/ About this event
The Dual-Use Hackathon, hosted by Innovate x LA and the Grand Challenge Scholars Program at USC, is the premier event to innovate for resiliency, safety, and infrastructure. Closing out LA Tech Week, teams spend the weekend building on everyday LA problems that translate into national-resilience applications. Supported by 1:1 technical + community mentor sessions, a Saturday-night Midnight Games, and a final hackathon pitch day with industry judges, get stoked for an awesome weekend of building against a mystery problem with live-problem injections every 8 hours!
#1 Place: $1000 Cash Prize #2 Place: $500 Cash Prize #3 Place: $200 Cash Prize + Special prizes for live-problem shift winners. + Top 3 teams accelerates to the Das Family Incubator this Spring and compete to win a share of $30,000 in prizes! (To be considered, must have minimum 1 USC student in team. We can help you find!)
Check out the Builder Brief (linked above) for more details. If you are interested to be a mentor, check details below.
This event is a part of #LATechWeek—a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem. Learn more at www.tech-week.com.
