BuResCop (Business Resilience Copilot)

Small businesses face constant uncertainty—from supply chain disruptions to sudden cashflow crises and unpredictable market trends. Inspired by stories of founders struggling to survive unexpected shocks, we realized most SMBs lack access to the same risk management tools and expert advisors that big enterprises rely on.

So, we built Business Resilience Copilot, a web platform that democratizes risk intelligence for the little guy. Our solution uses real business data (CSV uploads, invoices, or manual input) to automatically detect hidden risks, run "what-if" simulations, and generate actionable, prioritized survival plans. You get smart risk cards, instant scenario modeling, and a natural-language copilot chat that explains exactly what to do if disaster strikes.

What we learned: Building this meant mastering automated data parsing, designing AI-powered risk and action schemas, and integrating best-of-breed tools for analysis, visualization, and cloud deployment. Designing resilient, production-grade APIs while keeping things lightning-fast for hackathon delivery was challenging—but it taught us a ton about real-world AI productization.

How we built it:

Defined robust schemas for business risks, simulations, and survival actions using OpenAI’s latest structured output APIs.

Connected FastAPI backend to Supabase Postgres for secure, persistent storage.

Created flexible CSV/JSON parsers to ingest a wide variety of business records.

Designed interactive dashboards and chat copilot in Next.js with Tailwind, shadcn/ui, and live AI integrations.

Solved for CORS, API key security.

Our biggest challenge was keeping everything true to real business logic—no stubs, no mock workflows—so SMB founders can trust every insight.

Built With

• fastapi
• gemini
• langchain
• next.js-(app-router)
• plotly
• python
• react
• recharts
• shadcn
• sqlalchemy
• supabase-(postgres)
• tailwindcss
• typescript