Introducing Battle Hack 31 May 2013

Why Battle Hack?

We have a tradition at PayPal of supporting hackers. We attended dozens of hackathons in the last years and we sponsored many of them. We also organised our own series of CharityHack events in the last few years in London. So when we started thinking of bringing our events to a global scale we had a bit of a think and what we came up with is Battle Hack.

Battle Hack will be a world series of hackathons held in 10 cities over a span of 6 months, all in a search for the best hackers in the world. It all starts with Berlin in June and ends with the world finals in Silicon Valley in November. Every city will battle it out to select their local champion who we will fly to the world finals for one last hack-off.

Register Prizes Partners

 

Code, Sweat, and Tears

 

You’re probably thinking now why you should come and hack. Sure, we will give you food, drinks, Raspberry Pi’s for the first 50 people, and a trip to Silicon Valley for the winners in every city. But where is the glory?!

When you win your Battle Hack city stage we will make sure that you don’t leave empty handed. Literally.

Its an axe!

Yup, that’s an axe tropy. A 4.3 lbs, 21 inch, solid steel axe trophy. Try explaining that to your mother!

We will fly all city winners over to the world finals for one last hack-off where there is a grand prize of $100,000 USD. You can spend that money on building out your idea, donate it to a charity, or buying more axes. The choice is up to you.

We’d like to thank the academy

 

Well not the academy, nor our parents, but we couldn’t do Battle Hack without our partners. We’ve invited the coolest local and global companies to join us and provide you with the best APIs and on-site support possible. Here are just some of the ones we’ve confirmed so far:

Shut Up and Take My Registration!

 

Ready to sign up? Pick your stage and keep in mind that you don’t have to live in the selected city, state, or even country to compete!