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Powering the World’s Hackathons | Brandon Kessler (Founder & CEO, DevPost)

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DevPost powers most of the world’s hackathons. And, according to founder and CEO Brandon Kessler, lately there is one overarching directive: “Executives from the top down are saying: `We need to do hackathons to uncover the value of ai.`” Nearly every one of the 1,200 hackathons DevPost powered last year was AI-centric.

On this episode of CRAFTED., we explore why hackathons are still such a powerful tool, both as public competitions and as internal initiatives. And we hear the founding story of DevPost and why they pivoted from hosting public competitions of all kinds (cooking challenges with Michelle Obama! NYC Big Apps!) to only focus on developers. Plus, how and why DevPost launched a new product that is custom-built for internal company hackathons.

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Key Moments:

[1:53] DevPost’s mission and why hackathons are still so valuable, especially at this moment with AI

[6:20] What makes a hackathon successful?

[8:40] Brandon’s story: he founded and ran a music label for years before seeing the opportunity with challenges

[11:40] Launching ChallengePost, scaling up and powering all federal competitions under President Obama — and why they eventually changed the name and company focus to DevPost

[15:46] Launching DevPost for teams: a tool for companies to run internal hackathons

[19:00] Brandon’s favorite competitions over the years

[22:00] How hackathons have mirrored the top tech trends: from cloud to XR to blockchain to AI

[25:18] What’s something that sounds like science fiction now, but that Brandon thinks will be commonplace soon?

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CRAFTED. is brought to you in partnership with Docker, which helps developers build, share, run and verify applications anywhere – without environment confirmation or management. More than 20 million developers worldwide use Docker's suite of development tools, services and automations to accelerate the delivery of secure applications.

CRAFTED. is produced by Modern Product Minds, where CRAFTED. host Dan Blumberg and team can help you take a new product from zero to one... and beyond. We specialize in early stage product discovery, growth, and experimentation. Learn more at modernproductminds.com

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DevPost powers most of the world’s hackathons. And, according to founder and CEO Brandon Kessler, lately there is one overarching directive: “Executives from the top down are saying: `We need to do hackathons to uncover the value of ai.`” Nearly every one of the 1,200 hackathons DevPost powered last year was AI-centric.

On this episode of CRAFTED., we explore why hackathons are still such a powerful tool, both as public competitions and as internal initiatives. And we hear the founding story of DevPost and why they pivoted from hosting public competitions of all kinds (cooking challenges with Michelle Obama! NYC Big Apps!) to only focus on developers. Plus, how and why DevPost launched a new product that is custom-built for internal company hackathons.

***

Key Moments:

[1:53] DevPost’s mission and why hackathons are still so valuable, especially at this moment with AI

[6:20] What makes a hackathon successful?

[8:40] Brandon’s story: he founded and ran a music label for years before seeing the opportunity with challenges

[11:40] Launching ChallengePost, scaling up and powering all federal competitions under President Obama — and why they eventually changed the name and company focus to DevPost

[15:46] Launching DevPost for teams: a tool for companies to run internal hackathons

[19:00] Brandon’s favorite competitions over the years

[22:00] How hackathons have mirrored the top tech trends: from cloud to XR to blockchain to AI

[25:18] What’s something that sounds like science fiction now, but that Brandon thinks will be commonplace soon?

***

CRAFTED. is brought to you in partnership with Docker, which helps developers build, share, run and verify applications anywhere – without environment confirmation or management. More than 20 million developers worldwide use Docker's suite of development tools, services and automations to accelerate the delivery of secure applications.

CRAFTED. is produced by Modern Product Minds, where CRAFTED. host Dan Blumberg and team can help you take a new product from zero to one... and beyond. We specialize in early stage product discovery, growth, and experimentation. Learn more at modernproductminds.com

Subscribe to CRAFTED., follow the show, and sign up for the newsletter 👉 crafted.fm


Help improve CRAFTED. Please take this quick 5m survey. You might win a prize. Thanks!

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