LSU students showcased practical artificial intelligence solutions for four Baton Rouge organizations during the Spring 2026 LSU AI Showcase, the culminating event for a selective capstone course that partners technically advanced students with industry sponsors to solve real-world business challenges.
Throughout the semester, student teams worked closely with representatives from MMR Group, Baton Rouge Community College, Neighbors Federal Credit Union and Performance Contractors, meeting weekly to develop AI tools tailored to each organization’s needs.
Led by assistant professor Keith Mills, the course emphasizes creating functional applications that businesses can implement rather than simply demonstrating technical innovation. The program also serves as a foundation for LSU’s expanding AI initiatives, including the launch of Louisiana’s first bachelor’s degree in AI and the development of additional graduate programs and research opportunities.
Each team addressed a practical problem using large language models and other AI technologies. For BRCC, students developed GuideOverride, a web application that streamlines the review of course override requests by analyzing student records, course requirements and historical decisions while leaving final approval to administrators.
MMR Group’s project, Bid Busters, automates the review of proposal documents, reducing analysis time from approximately 30 minutes to 10 while using a second AI model to verify answers against source documents and minimize hallucinations.
The Neighbors Federal Credit Union team created Beyond Ctrl-F, a platform that reviews lengthy cybersecurity SOC reports, identifies control exceptions and researches vendors for past security incidents to improve vendor risk assessments.
For Performance Contractors, students built ForeSight, an AI-powered safety platform that allows managers to search incident reports using natural language, generate summaries and visualizations, record field observations and identify emerging safety risks before accidents occur.
The showcase demonstrated how AI can be applied to solve practical business problems while giving students valuable hands-on experience working with industry partners. Many of the sponsoring organizations plan to continue developing and implementing the student-built solutions after the course concludes.
