myBetty

Bet on yourself, decide better.

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Inspiration

We were inspired by the recent surge in popularity of prediction markets. Companies like Kalshi or Polymarket try to grab people’s attention by making bets on everyday events. Our project turns this around by focusing on internal and personal events rather than worldwide ones. myBetty is a personal productivity tool that helps users achieve goals by motivating them through tools inspired by the hook of prediction markets. Our goal was both to provide a healthier alternative to these prediction markets and create a productivity tracker that would appeal to that demographic.

What it does

myBetty is a confidence calibration tool that measures how often our confidence matches reality. Every day, users are prompted to make a small prediction about anything with a percentage of how likely they think that event will occur, along with the actual outcome, and it shows exactly where you were overconfident or underconfident, so you can make better decisions over time.

How we built it

We utilized Codex and Copilot to code the project in Python, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.

Challenges we ran into

The time crunch in the hackathon didn’t really leave us with much room for challenges. Probably the most time-consuming part was actually coming up with the idea, as that is the most creative side of it. AI can write code, but it can’t come up with real, sellable products (yet).

What we learned

We learned to think broadly about problems for specific groups of people and find solutions. Additionally, we learned how to collaborate in a team-oriented workflow through Git version control and sharing on GitHub.

What's next for myBetty

We think the mobile app format would be a good format for the app. We hope to implement features like notifications for predictions and weekly summaries, as well as a possible social aspect, where friends can share their current "predictions" and get inspired by their friends.

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