Fire Hacks

​Fire Hacks is a one-day, in-person hackathon for high school students who want to ship real software, learn from mentors, and meet other builders.

​Hosted by CodeStarters — a student-led nonprofit teaching CS & AI — Fire Hacks is software-only: web, mobile, AI/ML, and more. Whether it’s your first project or your tenth model, you’ll get space, resources, and community to build something you’re proud of in one packed day.

​Quick facts

• ​Who: Grades 9–12 (high school). Beginners welcome.

• ​Where: Bay Area, CA (exact venue — add once confirmed in Luma location)

• ​When: Saturday, June 6, 2026 (adjust times when schedule is final)

• ​Cost: 100% free — meals, snacks, swag, and programming covered by sponsors.

• ​Scale: ~200–300 hackers · $30K+ in prizes (confirm numbers if they change)

​Tracks themes
Web · AIML · Mobile · Cybersecurity · Game dev (build whatever fits — judges love clear problems and solid execution)

​Why come

• ​Workshops on AI/ML, full-stack dev, and product/design

• ​Mentors from industry & university on-site

• ​Full meals, snacks, caffeine — stay fueled

• ​No registration fee, ever

​501(c)(3): CodeStarters operates with fiscal sponsorship; sponsorships supporting this event are described as tax-deductible on our materials — confirm wording with your fiscal sponsor if needed for compliance.

Our Wonderful Sponsors(more to come)

• ​CodeCrafters — Hands-on coding courses where you build real systems step-by-step (e.g. interpreters, Redis-like servers), aimed at leveling up backend/low-level skills.

• ​Gen.xyz — Registry behind .xyz domains, often bundled with student/hackathon programs so teams can grab short project URLs.

• ​Relay (relay.app) — AI-assisted workflow automation: connect apps, chain steps, and add approvals/human-in-the-loop in visual workflows.

• ​Medo (linked as medo.com in your site) — AI-powered app building: describe apps in plain language / iterate quickly toward working full‑stack-ish prototypes (exact positioning may vary by product updates).

• ​Featherless AI — Hosted inference / API access to open models so you can ship AI features without running your own GPU fleet.

• ​n8n — Fair-code workflow automation (self-hostable Zapier-style): triggers, branching, and integrations across SaaS APIs.

• ​Zo Computer — AI-native personal cloud computer: always-on cloud workspace that combines a full Linux server, file system, automations, and multi-model AI into one unified environment you control, letting you build apps, run tasks, and manage your digital life through chat.
  
  
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