by aachun1 | Aug 6, 2025 | Innovation Challenges, Start-up Skills, Startup highlights, Stories
We at the UCI ANTrepreneur Center are excited to highlight student entrepreneurs and share their personal experiences, achievements, and brilliant insights. We invite you to join us as we celebrate these ANTrepreneurs and get inspired by their stories. In this...
by aachun1 | Jul 23, 2025 | Innovation Challenges, Start-up Skills, Startup highlights, Stories, Sustainability
During Spring Quarter 2024, the UC Irvine ANTrepreneur Center hosted a new program called the Side Hustle Challenge. The Side Hustle Challenge offered students the training, resources, and networking opportunities they needed to turn their passions into bona fide...
by aachun1 | Jul 16, 2025 | Side Hustles, Startup highlights, Stories
Does your friend with a second job know something you don’t? The share of working Americans holding down multiple jobs rose to between 5.3% and 5.5% during the first five months of the year. That’s a range we haven’t seen since the recession of the aughts, according...
by aachun1 | May 13, 2025 | Resources, Side Hustles, Sponsors, Startup highlights, Stories
In Fall Quarter 2024, the UC Irvine ANTrepreneur Center launched their brand-new AI Innovation Course. The AI Innovation Course was designed to introduce students to the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in academia, professional industries, and...
by aachun1 | May 8, 2025 | ACE Member Interviews, Finance, Innovation Challenges, Resources, Sponsors, Start-up Skills, Startup highlights, Stories, Sustainability
Call it the modern arms race or call it the robot apocalypse — artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm, and emerging policy initiatives seek to position the U.S. as a leading constituent in its global takeover. From major buzz around the Chinese...
by aachun1 | May 6, 2025 | Hackathons, Innovation Challenges, Side Hustles, Start-up Skills, Startup highlights, Stories
Leksa, a student-tailored dining review app, promotes restaurants based on factors like affordability, convenience and value. The idea began with three UC Irvine students and grew into a platform where the student community shares meal suggestions daily. Fourth-year...
