Abbreviation MLH Founded 2013 | Type B-Corporation | |
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Headquarters Manhattan, New York City, United States Region North America, Mexico & Europe Key people Mike Swift, Jonathan Gottfried, Nick Quinlan, Tim Fogarty Mission Major League Hacking’s mission is to empower hackers. Founders Jonathan Gottfried, Mike Swift Profiles | ||
Major League Hacking, officially abbreviated as MLH, is a company that operates a league for student hackathons.
Founded in 2013 by former developer evangelists Mike Swift (formerly of SendGrid) and Jonathan Gottfried (formerly of Twilio), Major League Hacking initially provided support for student-run university hackathons in North America. In April 2014, Major League Hacking announced their first international expansion into United Kingdom and later Mexico and Europe in August 2014 and January 2015 respectively.
In March 2016, it became a Certified B-Corporation.
Structure
Major League Hacking works with independently-run university hackathons and provides them with various benefits such as the MLH Hardware Lab, Code of Conduct, eligibility for Season Rankings and Event Support. At the end of every season, it formulates a winner of the League based on participation and prizes and organizes an awards ceremony at their school where the MLH Hacker Cup is provided to the school.
Typically, there would be two hackathon seasons per region per year: Fall and Spring. The Fall Season would be between late August and early December and The Spring Season would be between early January and mid May. In August 2016, Major League Hacking announced it would instead have a single, year-long season beginning late August and ending in mid May to be more aligned with the academic year.
Some popular hackathons that have been previously been a part of the MLH Hackathon Season include: