Watch our opening ceremony, live! ⬆️
Join day 1's workshop, live through Zoom at 9:00pm PDT on the 28th: https://us05web.zoom.us/j/5857392051?pwd=aLPCkiTPIz6GVjvpgEUUtKMjvTyK05.1&omn=81938782937
About the challenge
LaunchHacks is the perfect opportunity for tech-savvy high school students to showcase their coding skills. Get ready to develop cutting-edge applications and push the boundaries of innovation. We’ll provide you with access to the latest development tools and mentorship to guide you through the process. From web applications to mobile games, the possibilities are endless. Push your skills to the next level and join us for a weekend of coding, collaboration, and fun!
Get started
Make sure you sign up here on Devpost and join our Discord Server for updates! And check out our website too.
Requirements
WHAT TO BUILD
Any CS/STEM-related project of your choosing.
WHAT TO SUBMIT
Create a video that encapsulates the things that you are building and submit that alongside a working code repository. Please try to include version history if you use a platform such as GitHub, as that will make it easier for us to authenticate that the code is written by you.
*Remember your project has to have been created during the hackathon timeline (PST). Cross submissions are allowed to this hackathon, but the project should be built within these dates.
Prizes
First Place
- NordVPN and NordPass year-long pro fully paid subscriptions worth $249.99 and $44.99 given to each winning team member with a lifetime discount after the year-long period of 68%.
- $200 in cash
- WolframOne full subscription at WolframAlpha, worth $572.99 given to each winning team member. WolframOne includes both Desktop and Cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 WolframAlpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user, and 2 GB of Cloud Storage
- Exclusive permanent Google domains (of participant choice) given to each winning team member, worth $240 each
- Certificate: First Place Winner
- Devpost Winner Achievement
Second Place
- WolframOne full subscription at WolframAlpha, worth $572.99 given to each winning team member. WolframOne includes both Desktop and Cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 WolframAlpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user and 2 GB of Cloud Storage
- $150 in cash
- 3-month Pro subscription at Refact.ai worth $119.99 given to each winning team member
- Certificate: Second Place Winner
- Devpost Winner Achievement
Third Place
- Exclusive one-year fully paid pro subscription to Incogni worth $99.99 given to each team member with a lifetime discount after the one-year period of 50% for Incogni.
- $100 in cash
- Certificate: Third Place Winner
- Devpost Winner Achievement
Fourth Place
- 3 GBs of free eSIM data from Saily for international travel given to each team (worth between $120.00 and $180.00 based on selected country): eligible in ANY country (exemptions on Saily website)
- $75 in cash
- Certificate: Fourth place winner
- Devpost Winner Achievement
Fifth Place
- 3 GBs of free eSIM data from Saily for international travel given to each team (worth between $120.00 and $180.00 based on selected country): eligible in ANY country (exemptions on Saily website)
- $50 in cash
- Certificate: Fifth place winner
- Devpost Winner Achievement
Best Solo Project
⭐️ This prize is awarded to the participant who worked solo to create the highest ranked project among other solo participants.
- $25 in cash
- Exclusive lifetime Google domain of choice (one per team) worth $240
- Certificate: Best solo project
- Devpost winner achievement
Best Beginner Project
⭐️ This prize is awarded to the team with the highest ranked beginner project (all members are beginners/new to the programming world, and this is their first hackathon), with LaunchHacks IV being a first hackathon experience for many beginner hackers.
- $25 in cash
- Exclusive lifetime Google domain of choice (one per team) worth $240
- Certificate: Best beginner project
- Devpost winner achievement
All Participants
- All participants will receive access to free hackathon workshops through our Discord Server linked on Devpost.
- All participants will receive several Devpost achievements they can display on resumes based on eligibility.
Total Prize Value
The total hackathon prize value
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Rajesh Sura
Head of Data Engineering and Analytics, Amazon
Kateryna Babii
Senior Software Engineer, ELEKS
Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi
Senior Data Science Manager, Meta
Arth Patel
Senior Software Engineer, iOS
Dylan Lee
Software Engineer, Goldman Sachs
Yanina Shynhelska
Salesforce QA Engineer
Prankur Gupta
Software Engineer, Meta Platforms Inc
Kingston Kuan
Software Engineer at Jane Street
Mars Xiang
Founding Engineer, The Interaction Company of California
Marcus Sanatan
Co-Founder, CoPlay
Kishy Kumar
Director of Engineering, Oracle
Akshat Joshi
Security Engineer, Amazon
Praveen Kumar Myakala
Senior Lead Software Engineer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ashwin Das Gururaja
Senior Engineering Manager, Adobe
Steve Ahn
Senior Software Engineer at Blizzard Entertainment
Julian Windeck
ML PhD, Cambridge
Aidan Guo
Founder, Fern
James Murrell
Product @ Kraken
Louis Demeslay
Co-Founder & CTO, Zealy.io
Yevhen Vytvytskyi
Founder & CEO, Digital Stick
Jerry Huang
Quantitative Researcher, Deutsche Bank
Judging Criteria
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Judging Rubric
Please see the judging rubric for more information and specific scoring criteria, on the 'rules' Devpost page or through this link: https://i.imgur.com/dYfOSGH.png
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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