GenHaxGenHax
Join a challenge
Impact areas

Projects with real-world impact, by area

17 projects in 5 impact areas, built by 37 people working on real problems with mentors. Each area shows what teams built and the open challenges you can join.

Impact areas
5
Projects
17
Builders
37
Open or upcoming
3

Pick an impact area

Experiential learning on real problems: research, housing, education, security and more.

Open Science & Research

10 projects · 21 builders

  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Ontology Mapping
  • Natural Language Processing
See projects →

Housing & Homelessness

3 projects · 7 builders · 2 open

  • Knowledge Graphs
  • UX Design
  • Neo4j
See projects →

Education

3 projects · 12 builders · 1 open

  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Retrieval Augmented Generation
  • Natural Language Processing
See projects →

Cybersecurity

3 projects · 9 builders

  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Python
  • Natural Language Processing
See projects →

Supply Chain

3 projects · 9 builders

  • Knowledge Graphs
  • Python
  • Natural Language Processing
See projects →

Open and upcoming challenges

Externship-style projects with mentors. Free to join, on your own or with a team.

All challenges →
Running now

Transform NY STEP: Design Your Student Challenge

Traditional STEM lessons fail to engage underrepresented students—how will you spark their curiosity?

Oct 22 to Dec 12, 2026

Join now
Upcoming

# MINI CHALLENGE: Fix the Broken Map – Rebuilding America's Homeless Resources Data

Outdated shelter data leaves thousands sleeping rough while beds sit empty. Can you fix the broken information system?

Nov 19 to Nov 19, 2026

See the challenge
Upcoming

Fix the Broken Map: Rebuilding America's Homeless Resources Data

Outdated shelter data leaves thousands calling disconnected numbers while empty beds go unfilled. Can you fix it?

Nov 19 to Nov 22, 2026

See the challenge

Featured projects

Winners first, then the most complete projects.

Meet the builders

People who shipped these projects. Their profiles show the skills they proved.

In the news

From the GenHax blog and press room.

All news →

Questions

Which impact has the most projects?

Open Science & Research, with 10 projects, followed by Housing & Homelessness (3). Every page here lists its projects, the people who built them and the skills they used.

How are projects grouped by impact areas?

Each solution is tagged from what the team actually built and submitted: their description, slides and documents. A page appears once it has at least 3 projects or open challenges.

Is a GenHax challenge an internship or an externship?

It works like an externship: a short, remote team project on a real problem, with mentors. Challenges are free to join and unpaid. Every submitted solution gets a public page you can show to employers and schools.

Can I join a challenge now?

Yes. 3 challenges are open or coming up, starting with Transform NY STEP: Design Your Student Challenge. Join on your own or with a team; it is free.

Build something like this

Join a team, prove your skills on a real problem and get mentored by people who do this for a living.

Find a challenge

Host a challenge like this

Bring an open problem. Teams of students and professionals turn it into working solutions you can see.

Host a challenge