🚀Make an impact on real world problems in a single weekend!🚀

Hack for Social Impact x Women in Tech Regatta: All Hands on Deck

🌟Hack for Social Impact is thrilled to team up with the Women in Tech Regatta as they celebrate their 10th Anniversary!

🌁From San Francisco to Seattle: HSI is setting sails for the first time, partnering with Women in Tech Regatta, AI House Seattle, and Ada Developers Academy to launch a full-day hackathon where top tech talent takes on the problems that matter most.

🌊 Set your Sails: This can become the new frontier 🌎

Past HSI participants have gone on to launch Y Combinator-backed startups, present solutions at the UN Climate Conference, and raise seed funding.

🧩Here are problems voiced by our non-profit partners for you to solve: (Details: Hackpacks | HSI Seattle 2026)

🗺️ Build secure, real-time multilingual communication for Immigrant & Refugees services to support highly-sensitive, high-stakes situations.
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Use AI to expend the reach of under-resourced Youth Empowerment program
🕵️‍♀️Advocate for Digital Privacy by analyzing rich dataset of large-scale web scans detecting tracking behavior of popular websites.
🌊Shoreline restoration and protection
🚎Public infrastructure and transportation

👋 WHO IS THIS FOR?

-Non-technical participants welcome! You don't need to code to make an impact. Strategists, researchers, storytellers, and problem-solvers are all part of the crew.
-Engineers, data scientists, designers, and product builders looking to use their skills for good
-Founders and startup teams exploring purpose-driven innovation
-College students eager to gain hands-on experience with real-world challenges
-Nonprofit and civic tech professionals who want to collaborate with builders

🏆 Why Show Up?

-Deploy real engineering solutions for real-world challenges facing humanity
-Explore cutting-edge technologies and their potential for social good
-Join a crew of 500+ engineers, data scientists, designers, and product builders who've collectively raised $16K+ for social impact projects and partnered with 15+ nonprofits in Climate, Healthcare, social justice, among others.

⚓ The best way to predict the future? Build it, together.

This is where a decade of community meets a day of action. Whether you're a Regatta veteran or a first-time hacker, pull up a chair, grab your laptop, and help us prove that tech built with purpose hits differently.

❓Is this a hackathon only for women?

Nope, everyone is welcome! 🤗

🎟️ HOW TO REGISTER

Already have a ticket to the Women in Tech Regatta? Register for this event using your Sched account.

Registering via Luma? You're welcome to attend the 10th Annual Women in Tech Regatta too! Follow this link for discounted tickets.

Co-hosted by
Hack for Social Impact
Women in Tech Regatta
AI House Seattle
Ada Developers Academy

Sponsored By

Hack for Social Impact x WIT Regatta