NYC BigApps is a competition that empowers the sharpest minds in tech, design and business to solve the city’s toughest challenges. And the competition in Brooklyn was pretty tough.
Industry City hosted the “People’s Choice” competition, where five finalists were chosen (determined by online and onsite voting) to pitch to a panel of judges who cast their own votes to determine which team will get a shot at going head-to-head in the BigApps Battlefield, pitching to a celebrity panel for one guaranteed spot in the Finals.
20 teams in all will be competing in the Battlefield, and we’ll be announcing them as soon as those votes are in.
In the meantime, here are the five “People’s Choice” finalists – and the winner who will go on for a chance at the big prize: