LA Hacks
 LA Hacks Logo | |
| Type | Hackathon |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 |
| Place | UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Slogan | The Hackathon of the West Coast |
| Website | http://www.lahacks.com/ |
LA Hacks is an annual student-led hackathon hosted at University of California, Los Angeles's Pauley Pavilion.
History
In April 2013, the inaugural LA Hacks event took place in CrossCampus in Santa Monica. 250 students from across Southern California showed up to hack for 24 hours. This event was the largest hackathon to take place in Los Angeles at the time.[1][2]
In April 2014, 1,500 hackers came to participate, establishing LA Hacks as the second largest hackathon in history. This was held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion for 36 hours. Special guests came to speak at LA Hacks, including Evan Spiegel, founder and CEO of Snapchat, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, Baiju Bhatt, co-founder of Robinhood. Their hacks were judged by top tech industry professionals (i.e. Sam Altman – President of Y Combinator, Chris De Wolfe – CEO of SGN and Founder of Myspace, Tomer Kagan – Co-Founder and CEO of Quixey).[3][4][5][6]
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