Win Prizes, Connect with Industry Professionals and Passionate Hackers, and Learn Through our Tracks

NohoHacks is California’s first GenAI learnathon/hackathon for high schoolers by high schoolers, featuring a week of hands-on online workshops and guided learning led by tech professionals. Focused on making tech more accessible, it helps students develop new skills, build innovative projects, and connect with a supportive network of peers and mentors.

What is NohoHacks?

What is NohoHacks Hackathon?

Hackathon: an event in which a large number of people meet to engage in collaborative computer programming.

Two Tracks: General + Prompt Engineering/Beginner (must attend Learnathon to qualify for Prompt Engineering/Beginner track)

2025 Hackathon Schedule

8:00-8:15 AM: Opening Ceremony and Breakfast

8:30 AM: Project Ideation Workshop

8:30-9:00 AM: Brainstorming/Start projects

11:30 AM: AI Ethics Speaker

12:00 PM: Ume Tea Boba

12:30-1:00 PM: Lunch (Pizza)

1:00-5:00 PM: Hack

5:00-5:30 PM: Serve Dinner (Panda)

6:15 PM: Submit Project

6:15–6:45 PM: Panel + Q&A

6:45–7:30 PM: Team Pitches

7:30–7:45 PM: Judge Deliberation & Raffle

7:45–8:00 PM: Ending Ceremony

Guest Speakers, Panelists, and Mentors

2025 Guest Speakers

David Canlas

David is a Product Manager with a career spanning from Government, Non-Profit, Startups, and Corporate. Today, he is a Graduate Student at USC pursuing an MSIDBT after attaining his MBA from Pepperdine University, and teaches as an Adjunct Instructor at institutions like UCLA and America On Tech.

Troy Ryder

Troy is a software Development Engineer at Capital Group. On the Quant Research Engineering and Data team, he builds APIs and dashboards to supply data and insights to analyst and traders

UC Berkeley Class of '22: Applied Mathematics

Hidden Talent: Unicycling