> from openai import OpenAI > > client = OpenAI() # May 13, 2023 > while building: > build("chatbot wrapper") > # is this a project? > insert_coin()
May 13, 2023. The humble origins. The mission was simple and only a little audacious: build a Hack the North, but for high schoolers.
2023.eurekahacks.ca ↗May 4, 2024. Running it back. Twice the hackers.
2024.eurekahacks.ca ↗
April 5, 2025. 10x the prize valuation. 3D printers on the floor.
2025.eurekahacks.ca ↗May 1–2, 2026. All-in on the hacker experience. Amazing food. Amazing prizes. Free NFC cards for every hacker. Duration doubled, first overnight edition.
2026.eurekahacks.ca ↗We're not announcing the theme yet. We're not announcing the venue yet. We're not announcing the prize pool yet. We're announcing the people we want next to us , and inviting you to be one of them.
Every cohort that came before is still a Discord message away. Waterloo SE undergrads, Cohere engineers, DECA ICDC winners, an HDSB Student Trustee, a startup founder with $1M raised. The network is the unfair advantage.
+30The right environment is the one where the people next to you are sharper, kinder, and a little further along, and quietly raise your bar without ever making it feel like a competition. That's the room we're trying to build, every year.
“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.
