Insight wins Rep. Mark Amodei’s 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Nevada’s Second District
Rep. Mark Amodei has named Logan Vimalaraj and Justin Baratta of Davidson Academy as the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge in Nevada’s Second District. Their app Insight uses machine learning technology to create personalized lessons for users.
When asked what inspired the creation of Insight, the students said, “We created InsightAI because we wanted to learn more about coding unity games in C#. However, we quickly realized that everything we found on the internet was either way too time consuming, extremely expensive, or was too complicated for beginners. We figured that many other people were in situations similar to ours, where they wanted to learn something, but were discouraged by the resources they found online. So, we decided to solve this problem by making a free, AI powered learning application that provides users with a personalized learning experience, similar to the environment in school or with a tutor.”
The 2025 Congressional App Challenge marked another record-setting year for the program. A total of 394 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives hosted App Challenges in their congressional districts, the highest level of participation in the program’s history. More than 13,800 students from across the country participated, submitting over 4,600 original apps focused on real-world challenges ranging from health and accessibility to education, sustainability, and civic engagement.
The Congressional App Challenge is an official initiative of the U.S. House of Representatives that encourages middle school and high school students to learn to code, explore computer science, and build practical technology solutions for their communities. Each participating Member of Congress selects a winning app from their district, and winning teams are invited to showcase their projects to Members of Congress, staff, and industry leaders at the annual #HouseOfCode celebration on Capitol Hill.
The Challenge is proudly bipartisan and reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to STEM education and preparing the next generation of American innovators for the future workforce. The program is a public-private partnership made possible through funding from the Broadcom Foundation, AWS, Infosys Foundation USA, theCoderSchool, Apple, and others.
The 2026 Congressional App Challenge will launch in May, and eligible students can pre-register for the competition now.