CentIQ

This past spring, students at Hill-Freedman World Academy spent 4 weeks diving into CentIQ during their taxes unit. Not only did they do a great job with their required lessons, but so many of them took the initiative to keep exploring and learning on their own outside of class! To celebrate that extra hustle, we handed out some well-deserved gift cards to our top independent learners! Huge shoutout to their incredible teacher, Samantha Gambles! As a Next Gen Personal Finance Distinguished Educator, she was amazing for us to work with and is doing a great job preparing these students for the real world. #FinancialLiteracy #EdTech #PersonalFinance #CentIQ

We are thrilled to announce that this summer, Mayfield Senior School’s investment club will be launching a peer-to-peer pilot program utilizing CentIQ! Mayfield is a premier all-girls high school institution in California, and we are incredibly proud to support their students. This partnership is special because it is built around peer-to-peer empowerment: members of Mayfield's investment club are stepping into the role of educators, running their own program while using CentIQ’s app and educational material to teach their peers. As a student startup ourselves, we understand the effectiveness and importance of student-to-student teaching in mastering financial concepts. By leading this initiative, these student teachers will have a chance to sharpen their financial literacy knowledge while guiding their peers to true comprehension. This program follows our goals as a company, making financial tech accessible and engaging to the youth. Supporting these young women as they take on leadership roles and use our platform to educate others perfectly demonstrates our mission. This summer pilot serves as a launchpad for the upcoming school year with the hopes that the program will transition into an official classroom curriculum. Thank you to the team at Mayfield Senior School for collaborating with us and using CentIQ to empower young women in finance! #GenZFinance #Education #FinTech #FinancialLiteracy

We are excited to share that CentIQ took home 1st place in the Jesuit Trek at the 2026 SCU Business Pitch Competition. This opportunity to compete against talented teams from other Jesuit Universities was an honor, and we are so proud to bring this win home. Our mission at CentIQ has always been to build a solid foundation for financial literacy and achievements like this keep our momentum going to create a greater impact. Special thanks to Cristina Cismas Florea for organizing this, Jason D'Mello Ph.D. for your advising, Samir Davis, and Silicon Valley Bank for sponsoring the first-place prize. We really appreciate all the help and guidance we've received.

Two weeks ago, we had the honor to kick off the Incubator Showcase in Loyola Marymount University, College of Business Administration. It was a great night where we were able to share our purpose, progress, and impact we're making as a Start-up. Before presenting, we had the chance to connect with students, faculty, and mentors who stopped by our table in the lobby of The Hilton Center of Business at LMU. Getting to Demo what we've been building and share our core mission to the community was an amazing way to start the evening. A massive thank you to the LMU Incubator Program for providing the platform, and to everyone who came or showed us your support! #CentIQ #FinancialLiteracy #LMU #IncubatorShowcase #Entrepreneurship #FinTech #LMUBusiness

Our founder, Josh Grady, recently joined EXP - The opportunity engine for an Internship Workshop to talk all things entrepreneurship and career building. He discussed his journey of becoming the founder of CentIQ. We’re passionate about paying it forward and helping students navigate the jump from the classroom to the startup world. Thanks for having us! #Entrepreneurship #Mentorship #InternshipWorkshop #Startup

After placing second at the Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition, we have been invited to compete at The Fowler Global Social Innovation Challenge! This competition aims to give student entrepreneurs with innovative solutions to social and environmental issues an opportunity to receive funding and global recognition. We can't wait to represent our company and promote our mission of providing increased accessibility to financial literacy education for the youth of the US! Watch out for us in San Diego! #FowlerGSIC #Business4Good #LMU

We are thrilled to announce that we took home second place at the Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition presented by TCU Neeley School of Business! This accomplishment is especially important, as the competition rewards innovators who drive capitalist ventures that make a profit while also solving a societal problem. Out of 250 applicants, 170 schools (LMU, Northwestern, UCLA, Cal-Berkeley, etc.), and 40 competing semifinalists, we received second place, winning the company a $20,000 prize! We can't wait to see what more we can do as a growing company! Special thanks to David Y Choi and Jason D'Mello Ph.D., for providing coaching and guidance to us through this process.

CentIQ is now listed in the Jump$tart Coalition Clearinghouse. Jump$tart is the national standard for financial literacy education. The Clearinghouse lists resources from reputable providers that meet their criteria and align with those standards. Being among them means CentIQ has been evaluated and recognized alongside the resources that schools, nonprofits, and financial institutions actually trust. If you work in financial education and are looking for an engaging, standards-aligned tool for your students or community, we'd love to connect. #CentIQ #FinancialLiteracy #FinancialEducation

We’re excited to welcome Dayyan Chaudhri to the team at CentIQ! Dayyan is joining us as our head Engineer and has already been an incredible addition! He’s a 2× published researcher and 4× coding competition winner, bringing an impressive level of technical talent and startup experience to the team. As we continue building CentIQ and expanding to more schools, we’re thrilled to have someone with Dayyan’s skill set helping us strengthen the platform and push our technology forward. Welcome to the team, Dayyan! #Startups #EdTech #FinancialLiteracy #TeamAnnouncement

Proud to share that CentIQ has been selected as a semifinalist in the 2026 TCU Values & Ventures Competition. Values & Ventures is a national undergraduate competition focused on conscious capitalism ventures that generate profit while solving meaningful societal problems. Excited to represent Loyola Marymount University in the next round. Grateful to Dr. David Y Choi and the LMU Entrepreneurship Program & Fred Kiesner Center for their continued support. See you in Fort Worth. #entrepreneurship #EdTech #financialliteracy #ConsciousCapitalism #LMU #CentIQ