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Herizon (Her + Horizon)

Inspiration

Accepting your first job offer is exciting - but high-stakes.

For many new grads, especially women and gender minorities, an offer decision impacts debt, stability, and long-term earning potential. Even small salary differences can compound over time.

We built Herizon to turn uncertainty into clarity -helping users see beyond the offer letter and toward their financial horizon.

What It Does

Herizon is an inclusive job-offer simulator that transforms an offer into actionable insight.

Users enter:

Salary, bonus, and equity
Location
Monthly expenses
Savings and loan balance
Optional equity-gap and career-break scenarios

Herizon provides:

Real Take-Home Estimate

An estimated monthly take-home income based on total compensation and taxes.

Cost-of-Living Adjusted Value

Normalizes compensation across cities to make offers comparable.

Financial Safety Buffer

Shows how many months a user can sustain themselves using their savings.

Loan Repayment Timeline

Visualizes how long it may take to pay off student loans under current income assumptions.

Equity Gap Simulation

Demonstrates how pay differences can impact long-term financial stability.

AI Negotiation Draft

Generates a personalized negotiation email and talking points based on the offer.

Accessible Audio Summary

Converts the financial analysis into a clear, human-sounding audio summary for accessibility and easy review.

How We Built It

Frontend: React + GSAP (animated, accessibility-focused UI)
Backend: Python FastAPI (offer analysis engine)
APIs: Gemini (negotiation generation) + ElevenLabs (audio summary)

We focused on clarity, inclusion, and meaningful AI integration.

Challenges

Connecting React frontend with FastAPI backend smoothly, including handling async requests and error states
Managing CORS issues between local development and deployed environments
Integrating Gemini and ElevenLabs APIs reliably while handling API latency and response formatting
Structuring backend responses so financial analysis, negotiation drafts, and audio outputs remained consistent
Deploying the backend on Vultr and configuring environment variables securely
Ensuring frontend-to-backend connectivity worked correctly after deployment

Accomplishments

Delivered a functional minimum viable product (MVP) within 24 hours
Designed and implemented a full-stack architecture (React + FastAPI) end-to-end
Successfully integrated and orchestrated multiple external APIs (Gemini + ElevenLabs)
Deployed a working cloud-hosted backend and resolved real-world connectivity issues
Transformed a complex financial concept into a usable, inclusive product experience
Demonstrated rapid iteration, technical decision-making, and production-oriented thinking