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!

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Will be added closer to the event!

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. 

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Prizes

$17,575 in prizes
First Place
$200 in cash
1 winner

$200 in cash, sponsor prizes to be added shortly

Exclusive permanent Google domains (of participant choice) given to each winning team member, worth $240 each

Second Place
$150 in cash
1 winner

$150 in cash, sponsor prizes to be added shortly

Third Place
$100 in cash
1 winner

$100 in cash, sponsor prizes to be added shortly

Fourth Place
$75 in cash
1 winner

$75 in cash, sponsor prizes to be added shortly

Fifth Place
$50 in cash
1 winner

$50 in cash, sponsor prizes to be added shortly

Total Prize Value
$17,000 in cash
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Pallavi Shrivastava

Pallavi Shrivastava
Vice President of Product Marketing, U.S. Bank

Suresh Venkat Recharla

Suresh Venkat Recharla
Director of Software Development, Oracle

Rajesh Gupta

Rajesh Gupta
Head of Agentic Al | Product & Engineering, Skan AI

Yash Singhal

Yash Singhal
Co-Founder, CaseDocker

Eric Li

Eric Li
Member of Technical Staff, xAI

Ankita Agrawal

Ankita Agrawal
Senior Member of Technical Staff, Salesforce

Karthik Jayaprakash

Karthik Jayaprakash
Senior Member of Technical Staff, AMD

Volodymyr Lopukhovych

Volodymyr Lopukhovych
Lead Software Engineer, Disney

More Judges TBA

Judging Criteria

  • 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

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