TREEHACKS

Feb 14-16, 2025

ABOUT
TreeHacks is Stanford’s premier hackathon. The country’s brightest engineering students are flown to Stanford’s campus to build solutions to the world’s largest challenges for 36 hours straight. Join us for our 11th year to dream and build the future!
1000
Hackers
30
Universities
12
Countries
40
Companies
350
Projects
$160k
Prizes
36
Hours
TRACKS
education
healthcare
sustainability
web3
autonomy
edge AI
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
FRIDAY
DJ PATIL

DJ PATIL

DJ Patil, former U.S. Chief Data Scientist under President Obama, is a pioneer in data science with experience at LinkedIn, Skype, and PayPal. Now a General Partner at GreatPoint Ventures, he focuses on healthcare, enterprise tech, and national security.

SATURDAY
JOHN HENNESSY

JOHN HENNESSY

John L. Hennessy, Alphabet chairman and co-founder of MIPS and Atheros, is a Turing Award-winning computer scientist. Stanford's 10th president (2000-2016), he's been called "the godfather of Silicon Valley" for his contributions to RISC architecture and Wi-Fi technology.

SUNDAY
WOJCIECH ZAREMBA

WOJCIECH ZAREMBA

Wojciech Zaremba, co-founder of OpenAI, leads research on Codex and language models. A math prodigy with two master's degrees and a PhD in deep learning, he works on advancing AI's capabilities in coding and language understanding.

FAQs
What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon is where you turn your crazy ideas into real projects. At TreeHacks, for 36 hours (February 14th to 16th) on Stanford's campus, you'll be learning and building in an energetic environment with people as passionate as you are! This year is our 11th anniversary, and we're going ALL OUT! We cover flights (regional caps), food, and swag for all hackers, and also have designated sleeping spaces for hackers. Not to mention, some epic prizes, world-renowned guest speakers, incredible mentors, and deeply technical workshops and fun activities throughout the event. Basically, you take care of hacking and we'll take care of you!
Who can come?
TreeHacks applications are open to any enrolled college student (undergrad or grad) from all over the world. Due to venue space and capacity limitations, we are unable to offer automatic acceptance to Stanford students. This decision ensures that hackers from around the world have a fair opportunity to participate in the event. However, to maintain a valuable experience for Stanford students, we offer priority consideration to Stanford students who submit their applications by the priority deadline.
What does it cost?
TreeHacks is free for all admitted hackers! It's our pleasure to bring our virtual workshops, swag, and prizes to our hackers without any cost on your end. We're committed to making TreeHacks accessible!
What is the TreeHacks code of conduct?
TreeHacks abides by this Code of Conduct, adapted from the Hack Code of Conduct. Every TreeHacks applicant must agree to this Code of Conduct to be considered for admission. TreeHacks is a safe place where everyone is welcome ❤️.
What if I don't know how to code?
TreeHacks is the perfect time and place to learn. We provide starter code “hack packs” on our github as well as beginner-friendly workshops and mentors to help you build something you can be proud of.
What if I don't have a team or idea?
Many of our hackers don't have a team coming in, and find them at the event! Once your admission is confirmed, we open up a team-matching platform for you to find other teammates. We also have a ton of team-forming activities to help you find teammates and idea brainstorming sessions for all our tracks.
What can I build?
Anything your heart desires! Hardware, web, mobile, gaming, VR...you name it, we'll support it. We have six tracks that will have extra resources, sponsored challenges, and other events to inspire you. Check out our Devpost for examples of what participants built in the past!!
Made with 💚 by the TreeHacks team