EasyA turns hackers into billion-dollar founders
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg
EasyA turns hackers into billion-dollar founders
Walden pitched decentralized AI on the blockchain at EasyA's Harvard hackathon in 2022 and won the top prize.
Cognition AI raised $400M at a $10.2B valuation, building Devin, the world's first AI software engineer.
Alfred Wahlforss won one of the top prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022. He went on to build BeFake, a viral AI app, before co-founding Listen Labs.
Listen Labs raised a $69M Series B at a $500M valuation from Ribbit Capital and Sequoia Capital, building AI that conducts customer interviews for Microsoft, Canva, and Perplexity.
The BlindPay team built a stablecoin off-ramp at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin, Texas.
BlindPay got into Y Combinator (W25) and raised $3.3M from Circle and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. They've processed over $125M in transfers across 100+ countries.
Artemiy and Jeevan won multiple EasyA hackathons in London, Austin and at Harvard.
Gecko Security was accepted into Y Combinator, building tools that let developers ship secure code fast.
Ash Ahmed, Harvard grad and EasyA gigabrain, won top prize at EasyA's Hack Web3 hackathon at Harvard.
Shortly after, he got into by a16z Crypto Startup School, and just 3 months after graduating raised $2.5M to build Axal.
Jessica Van Meir, Harvard PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, won one of the top pitch prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022, exploring blockchain solutions for the creator economy.
MintStars raised $600K from Polygon Labs and SpankChain, building a crypto-native creator platform where creators keep 100% of their earnings using USDC stablecoin payments.
Andrey and Trevor pitched at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin in 2024 and won a $150,000 grant.
They were selected to attend the prestigious Draper University and closed their seed round to build the future of Web3 onboarding.
Nelson and Abi first pitched their idea at an EasyA hackathon at Harvard.
They went on to found Spike, Harvard's most popular prediction market.
Tom built his first ever Web3 application at an EasyA hackathon in London, and iterated at EasyA hackathons in San Francisco and Hong Kong
Tom found product market fit with Xeno, building instant payment rails with stablecoin-powered PoS systems.
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg
Walden pitched decentralized AI on the blockchain at EasyA's Harvard hackathon in 2022 and won the top prize.
Alfred Wahlforss won one of the top prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022. He went on to build BeFake, a viral AI app, before co-founding Listen Labs.
The BlindPay team built a stablecoin off-ramp at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin, Texas.
Artemiy and Jeevan won multiple EasyA hackathons in London, Austin and at Harvard.
Ash Ahmed, Harvard grad and EasyA gigabrain, won top prize at EasyA's Hack Web3 hackathon at Harvard.
Jessica Van Meir, Harvard PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, won one of the top pitch prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022, exploring blockchain solutions for the creator economy.
Andrey and Trevor pitched at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin in 2024 and won a $150,000 grant.
Nelson and Abi first pitched their idea at an EasyA hackathon at Harvard.
Tom built his first ever Web3 application at an EasyA hackathon in London, and iterated at EasyA hackathons in San Francisco and Hong Kong
Cognition AI raised $400M at a $10.2B valuation, building Devin, the world's first AI software engineer.
Listen Labs raised a $69M Series B at a $500M valuation from Ribbit Capital and Sequoia Capital, building AI that conducts customer interviews for Microsoft, Canva, and Perplexity.
BlindPay got into Y Combinator (W25) and raised $3.3M from Circle and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. They've processed over $125M in transfers across 100+ countries.
Gecko Security was accepted into Y Combinator, building tools that let developers ship secure code fast.
Shortly after, he got into by a16z Crypto Startup School, and just 3 months after graduating raised $2.5M to build Axal.
MintStars raised $600K from Polygon Labs and SpankChain, building a crypto-native creator platform where creators keep 100% of their earnings using USDC stablecoin payments.
They were selected to attend the prestigious Draper University and closed their seed round to build the future of Web3 onboarding.
They went on to found Spike, Harvard's most popular prediction market.
Tom found product market fit with Xeno, building instant payment rails with stablecoin-powered PoS systems.
In 2022, EasyA set out to build a place where anyone could launch their ideas and build incredible startups. Each month, we host hackathons in world-leading hubs like San Francisco, London, Singapore, Austin, and Hong Kong, where hundreds of developers come together to build the future of technology.
But EasyA doesn't end at the hackathons. Our community of over one million developers, our network of top-tier VCs, and our hands-on mentorship from Phil and Dom continue to support founders well beyond. EasyA alumni have founded startups valued at over $11 billion and raised from a16z, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and many more top VCs.
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