with a lot of researchers in different universities, she's been thinking about how to create a prototype. Another girl this year is working on supporting farmers and invasive species. So she's been working with different invasive species groups to understand how this program is affecting people, so I think it's always really fun to see how the girls are not just thinking about themselves, or collaborating just on their team, they're really thinking about their community and making an impact with different people and different groups. >> And how do you hope Technovations going to continue to improve and impact more girls? >> Well, I hope we continue to create girls that feel empowered to make the world better. Which you know, is idealistic, but I think that's power of education, is that you help people to think about how to make the world better at the end of the day, and I hope we're giving them those tools. Hope we continue giving them the tools to make their lives and their communities better. >> That's awesome, and thank you so much for being here. >> Devon: Sure, thank you so much. >> This is Devon Dillon, and I'm Sonia Tagare. Thanks for watching The Cube. 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>> from Santa Clara, California It's the Cube covering techno ovation World Pitch Summit 2019 Brought to You by Silicon Angle Media Now here's Sonia to Gari >> Hi and welcome to the Cube. I'm your host, >> Sonia to Gari, and we're here at Oracle's >> Agnew's campus in Santa Clara, California covering techno vacations. World Pitch Summit 2019 a pitch competition in which girls from around the world developed mobile lapse in order to create positive change >> in the world with us. Today we have team >> powerful daisies from Brazil. Um, and their acts called safe tears. So their members are on a Toronado. Uh, Clara Patan. Um, Anna Julia Uh, Giacomelli um Emmanuel Amara Skin and Julie Carr Bio. Welcome to the Cuban. Congratulations on your being finalists. Thank you. So your app safe tears tell us more about that. >> So our APP is a suicide prevention app in which its user gets his own glass of blue feelings, where to use their ads or remove tears accordingly with his feelings. So if the user said they had tears any, they're happy they take theirs out. >> Wow, that's amazing. So can you tell us how someone would use Thea >> So let's say I'm set. So I go to the app and I at use. So add those as my 2% rise is the absolute send motivational messages to me like saying go talk to somebody over find help and also encouraging me to be to know, to get better. And if I'm happy, I take tourists out and I get messages like congratulating me too because I'm doing better. >> So is there like a graph of your improvement of how you feel some days you feel the other days >> we would like to implement dead in your future. But right now, in this version of the app that is not available >> OK, well, yeah, that would be a great thing, Thio. So how did you come up with this idea? >> So in our community, there was a lot of suicide cases and off course with friends and family, and it was something that really needed more help. So we went Thio lecture about suicide, and the woman said that we are like a glass of water. We we feel that up and then one day all the water gets out and then somebody you know tries to suicide themselves. So we wanted this person to thio like realize that she's getting wars so she can find help before anything bad happens. >> And I know that sometimes giving advice to someone who's depressed can be very tricky. And you have to make sure saying the right thing. So how did you find out what kind of advice to give in your app? >> Yeah, we had help over school psychologist. So she was there with those the whole time we were developing and she helped us do Every single message is that the absense to the person is, you know, viewed by >> her And have you seen has anyone used the app and has felt better? Any success stories >> they're hesitant to launch, But we did tested it and people really liked it and thought that they would use it. >> That's amazing. So how >> did you all meet and why did >> you decide to join techno vacation? >> So we were from the same school from different classes where we're from the same school. So we met there and our teacher showed us the documentary code girl and their inspired us to join techno vacation because we thought it would be a cool experience. >> And so how detective ation help you achieve your goals and make your act better. >> So without techno vacation, of course, we couldn't be here and get all this experience in learning's to improve our app. So it's helping a lot. >> And, um, can you tell us more specifically like, what skills have you learned from Tekken? Ovation. >> Like programming, big public speaking and about business. We learn a lot like doing the business plan about marketing and publicity and all that. And I heard you >> guys had an amazing week this week. You went to whoever you saw Golden Gate Bridge. Can you tell us more? About what? The highlights of the wiki pad? >> Yeah, we went to Webber, of course. And we talked to people there. He was amazing. Talk to employees and see how is life there. And also we went to the Golden Bridge and we crossed the bridge. It was a Bahar, you know, we're not used to exercising. Right? And last night we had a dance party. What? She was really fun and we got to interact with people from all over the world and it was amazing. >> That's so great. Well, thank you so much for coming on. I'm so looking forward to seeing your app in the APP store one day. And congratulations. And good luck for the pitch tonight. >> Thank you so much. This has been team >> powerful daisies from Brazil. This'd the Cube. We'll see you next time.

>> from Santa Clara, California It's the Cube covering techno ovation World Pitch Summit 2019 Brought to you by Silicon Angle Media. Now here's Sonia to Gari. >> Hi. And welcome to the Cube. I'm your host, Sonia to Gari and we're hearing oracles Agnew's campus in Santa Clara, California covering techno vacations world its Summit 2019 a pitch competition in which girls from around the world developed mobile lapse in order to create positive change in the world with us. Today we have team tech witches from India with a nun. You Grover said in there. Um, when she got the other, um, and Anushka Sharma. Welcome to the Cube. And congratulations on being finalists. Thank you. So your app is called May 3. Can you tell us more about that? >> Yeah. App is an android application which connects old age homes with orphanages so that senior citizens can spend time with orphan children on individuals like you and I and everyone else can volunteer and donate to old age homes and orphanages through our app. >> Okay. And so how would someone used the Afghanis? Oh, go through Step by step >> s O as an individual. If you log into the app usually do lis. So if you press on connect, you could either press on connect to an old age home or connect to. And often it's so. For instance, I want to connect to an old age home. I press that button I would see a list off old age homes. On that list is a list of organizations that have signed up on the APP. So I press on their arranged on the order off proximity to my location. So I pressed on. Whichever one I want is a view, and then I see all of their details. I could contact them, connect to them by messaging them, calling them up, viewing their website or even navigating to their location using who will maps. Then I could also press on, see what donations they require and see exactly what they need. For instance, if an organization requires clothes or blankets, I would be able to view that on donate accordingly. Okay, >> so it's not just introducing older people to orphans, it's it's more about like, just like what can we do as a society to like donate to exactly >> on as the administrator? Often old days home, you can connect to an orphanage on organized meetings between senior citizens on children so they can spend time together and have fun activities. For instance, we have already conducted two activities in which people mingo together on the children were singing songs and they were even, you know, sharing stories. They were dancing together. It was really heartwarming. >> Wow. And do you have any other success stories from what's happened so far? >> So yeah said the two meetings that have been conducted already were huge successes in our opinion. So we had children from an often it's called cyber ball creep are going to an old age home on dhe. They spent time with the elders there, talk to them, mingled with them, learned about their life experiences on DDE up in the other meeting to reverse singing songs on Theo. Elders and children were sort of having fun together, and it was amazing. >> So I visited your instagram page and which looks amazing, by the way, thank you. And I noticed that there were a list of activities for every for for them to do when they meet each other. So can you tell us more about those activities? >> Yes, so some of the activities I already talked about them, but they could also sort of have a picnic together, get some food for each other or the children could make drawings, write poems for the elders. And those can be put up in the old age home itself so that even after the children leave, it's like a reminder and a token of love for the elders that reminds them that they are loved on the you are cared for Andi. They could also have other activities, like yoga sessions together, maybe read books to each other. There was other kinds of activities that are listed on. How did >> you come up with this idea? >> Oh, well, the initial inspiration. Or I wouldn't say inspiration. It was a bus, the incident that happened to me. So I lost both of my grandparent's. Within the span of failure, I lost my grandmother, too, can't cancer. And then after her, she passed away. My grandfather sort of felt like really lonely and that he had lost all purpose in life. On I could see firsthand the effects that loneliness could have on someone's mental and social well being on that lead to health problems that he never, ever had before. And we lost him in, unfortunately in January this year, so I really wanted to work on senior care on. Then. My teammate Basseterre suggested that we should also include orphans within this. Since you know we in India especially, we have a very strong familial bond between children and grand parents, and the's children do not have that same connection. They grew up without that kind of nurturing love that only parents or grandparents can provide to a child on. So we felt that we should be solving both of these problems and bridging them together in some in some way on. That's how we came up with this idea. >> It sounds like it's an amazing idea, and it also sounds like it could help more than just the community that you're in. But it could really help the whole world because so many people deal with loneliness, especially in old age or orphans who want love from a grand parent or parents, so it just sounds like it could be really useful. It's a lot of people, thank you. So how has your experience a techno nation been >> It has bean an amazing Johnny. We want expecting to make hated this level and is just phenomenal on the huge honor to be standing here on We began by just Regis formed We are all classmates on We have known each other for a while and so we just found out about this competition formed a team started working towards that on We were really passionate about this car. So working and taking time out of school to work on this just came naturally simply because how important this cause, boss, for us personally on then. So 12 The deactivation journey we kept on learning new things. Not all of us were aware off how to court applications. So we used Tekken ovations or curriculum on other online resources to teach ourselves those skills along the way and developed our entire project submission on DDE. Yeah, it's just amazing to be here now, sitting in front of such a huge audience. >> Absolutely. It's such a huge success for all of you. So can you tell us more about how how you all met your said your classmates, right? >> Yeah. So the four of us are classmates on Anushka is in another class within the stools, so be already sort of knew each other. Andi, I found out about the competition online and techno vacation seemed really ins like, Ah, create platform, especially because it's like, if specifically wants to empower women to court and going to make a stone. Male dominated fields that computer science on entrepreneurship. So the four of us off science students and she studies Commerz on. That's how we came together and started walking. >> That's amazing. So where do you have to see this app? You know, if you get the funding if you win today, where do you hope to see it in five years? >> Right now? Are up has already been launched in the play store, and we have about 1000 plus downloads in the future. We would like to know just to expand out of the Delhi nCr reason by We're currently working on a go pan in there and hopefully in the future in about 10 years. Maybe spread this throughout the world because I feel like communities across the work and benefit from >> men. Three. >> That's amazing. Best of luck to all of you and good luck for your pitch tonight. And congratulations. Once again. Thank you so much. So this has been team tech witches from India. You're watching the cube staging for more.

>> from Santa Clara, California It's the Cube covering techno ovation World Picks Summit 2019 Brought to you by Silicon Angle Media Now here's Sonia to Gari >> Hi and welcome to the Cube. I'm your host, Sonia today, Aria and >> we're here at Oracle's >> Agnew's campus in Santa Clara, California covering techno vacations World Summit 2019 a pitch competition in which girls from around >> the world create mobile >> lapse in order to create positive change in the world >> with us. Today we have team decoders >> from Albania. Welcome. Thank you. The members are day a row, Johnny. Um Arla Ho, Huh? And your non desk Degrassi. Welcome. And congratulations on being finalists. Thank you. So your app is called JSA. Tell me more about that. >> Okay, So this name is an opinion, and it actually means find your voice, which is also our Moto jesu is focused on helping women who suffer from domestic and gender based violence. So it has all these features that are based on our three main pillars helping the user identify the problem, empowering them and then enabling them to take >> action. That's amazing. And I know sometimes in domestic abuse cases, sometimes just identifying the problem is the hardest part, so that's awesome. That's the first part in your AB s o. Can you tell us more about how someone would use Thea? >> Yeah, So on the first round after insulation, they would face this entrance quiz a T end. It gives you on evaluation about these five questions about gender based fans, but it's more about self reflection and serving as an early warning mechanism for people and questioning their whole, >> um, >> their whole perception on gender based finalists. After that, they come to the main menu, which is the 30 day program, which has myths about violence that you can give the answer. If it's a powerful, it will give you the anti myth, mindfulness exercises and success stories of other women in similar situations. Besides from the program, we have an information and you that has contacts. Thio, coordinator to municipality coordinators, Thio nonprofit organizations. It has some basic information about gender based violence ended. It signs legislation updates on, um, laws that women can benefit from and some other additional information. But also one of the main points of our app is connecting. Scattered resource is in our country So we have all these NGOs and old these institutions that are designed to help women. But most of them do not know that they exist. So when they want to separate from an abusive husband and want to report violence, they don't know where to head. So serving that we have the S. O s menu, which has the emergency hotlines, because in Albania we have separate health fines for different situations not like here in America. 91 on you have different numbers. They change them from time to time, and it's really important to have them all in one place when you need them. Most way also have, um, you can also connect directly to psychologists, lawyers, doctors and shelters that help women who >> suffer from domestic bounds. That's amazing. It just sounds like such a great app. >> And one more thing, which is really important because this feature that I'm about to mention is about all women. It's the opportunities many. So we have collaborated with local businesses, and they have agreed to furnish the AB with job notices, how workshop notices and coupons that allowed the only the users of the app can you respond to so they can benefit from that. But the thing is, when a user, even though they didn't they do not suffer from domestic violence. The Enter the app for the Opportunities menu. They also go through the entrance questionnaire. So that's when all the questioning for >> a violin starts. And do you find that this domestic violence is a huge problem in your community? Or how did you come up with >> this idea? >> Yes, it's actually a really huge problem in Albania. We have grown up seeing all these headlines. At the moment we opened the TV, there would be a ah headline that would say, Husband killed life and it would be for the most absurd reasons. And we have. It has all these deep cultural roots, and it's really horrible. We would see it, um, Unger peers through early signs of it, of course, and we would see how Dad would soon develop Thio. What we will be see today in the news and we see it's not getting any better. So we decided we wanted to do >> something about it. That's amazing. And I hope you, uh, you take the sap worldwide and globally. Thank you I'm sure it will help a bunch of other people in the world as well. Oh, thank you so much. That is all the time we have for today. Thank you for being on the Cuban. Good luck for tonight. >> Thank you. Uh, I'm your host, Sonita Gari. Thank you for >> watching the keeps Coverage of techno. Haitian World pitched 2019 till next time.

>> from Santa Clara, California It's the Cube covering techno ovation. World Pitch Summit 2019 Brought to You by Silicon Angle Media. Now here's Sonia to Gari >> Hi and welcome to the Cube. I'm your host, Sonia to Gari, and we're here at Oracle's Agnew's campus covering techno vacations. World Pitch Summit 2019 a pitch competition in which girls from around the world developed mobile labs in order to create positive change in the world with us. Today we have teen LPs n from Spain. Welcome, and the team members are Paulo Fernandez Rosa's Sandra Cho Manual Gomez, Nouria, Peoria, the CIA, Fernandez and with the beyond Tovar. Welcome to the Cube. Thank you. So your app is called one and where tell us more about that. >> They will, when I'm were easy enough that detects anomalies when you go out to work or run am. It's to ensure woman's safety on it, obtains your location in real time. And if something happens, for example, if you stop or if you're in getting near to your destination, it calls the emergency contact or the emergency service's >> Wow, and so can you tell us how a user would would go through it. Step by step. >> Yes, A first of all you need to establish our contact am. So then you have two different Moz A the start mold, which is a for when you, for example, go running. And when do you stop the up? He takes that anomaly so it sends you a message in case off emergency it goes a the emergency contact on the other mode, it's they take me to a remote. So that's when you, for example, want to go home. And so you you don't follow your route. I am the only they up since you and alert. And in case of emergency, it's Cindy. Um, message to your contact. >> Wow. I feel like that could be really useful. Yes. Is that a big problem in Spain? >> Yes, it's He's actually well into feel better. Okay, Yeah, >> we saw this problem in our community on when they gave us the opportunity to try to help in some way. We thought while we can try to create this application on forgives on on it in our country, there have been a lot of women murdered on kidnapped ennui. A thought that it was something very >> very important. I'm That's amazing. So how did you all come up with this idea? >> A. Well, it'll be gone when we hear about their martyr off Laurel. Wilma It that made us a became aware with the magnitude of the problem, so am I. We wanted to do something that they will will be a helpful for us. So we did this >> application. Wow. And, um what problems or struggles as you go through creating this app? I >> am. Well, I think that the the worst think was the time because we had, like, a really short time to do this application to develop and to develop it because we started in February on, we had to We have a deadline in April. So for us, the time was the most difficult part. Also, the programming, the coding. But that that was because we had to learn coding. So yet the time was our our difficult >> part. If you get funding, where do you see this app in five years? >> Well, a We want to continue developing this up on improving it because we really need this up. We want to add new new languages and also introduce it in a iose to a iPhone users to use it also on in 50 years. We would like a this up to continue working about. Hopefully, maybe a this problem with disappear. >> That's great. Um, so tell us more about your experience at Tech Novation. How did you all meet? And why did you decide to join techno vacation? Tell >> me. So we discovered generation in the high school. Our technology teacher air showed as the contest, and we decided to join. And we're old friends. So it was a, like, easy to work because we already know each other. So am that's the best part. And we won't really wanted to do something that could be useful for us. So we decided to to start the Italians with that idea. >> That's awesome. What? What's been like the best experience a part of the experience so far? >> A this trip, actually, Yeah, it is being amazing. I am. It's actually one of the best rips off my life, and we're all having a great time here. >> That's also, um So, uh, thanks so much for coming on. We really appreciate it. And good luck for tonight. Thank you. This is team LPs n from Spain. Thanks so much for watching Stay tuned for more

(upbeat music) >> Announcer: From Santa Clara, California, it's theCUBE covering Technovation World Pitch Summit 2019. Brought to you buy SiliconANGLE Media. Now, here's Sonia Tagare. >> Hi, welcome to theCube, I'm your host Sonia Tagare and we're here at Oracle Santa Clara covering Technovation World Pitch Summit 2019, a pitch competition in which girls from around the world develop mobile apps in order to create positive change in the world. With us today, we have Sydney Hough from Team Uproot. So your app Uproot tell us more about that. >> So, Uproot is an app, kind of in the field of AgTech, we worked to target noxious and invasive weeds in agriculture because what happens is noxious weeds often out compete crops for nutrients and farmers don't know what's going on sometimes, so Uproot helps farmers identify weeds by using a neural network and we also have monitoring services like mappings for tracking weeds over time. So, we're basically delivering an integrated solution to help farmers manage noxious weeds on their farms. >> Sonia: That's awesome. >> Thank You. >> Can you tell us more about how it works? >> We have basically three components, so there's the identification feature where you can scan plants in real time using your phone's camera and it basically analyzes the image and tells you what kind of plants it is and if it's harmful or not. We've got kind of an educational feature as well. So once a plant's been identified, basically the app returns a bunch of information about that plant, Is it harmful, how severe is it, how should you best control that plant? And then you've got the whole monitoring feature. So that includes tracking of weeds, pinpointing them on a map, so you can track them over time and manage them. >> Wow, and how did you come up with this idea? >> I had this brief exposure with this company called Kisan, they're a startup and they also use machine learning and mobile apps to help farmers in India actually. And I thought it was really cool how they're using machine learning to kind of target this underserved community and I was like, how can I, how can I apply that in my how backyard, right? >> Sonia: Right. So, here in California, one of the big farm issues is noxious of weeds, so I was like maybe this could be a cool solution, a cool application of ML. >> And how did you find out about Technovation? >> Last year, I competed as well. I was, I love software development, so I was looking for online coding competitions and this just happens to be in my search results, so I'm super glad I found it. >> And how do you think Technovation as helped you improve your app? >> I think before Technovation, I was really focused on just the code, and I love coding, but I didn't realize that companies can't live by code alone you have to really have a planned out business model, if you don't have that, no matter how good your app is, you're not going to get, you're not going to have success in the real worlds, so I think Technovation really helps me develop marketing plans and strategies and stuff like that. >> And who do you think your target audience is for this app? >> Currently our target audience is farmers in California. >> Okay, where do you see this app in like five years? >> So our goal right, I'm actually working closely with a statewide nonprofit called Cal-IPC, right now we're working to kind of revamp the app's mapping features, specifically enabling the sort of grid based system that allows geospatial data to be delivered out via API to plant databases. So, we're really working hard on that to get that feature out and from there, we plan to expand across California and I'd say in the next five years, our goal would be to take app nationwide to train our model on more species and just expand in general. >> And what advice would you give to featured Technovation participants? >> I would say start early because in the past two years where I've competed, I've often found my self doing a lot of things last minute just because I've procrastinated, so, have an idea early and work on your app over a long period of time, 'cause they give you several months. >> Great. So this has been Sydney Hough, from Team Uproot, Thanks so much for watching, I'm your host Sonia Tagare and stay tuned for more. (upbeat music)

>> from Santa Clara, California It's the Cube covering techno ovation World Pitch Summit 2019 Brought to you by Silicon Angle Media Now here's Sonia to Gari >> Hi and welcome to the Cube. I'm your host, Sonia to Gari. And we're here at Oracle's Agnew's campus in Santa Clara, California covering techno vacations World Pitch Summit 2019. Ah, pitch competition in which girls from around the world developed mobile lapse in order to create positive change in the world with us. Today we have Team Coco from Kazakhstan. Welcome. The members are, um Dilma as camel Over and Mallika Bree by Ava Uh, Donna Ulanova and Lube of do Chen Kuo Welcome. And congratulations on being finalists. Thank you. So your app is called tech Go. Can you tell us more about it? >> Yes. Uh so so techo in three d mobile application, which has a minute reality and as connected to the hardware which has dedicated for the behavioral change of people for so that they can become more conscious and like a friendly. >> And can you tell us more about how it works? Yes, >> of course there is. Luba, who can explain this? Okay. S >> o r application is about an astronaut who needs to save the planet. S O Firstly is there is a game in which a person needs to save your hair. Virtual airs by selling some ecological problems in it so that he or she wrote, be educated to both real life scenarios. And I also have a step counter which tracks your carbon footprint and encourages people to trust Morgan Friend the transportation options And that's a rare make really impact is that we connect our application with a special trash boxes in our city. All those locations are shown on the map, and coming to this place is user received trash box. And since Rosa Garbage and then because he has restaurants carriage here, she will get some points and your impact will be realized in the eventuality. Yeah, >> So what impact in society do you hope that this app will help change >> Rapids three t mobile application and it's a game. That is why Gamification and theater magic reality, which is a r which is inside this game a cz more visually in psychological attractive to people and those challenges that we provide a game are intensified so that most of the people. When they accomplish their goals, they might get, like, have a certain profit out of it so that they can become worker friendly and gain benefits. This is how we want to make sure that people might gain my changed a behavior for the sake of ecology. >> That's awesome. So you're using essentially a game incentivize people to make better choices in their everyday lives. That's great. And so how >> did you >> come up with this idea? >> So look, I will explain >> this. Actually, there were before some eco trash boxes in our school because like the thing off, ecological problems and recycling is one of the most talked about topics in Kazakhstan nowadays. And like in our school, the students try. Thio make this echo charge boxes, but they were always empty because students wasn't incent ified to recycle the garbage. And we tested our up in our school and we already launched it in our school and this ups incentivize our students. And now this I could trash boxes with our hard way always full. So >> that's awesome. See, you already found some success with your app. Thank you. Do you think that that this is a problem in the bigger community. >> Oh, maybe Donna Comptel. >> So we're saying that we started locally, but we got to go globally within that, uh, a pollution, like a pollution global problem and we trying to solve all over the world. So in our game, we have the whole world that you become an astronaut. So you should be aware for hold the problem that was happening in the earth. So we are trying to engage and educate people to be more global on to be more responsible for our final for our home. >> It sounds like everyone in the world should download that app. Yes, I do hope Thio uh, expand if you get the funding. >> Yes, um, we plan to expand not only in our country, Kazakhstan on only locally, but also globally. And we would like to create the eco friendly community across Central Asia since we want to make sure that consciousness is global in our area. >> And what struggles have you faced trying to create this app? >> Um, probably there were some struggles and off course in the realization and, uh, the realization of technical part of this project and creating a business model, since we are not very experienced in this kind of things. But since we have participated in techno vacation and we were immersed in this protest and were modified Thio motivated. Yeah, and we're motivated to learn all this things and acquire those skills. And this is why we became more experienced in this stuff. So right now, uh, those struggles that we face before not longer problem for us. So yeah, this what we faced? >> So techno vacation has definitely helped. Do you improve your app and yes, right houses. Tech innovation Helped you? >> Yeah, Um, probably someone else wants to ask you this question. >> How is SECNAV ation help? You were What skills have you learned from this journey? For >> example, one of the most important skills, I guess iss a teamwork. Like after we started to work on the one project, we started to listen each other excavation actually helped us too. Um, I understand the opinions off other people and like to understand the problems in our society. We start to dream bigger to think bigger, wider kind of that >> That's amazing. And also take Novation helping us >> to explore new companies to be more like open a person to come to The company's asked about the help on not like B just like see the problems and trying to solve trying to find a solution and be the people of the world and be responsible for our planet for what's happening in our local community on be aware of everything. >> And, um So I heard you guys had an amazing week. Um, you you went to whoever You went some other places. So can you tell us more about your week >> you want? So we went to amazing places in a Silicon Valley in a San Francisco San Jose and we so, like it'd, for example, Golden Gate Bridge. And also the Alcatraz so were so impressed by their architecture by the people by the nature on DDE. We just expected a lot of Onda. We just got this old expectations come to the reality on dhe. We hope that that kind of dream will come true in our future, and we gonna to work in a one of the big companies that were located here. I know all the universities. So >> how is it like going to the different tech companies and seeing it in real life. >> So we >> visited Uber Company and Google Ventures, and both we I have seen people who work is there, and we're really impressive on. And we really like it. It? Yeah. And, uh, I think so. Before, like in my childhood, I dreaming to be to be in Silicon Valley, to goes there and, like, meet people who are work already working you And now, like my dream came through. >> That's awesome. And you get to see California And you you might be able to win today. So thank you so much for being on. I wish you all the best. And I hope you haven't amazing pitch tonight. Thank you. This has been Team Coco from Kazakhstan. I'm your host, Sonia to Garey. This is the Cube. Stay tuned for more