RevOS

Inspiration

College is all about managing different apps: Canvas, Gmail. Howdy, Google Calendar, and online banking. None of these seemingly endless tasks seem to talk to each other, other than when you mess up. Having experienced the sense of being overwhelmed throughout my first semester of college, I realized that we don't need more tools to help me manage my stuff, adding to my balancing act, students need a cohesive system that thinks for and with them. That was the root of RevOS, our all-in-one AI companion that helps you manage your semester like a free personal assistant, powered by your own data. Just like Queen Rev watches over us every day, silently hoping, as all dogs do, for the best for all of us, RevOS watches over your college life.

What it does

RevOS unifies every part of college life — academics, finances, and schedule — into one intelligent AI-powered dashboard. You can:

Upload a syllabus → Rev automatically extracts deadlines, office hours, and exams.
Ask “When’s my next test?” → Rev answers instantly using RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation).
Track your spending → and see AI insights like “You’re on pace to overspend by Friday.”
Get weekly summaries → RevOS generates a personal “Advisor Report” of your upcoming week, priorities, and balance.

It’s the AI Operating System for College Life — built by Aggies, for Aggies.

How we built it

I built RevOS using:

React.js + TailwindCSS for the frontend, helping me make clean and responsive UI
OpenAI GPT API augmented with Pinecone and FAISS for semantic search and RAG-based prompting
MySQL for a lightweight, easily portable database for simple data
Flask microservices for syllabus parsing and embedding pipelines
Plaid for integrations with (dummy) financial accounts for the time being ## Challenges we ran into Parsing unstructured syllabi PDFs was harder than expected — we had to handle multiple formats, missing dates, and mixed text. Setting up RAG pipelines under hackathon time constraints required creative caching and simplified embedding strategies. Making the app feel alive — with animations, dynamic updates, and a real AI “personality” — took far more polish work than planned. Doing it solo, after teammates dropped, meant balancing design, backend, and AI modeling all at once. ## Accomplishments that I'm proud of Built a (mostly) functional AI productivity dashboard from scratch in under 36 hours. Created a real syllabus-to-deadline pipeline that actually works with multiple classes. Designed an interface that feels like a real product, not an amalgamation of different tools. Integrated RAG into a live student context. Not just chat, but contextual understanding. Stayed resilient, focused, and creative for 25 hours consecutively, even solo. Built a product that solved a real problem I face, bringing real value to users ## What we learned
How to turn AI + RAG into usable software for students outside the classroom in ways that don't threaten academic integrity.
The impact design makes on the usability of a product (clarity > complexity)
Even super ambitious and wide-scaled projects can be built in weekends with good planning and good tool selection
Great ideas don't need a big team, just unyielding execution and vision (I didn't sleep at all last night because I was working on this alone in a study room in my apartment) ## What's next for RevOS
Launch as a public beta for Aggies across campus, expanding integrations to different payment systems, email, and learning platforms like Canvas and Gradescope.
Add habit learning - RevAI adapts to your behavior and habits and designs smarter and more efficient routines based off of your schedule
Get approval from Plaid for actual secure analysis of budgeting and transaction histories, helping students build sustainable spending habits
Partner with student organizations across campuses, like the Student Success Center and the McFerrin Center or Meloy to help scale the idea of a cohesive, AI-driven college experience in a way that doesn't threaten the Aggie Code of Honor

Ultimately, I hope every student can find value from RevOS, helping them build better financial habits, perform better academically, and keep their personal health sustainable, through a highly intelligent digital companion that makes the college experience less daunting.