# News and press | Stick ’Em Source: https://stickem.sg/press/ # News and press Every article, interview and award since we started in 2021. [For media enquiries](https://stickem.sg/contact/) Hult Prize global finals, Tate Modern, London ## In the news [2025 ### ‘Potential is universal’ A short film about Stick ’Em, shot in Singapore classrooms. Watch the film](https://youtu.be/qov-rFCgCa4) [2025 ### From running 3D printers 24/7 to winning ‘Nobel Prize for students’ A full-page feature on our early days and the team behind Stick ’Em today. Read the article](https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/one-spore-start-ups-journey-from-living-with-3d-printers-to-winning-the-nobel-prize-for-students) One News, Manila 2026 ### Edtech startup pushes hands-on STEAM learning Live in the studio on Philippine television, talking about hands-on STEAM learning. [Prime Minister Lawrence Wong 2025 ### Prime Minister Lawrence Wong congratulates Stick ’Em on the Hult Prize After the Hult Prize win, the Prime Minister congratulated Kai on Facebook, with a photo of the two of them as he tried the connectors himself. See his post](https://www.facebook.com/LawrenceWongST/posts/1333866064765536/) [2026 ### At Stick ’Em, chopsticks are rewiring STEAM education The Peak’s Next Gen series, on why the real test for Stick ’Em is inside public-school systems, and why it grows by training teachers rather than sending in trainers. Read the article](https://www.thepeakmagazine.com.sg/people/chong-ing-kai-stick-em) [2026 ### From Chopsticks to $1M: The Student Startup That Changed Edtech A 15-minute EO Asia documentary on how a box of takeaway chopsticks became a classroom robotics kit, and what it took to win the Hult Prize ($1M USD). Watch the film](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mpXxiz2BYc) [2026 ### How a 17-year-old Singaporean built a million-dollar startup On one of Singapore’s most popular podcasts, Kai tells how he started Stick ’Em in secondary school, how a bit of mischief turned into a classroom kit, and how it went from local schools to rural Uganda. Episode 491. Watch the episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viTQyOweod8) [2025 ### Chopstick robot building kit delighting underfunded classes around the world How a kit of chopsticks and connectors reaches classrooms that could not afford STEAM equipment. Read the article](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/chopstick-robot-building-kit-delighting-underfunded-stem-classes-around-the-world/) [2025 ### ‘We want every child to bring their ideas to life,’ say Stick ’Em co-founders An ST Signature Series feature on the co-founders, on purpose being about lifting others. Read the article](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/st-signature-series-we-want-every-child-to-bring-their-ideas-to-life-say-stick-em-co-founders) [2025 ### S’pore startup bags US$1M in seed funding after winning ‘Nobel Prize for students’ Vulcan Post on the Hult Prize win. Read the article](https://vulcanpost.com/896525/hult-prize-winner-2025-stick-em/) [2025 ### "Nobel Prize for students": Singapore startup wins US$1 million in seed funding Stick ’Em wins the Hult Prize ($1M USD) at the global finals in London. Read the article](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/stick-em-hult-foundation-s1-million-top-prize-seed-funding-singapore-startup-5338071) Stick ’Em 2025 ### Stick ’Em organises the first Global Robotics Games Our first robotics competition, open to schools around the world. Stick ’Em 2025 ### Code and Create in Indonesia Teacher training and student workshops across Indonesian schools. Temasek Foundation 2024 ### Runner up in the Temasek Foundation Education Challenge First runner-up in the 2024 Education Challenge. [World Summit Awards 2024 ### Stick ’Em wins the Young Innovator Award at the World Summit Awards, Chile Recognised among global digital innovations with social impact. Read the article](https://wsa-global.org/winner/stick-em/) [raiSE 2024 ### Stick ’Em receives the 2024 Venture for Good Energize Grant from raiSE A grant from raiSE to help us reach more schools. Read the article](https://www.raise.sg/directory/stick-em-private-limited/) Stick ’Em 2024 ### Awarded a certificate of recognition by Senior Minister Heng Swee Keat Recognition for work in accessible STEAM education. [Stick ’Em 2024 ### Stick ’Em is officially in Cambodia Our kits and teacher training arrive in Cambodian classrooms. Read the article](https://www.instagram.com/stickem.kh/) [Istana 2023 ### Named at the President’s Challenge Social Enterprise Awards Named by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the award ceremony. Read the article](https://www.istana.gov.sg/Newsroom/Speeches/2023/11/21/Address-by-President-Tharman-Shanmugaratnam-at-President-Challenge-Social-Enterprise-Award-Ceremony) Sin Chew Daily 2023 ### Teachers across Brunei try the Stick ’Em robotics workshop Chinese-language coverage of our teacher workshops in Brunei. [2023 ### Making STEAM accessible to all Brunei’s national newspaper covers our teacher workshop. Read the article](https://borneobulletin.com.bn/making-steam-accessible-to-all/) [SheLovesTech 2023 ### A Stick ’Em build session for more than 100 girls with SheLovesTech A hands-on build session for more than 100 girls. Read the article](https://www.instagram.com/shelovestech/p/CzxhbVZPmYF/) Stick ’Em 2023 ### Stick ’Em in Africa Our first schools in East Africa, including Kigezi High School in Uganda. [2022 ### Robots made out of chopsticks among innovations on display as youth discuss climate action at summit Our chopstick builds on display at a youth summit on climate action. Read the article](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/robots-made-out-of-chopsticks-among-innovations-on-display-as-youth-discuss-climate-action-at-summit) [Stick ’Em 2022 ### A word from Singapore's Minister of Education at NTEL 2022 Stick ’Em at the National Technology in Education Learning symposium. Read the article](https://www.instagram.com/p/CkPJ1bqyEoK/) [SheLovesTech 2022 ### SheLovesTech Global Conference 2022 A superhero build activity at the SheLovesTech global conference. Read the article](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chongingkai_last-thursday-stick-em-ran-a-superhero-activity-6997411761511428096-s-Po/) [Stick ’Em 2022 ### Digital for Life Festival with President Halimah Yacob Hands-on builds at the national Digital for Life Festival. Read the article](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:6936841845087834112) [IMDA 2022 ### IMDA: Stick ’Em helps lessons to be fun and accessible Featured in the Digital for Life programme. Read the article](https://digitalforlife.gov.sg/) [2021 ### More than just hyperactive kids: S’poreans with ADHD share lesser known aspects of disorder Kai on ADHD, hyperfocus and how it helped him build Stick ’Em. Read the article](https://mothership.sg/2021/10/adhd-youths-misconceptions/) [2021 ### 免洗筷设计成理工教学包，四学生春到河畔编程赛得两奖 Our very first press coverage, after the River Hongbao competition. Read the article](https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20210109-1114855) [Stick ’Em 2021 ### Wefie with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong The RHB Hacks winning team, in a wefie with the Prime Minister. Read the article](https://m.facebook.com/leehsienloong/photos/a.4054672144595461/4054665497929459/) [2021 ### Students “forge brighter future” in entrepreneurship competition A feature on the students behind the chopstick robots. Read the article](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/students-forge-brighter-future-in-entrepreneurship-competition) Mapletree 2021 ### Students hit home with green and socially conscious business ideas Winning RHB Hacks 2021, our first ever competition win. River Hongbao Hackathon 2021 ### Presenting to Minister of State Low Yen Ling at seventeen Presenting at the finals at Mapletree Business City, one of the first times the kit was shown to government. ## Writing about Stick ’Em? We’d love to help! 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