SplashLoops: Pitch Deck

Google for Startups Gemini Startup Forum Submission: Stephen Stecina, Founder

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Slide 01: Cover

SplashLoops: Race-day operations for the water events others overlook

Establishes the category, stage, and mission: built from real field experience, designed for human control, and exploring Gemini AI workflows. Presenter: Stephen Stecina (Founder & Lead Architect, Jupiter, FL).

Slide 02: The Problem

The people keeping community races alive are underserved

Highlights the harsh outdoor environment: wet hands, bright sun glare, scattered remote checkpoints, rushed volunteers, and disconnected spreadsheets that fracture under race-day pressure.

Slide 03: Field Lesson

Capture Now, Assign Later

The core breakthrough learned at the 2026 Great Loxahatchee River Race: lock the irreversible finish timestamp the instant the bow crosses the line; resolve racer identity second through a controlled human workflow.

Slide 04: Current Foundation

Built for the whole race day

Four working prototypes on Google Firebase: Organizer Control, Field Crew Mobile, Results Center, and Spectator Hub, connecting all race-day participants in real time.

Slide 05: First Gemini Workflow

Help the operator resolve an ambiguous finish

Human-supervised candidate matching: correlates timestamp deltas, split history, vessel divisions, and field notes to suggest likely candidate matches. Official decisions remain strictly under human control.

Slide 06: AI Vision

The on-device race-director assistant

Proactive intelligence running locally on-device: monitors checkpoint status, reminds organizers of upcoming finish rushes, and flags anomalies even when cellular connectivity drops.

Slide 07: Market Strategy

Grassroots races are the beachhead

Bottom-up adoption starting in community paddling, surfski, and outrigger canoe events, expanding upstream into broader endurance water sports.

Slide 08: Founder & Forum Ask

Build the foundation with the people closest to the problem

Founder background (20+ years digital product design & endurance athlete) paired with concrete Forum goals: collaborate with Google AI engineers to harden the architecture and validate field pilots.