For government

Put public problems in front of the people who can fix them.

Governments own problems that are well defined and underserved, such as building codes, permitting and emissions. A hackathon shows you working approaches before you write an RFP.

01

Prototype before you procure

See working approaches after one weekend, months before an RFP would deliver.

02

Bring your experts

Your officers and reviewers serve as mentors and judges.

03

Grow the local ecosystem

Each event puts builders, sponsors and investors in one room in your city.

04

Put open data to work

Hand datasets and APIs to people who will build with them.

Ways to plug in

Pick a format.

Policy challenge Open-data sprint Co-sponsored theme Ecosystem partner

Bring a public problem

Also on the floor

Meet the rest of the room.

Companies

Post a problem and watch dozens of people work on it.

Builders

Ship something real in a weekend and get paid for it.

Investors

Meet founders before they write a pitch deck.

Universities

Put students and researchers on live industry problems.

Partners

Lend a venue, credits or a community to keep events running.

Judges & mentors

Judge, mentor or host a hackathon in your field.