EasyA alumni have already founded projects valued at over $2.5 billion and won funding from top VCs like a16z, Founders Fund, YC and many more. Just last month, Cognition AI, founded by EasyA hackathon winner Walden Yan, was valued at $2 billion. Walden first pitched his idea for DALLE on the blockchain at an EasyA hackathon at Harvard. Two years later, he’s built a transformative company..
![EasyA Hackathon Offers 0,000 in Prize Money for Developers at Consensus 2024 EasyA Hackathon Offers 0,000 in Prize Money for Developers at Consensus 2024](https://www.coindesk.com/resizer/CkQ-8k_f0U_914MWFLOjGeR4EJM=/1200x628/center/middle/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/coindesk/G3CZERGK6ZCQ5P5AHSGGNHEDTQ.png)