Hackathon prize money keeps rising each year as organizations learn to take advantage of their value. Runner-up cash prizes are now in the thousands, and grand-prize payouts are as high as $1 million.

As the gospel of Silicon Valley-style disruption spreads to every sector in the economy, so too have the industry’s favorite competitive ritual, hackathons. The contests, where small teams of “hackers ...

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Events where groups of people come together to create or improve software using large data sets are usually called hackathons. As health data researchers who want to build and maintain public trust, ...

Hackathons have become vibrant centers of innovation, transforming niche coding contests into global events that bring together diverse professionals eager to solve complex problems. Once primarily ...

What is a hackathon and why should you care? A hackathon is a gang activity. It’s an event where lots of people of the same mindset form teams to solve a problem in technology. Participation may occur ...

When Microsoft program manager Beatris Mendez Gandica decided to start her own nonprofit earlier this year, she knew she’d need help to get it off the ground. Growing up in Venezuela, Mendez Gandica ...

Thinking about organizing a hackathon to power up new innovations? Read these tips to make sure you host a fun, impactful event. Hackathons have taken the world by storm, happening all over the globe ...