hackNY
hackNY is a community of technologists aspiring to change the world.
Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive community to empower the next generation of responsible leaders in NYC.
Since 2010, hackNY has fostered a community of student-technologists in New York City through our annual Fellows Program. hackNY is organized by hackNY alumNY along with faculty from NYU and Columbia.
Fellows Program
The hackNY Fellows program curates a summer co-living community for talented, creative student technologists at NYC tech companies. They integrate themselves into our network of socially-conscious alumNY at our curated Speaker Series, mixers, and celebrations.
The hackNY Fellows Program was listed as one of the Top 10 Summer Fellowships by ProFellow, and has been featured by CNN, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Observer.
On April 27th, 2025 hackNY will be organizing a conference at NewLab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. We’re calling it hackNY Spring. It’s a one-day professional development opportunity for developers in the first 10 years of their careers who are looking to level up in the tech industry. Leveraging our 16-year track record of empowering the NYC tech community, organizing hackathons and speaker series as part of our Fellowship program, we’re launching a public conference for 250 attendees. The hackNY Spring Conference will cover topics across two themes – equipping emerging tech leaders and engineering with intention.
In December 2023, our friend Gary Chou from Orbital came to us with an opportunity to partner. Gary had been awarded a $90K research grant but needed a 501(c)(3) nonprofit to act as a fiscal sponsor to receive the funds.