Michael Gao (michaeljgao07)

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Hello World 2025

West Lafayette, IN, USA

The biggest hackathon in Purdue history.

Non-monetary prizes
Sep 20 – 21, 2025
409 participants

Hack4Earth

Online

Pave the path to a greener world — innovate, collaborate, and solve. Note: Please ignore the current prize amount; we will be providing prizes worth $230,000+ in total!

$31,485 in prizes
Winners announced
529 participants

Young Youth Innovators Fall 2023

Online

Create applications or sites that help make the world a better place

Non-monetary prizes
Winners announced
115 participants

YouthCodeX

Online

Showcase innovative skills in Computer Science, Engineering, and Business around YCF's 5 Pillars of Growth

$102,900 in prizes
Winners announced
285 participants

EduSands Hacks

Online

Innovate. Create. Code

$203,568 in prizes
Winners announced
690 participants

TechXcelerate Summer Hackathon 2023

Online

Build software related projects to help the world around you!

$61,464 in prizes
Winners announced
217 participants

Young Youth Innovators Summer 2023

Online

Create applications or sites that help make the world a better place

Non-monetary prizes
Winners announced
325 participants

Hackspree 1.0

Online

Create online websites, application, or ideas that better the community(Ex: Helps Volunteering, education, etc). Submit a Github repository link or a doc with a draft and or video.

Non-monetary prizes
Winners announced
127 participants