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    <Title>Looking for Someone to Write About My Hackathon Win!</Title>
    <Tagline>UMBC Student Wins Big in NYC AI Hackathon!</Tagline>
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          <div class="html-content"><p><strong>Hey everyone!</strong></p><p>I’m Josh Ayokhai, a fellow UMBC student, and I’ve got some exciting news to share! Last month, I traveled to <strong>New York City</strong> and won an <strong>AI VC Hackathon</strong> with my team. We built something I’m super proud of called <strong>Holrr</strong>—an AI-powered tool designed to tackle real-world sales challenges with some really innovative tech.</p><p>I’d love to share this story with the UMBC community! If you’re into writing, journalism, or just enjoy telling cool, inspiring stories or know who I should message, please let me know so we can team up and create a piece about how UMBC students are making waves on a big stage.</p><p>Hit me up if you’re interested—I’d love to make this happen!</p><p><a href="mailto:jayokha1@umbc.edu">jayokha1@umbc.edu</a></p></div>
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    <Summary>Hey everyone!  I’m Josh Ayokhai, a fellow UMBC student, and I’ve got some exciting news to share! Last month, I traveled to New York City and won an AI VC Hackathon with my team. We built...</Summary>
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