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Aman Umrao
Aman Umrao

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Student Expense AI: Helping My Friend Spend Smarter

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Weekend Challenge: Build for a Friend

What I Built

I built Student Expense AI for a college friend who struggles to track daily expenses.
Instead of manually adding every expense, they can simply type:

"I spent ₹180 on lunch today."
The AI understands the expense, categorizes it, and helps track budgets and spending.

Demo

https://expanse-checker-git-main-amanumrao28-1097s-projects.vercel.app/

Code

https://github.com/amanumrao28-png/Expanse_Checker/tree/main

How I Built It

Built with React, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and Gemma.
Gemma is used for:

  • Expense categorization
  • Natural-language expense entry
  • AI expense assistant I also use Gemini API for additional features like receipt analysis.

Why Does Open Innovation Matter?

Using open-weight Gemma gives the project more flexibility and allows the core AI functionality to run without depending entirely on a closed AI API.

Prize Categories

  • Best Use of Gemma

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Prize Categories

  • Best Use of Gemma

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