HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Alabama A&M University senior Daniel Lambo earned a place among 50 worldwide finalists in Amazon Web Services’ 10,000 AIdeas Competition for an application designed to help patients understand health care costs.
The competition attracted thousands of submissions from 115 countries. AWS selected 1,000 participants to develop prototypes before narrowing the field to 300 semifinalists, 50 finalists and 20 winners.
Lambo, a computer science major from Lagos, Nigeria, was the only Alabama A&M student among the Top 50. His project, CareLens AI, competed in the social-impact category.
The privacy-focused platform analyzes de-identified symptoms, location and insurance information. It compares options such as emergency rooms, urgent care centers and specialists while using hospital price-transparency and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data to estimate potential costs.
CareLens does not diagnose illnesses. Instead, it explains care options and estimated price ranges.
Lambo serves as president of AAMU’s Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers student chapter and is a Presidential Scholar. He completed Google software-engineering internships in 2024 and 2025 and is interning with Rippling in San Francisco.
Assistant computer science professor Dr. Ed Pearson III praised Lambo’s creativity and potential.
Lambo, who plans to graduate in May 2027, said Alabama A&M’s faculty, resources, and supportive community helped him achieve global recognition. He hopes to build technology that solves problems and become a chief technology officer.
Caption: Alabama A&M senior Daniel Lambo earned global recognition after his CareLens AI health-cost application advanced to the Top 50 in Amazon Web Services’ 10,000 AIdeas Competition.