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

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Requirements

WHAT TO BUILD

Any CS-related project of your chosing.

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 from April 1st 1:30 PM PST to April 3rd 2:00 PM PST. Cross submissions are allowed to this hackathon but the project should be built within these dates.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$15,175 in prizes

All Participants

29 winners

- Access to Wolfram|One for all participants for thirty days.

Wolfram|One includes both Desktop and Cloud access, full access to the Wolfram Language and Knowledgebase, FreeCDF Deployment, 5000 Wolfram|Alpha API calls, 5000 Cloud Credits, 2 installations per user and 2 GB of Cloud Storage

- 7 Day Free Access to InterviewCake Pro

- 350 Free .XYZ domains (First come first serve)

First Place

1 winner

- Guaranteed Internship at Crimson Education (one person from the team)

- Winner Certificate

- 1 Goliath Automation and Robotics Monster Kit for Arduino (https://automationroboticsarduino.com/products/gar-monster-starter-kit-for-arduino) (one for your entire team)

- $75 USD

- 2 Free .dev, .app, or .page domains (for each member of your team)

- $10,000 AWS (Amazon Web Service) Credits

- Sublime Text/Merge Pro Lifetime License Keys (for each member of your team)

- 1 Desmos swag pack

Second Place

1 winner

- Winner Certificate

1 Year Free Subscription to:
- NordVPN - Ensuring secure and private online experiences.
- NordPass - Simplifying password management and enhancing security.
- Incogni - Safeguarding online privacy by removing personal data from various databases.

- Wolfram Award: a year of Wolfram|One Personal Edition plus a one-year subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

- 10-15% off Uber work experience program with Crimson Education