If you're building something you're proud of, something gaining momentum, this partnership is for you. Imagine Cup and GitHub Education are equipping student founders with enterprise-grade AI tools, meaningful mentorship, and visibility. And we are excited that Replit is joining us – together, we are helping teams prototype faster, iterate with intention, and build solutions that are good for business and good for the world.
Why This Partnership Matters
You’re not just working on a project, you’re building a product with real potential.
GitHub and Replit give you the tools to iterate quickly, refine your build, and act on the customer insights and market guidance you’ll get from Imagine Cup mentors and industry experts.:
GitHub: Build With Confidence
- Tap into the world’s largest open-source community (180M+ developers)
- Write and refine code with GitHub Copilot
- Access the Student Developer Pack: GitHub Pro, partner tools, and more
- Work on a platform trusted by top engineering teams
Replit: Build With Speed
- An AI-powered, in-browser workspace
- Prototype, test, and publish instantly
- Chat naturally with AI to generate and improve your code
- Infrastructure ready to scale as you grow
GitHub gives you collaboration and clarity.
Replit gives you speed.
Imagine Cup gives you purpose, mentorship, and a global stage.
What Participants Receive
Semifinals Advantage: Technical Depth + Meaningful Visibility
Teams that move into the Semifinals unlock support designed to help them strengthen their product, refine their build, and move closer to product–market fit:
- Technical clinics that go deeper into GitHub and Replit, helping teams sharpen their architecture, unlock advanced capabilities, and elevate their solution.
- Global visibility through GitHub’s social channels, amplifying semifinalists’ work to a worldwide community of developers and innovators.
Continued Replit Support Beyond Semifinals
Replit extends its support as teams advance, ensuring momentum doesn’t stop after one round:
- Top Launch winner: An additional 3 months of Replit Teams + $1,000 in credits to keep building.
- Top 3 Scale startups: 6 more months of Replit Teams + $5,000 in credits per team to support growth.
- Imagine Cup World Champion: Another 6 months of Replit Teams + $5,000 in credits, enabling the winning team to push their product even further.
What This Means for Student Founders
You’ll build with tools used by the best.
You’ll move faster than ever.
You’ll learn from people who’ve already done it.
And you’ll get visibility across massive global communities.
This is what happens when speed meets support, and when ambition meets opportunity.
Ready to take your build further?
Register for Imagine Cup and start creating something the world needs next.
