 Bradford Lee [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfordlee)  Alexandra Klepper [GitHub](https://github.com/alexandrascript) [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/alexandrascript.com)
Published: January 13, 2025
Last October, we launched the
[Google Chrome Built-in AI Challenge](https://goo.gle/ChromeAIChallenge), where
we invited you to develop a web application or Chrome Extension that used one or
more Chrome built-in AI APIs. Thank you to the over 8,600
people who participated and created more than 650 complete submissions.
From all of these submissions, we narrowed down our winners based on five
criteria, including functionality, purpose, content, user experience, and
technical execution.
Thank you to everyone who participated. Our judges were excited by all of the
[wonderful submissions](https://googlechromeai.devpost.com/project-gallery).
With that, congratulations to all the winners!
[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LHDdtXe5yA)
## Best real-world app
The best 'real-world' application effectively addresses a significant need or
problem. The winning applications combine practicality, usability, and
technological excellence to deliver meaningful value to its users.
### Web application winner: WP on-device AI assistant
[WP on-device AI assistant](https://devpost.com/software/wp-on-device-ai-assistant)
is a WordPress plugin that provides an on-device AI assistant for your website.
It exposes three main features: the AI assistant block, the paragraph rewriter,
and the title generator.
### Chrome Extension winner: Mochi
[Mochi - making hard content enjoyable](https://devpost.com/software/mochi-6i7vuk)
is a Chrome Extension that adapts web content for users with reading
disabilities, ADHD, and dyslexia. Like its namesake, it makes hard-to-read
content softer and more digestible.
## Most innovative app
The most innovative application pushes the boundaries by redefining the
expectations of what we think is possible. These applications spark excitement
and help set the stage for the next wave of technological advancement.
### Web application winner: The Crooked Tankard
[The Crooked Tankard](https://devpost.com/software/the-crooked-tankard) is a
text-based adventure game, in which the game responds to your actions with a
simulated outcome. This simulation, and the capabilities of the game logic are
fixed. Some situations controlled by RNG and others involve AI in the decision
making process. AI is used to populate the pre-generated game world with
concrete names and descriptions, and to narrate the events that occur in each
round.
### Chrome Extension winner: Opale
[Opale](https://devpost.com/software/opale) helps you rewrite, translate, and
template your way to workflow mastery---create custom AI prompts once, then reuse
them across any task without jumping between different tools.
## Best hybrid AI app
A hybrid AI app works with client-side and server-side AI. These hybrid AI apps
provide seamless experiences for users, by getting benefits from both client and
server inference.
### Chrome Extension winner: Orma
[Orma](https://devpost.com/software/orma) is your browser's memory layer that
transforms how you learn online. Instantly capture, understand, and chat with
your browsing history using AI, making digital knowledge truly personal.
### Chrome Extension winner: BrowseGraph
[BrowseGraph](https://devpost.com/software/browsegraph) is the first in-browser
GraphRAG. Everything you browse is fully connected and always accessible.
## Honorable mentions
These applications demonstrated significant merit and had noteworthy qualities
worthy of distinction.
- [BenzGPT](https://devpost.com/software/wheely-wonka). Control a little car with natural language processing, in a web application.
- [YouTube Study Kit](https://devpost.com/software/youtube-study-kit-6vutf4). Turn YouTube videos into an ultimate study guide. Watch videos, take snapshots, and instantly get clean and organized PDFs, complete with timestamps and notes.
- [Insightify](https://devpost.com/software/insightify-6rh0sc). Analyze and manage customer reviews with AI. This application supports international businesses, offering review response generation, translation, and insight summarization, while maintaining low server costs.
- [Canvas Student Insights with AI](https://devpost.com/software/canvas-student-insights-with-ai). Gather insights for educators and students, delivering real-time progress summaries, actionable analytics, and personalized study plans directly from a Canvas dashboard.
- [Docagram](https://devpost.com/software/deverywhere). Generate diagrams of web content. Docagram is designed to provide high-level, visual overviews of text and data.
In addition, thank you to everyone who gave feedback on their experience using
the built-in AI APIs. Special thanks to Hong T., Kevin L., Gabriel M., Artur P.,
and Mohamd M. for their comprehensive and valuable feedback.
## Stay connected
Stay connected and learn more about our
[built-in AI efforts](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/built-in), and join the
[Early Preview Program](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/ai/join-epp.md.txt) for an early look
at new APIs and access to our mailing list. We're still active on the
[Discord channel](https://discord.com/invite/google-dev-community.), so you can
join us on #chrome-built-in-ai and engage with others.
We can't wait to see you at the next hackathon.