AngelHack is an American company based in
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
that primarily organizes and hosts
hackathon
A hackathon (also known as a hack day, hackfest, datathon or codefest; a portmanteau of hacking and marathon) is an event where people engage in rapid and collaborative engineering over a relatively short period of time such as 24 or 48 hours. Th ...
s for other companies.
History
Founded in 2011, AngelHack distinguished itself from other
hackathon
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organizers by coordinating global hackathons which took place simultaneously in different places.
The company now brands itself as a
developer ecosystem. As of 2023, it is headed by Justin Ng.
Users
AngelHack claims over 200,000 members
and hosts various educational events for developers.
Controversies
One of AngelHack's co-founders, Greg Gopman, was sued in 2014 by a fellow AngelHack co-founder for allegedly using the company's finances for "elaborate vacations" in
Thailand
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and
Colombia
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.
After leaving AngelHack, Gopman has since garnered controversy for referring to
homeless
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* living on the streets, also kn ...
people in
San Francisco
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as "hyenas."
References
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Technology companies established in 2011
2011 establishments in California
Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Hackathons
Hacker culture
Software development events