# xFoundry Launches Before You Share Xperience Competition

> Student teams build digital products to help users verify online content sources.
- Title: xFoundry Launches Before You Share Xperience Competition
- Summary: Student teams build digital products to help users verify online content sources. xFoundry's Before You Share Xperience competition challenges university…
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- Source: Financialpost — https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/xfoundry-launches-before-you-share-xperience-a-new-student-venture-competition
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## xFoundry launches competition
xFoundry announced Before You Share Xperience, a student venture competition to build digital products that help users recover sources and missing context behind online content.
## Over 30 universities join
More than 30 universities have signed on to bring the competition to their students, with registration opening today.
## Student teams build products
Teams of three to six students from at least three academic disciplines develop products with a clear path to market.
## Competition timeline
Registration closes February 28, 2027, with elimination rounds March 27-31, 2028, and final judging April 3-7, 2028.
## Funding opportunity
Winning teams enter xFoundry's six-month Xcelerate program and may receive up to $1 million in SAFE investment from Xponential Venture Fund.
## Rigorous product testing
Teams build, launch and test products against standards for source quality, user retention and commercial demand over an 18-month competition.
## Expert endorsement
Ted Koppel, CBS News 'Sunday Morning' senior contributor, called the competition a worthy challenge to help citizens verify information in an era of misinformation.
## Key takeaway

xFoundry's Before You Share Xperience competition challenges university students to create products that help users recover sources and context behind online content.