Sponsors
Oxford Hack is grateful to be supported by a range of wonderful sponsors. Check out who they are and what they’re doing at the hackathon below!
We'll be revealing the rest of our sponsors (as well as some of the prizes they'll be offering) closer to the event, so check back here soon!
PLATINUM
We made the Internet what it is today. But Cisco didn’t just build the Internet. We keep building it. Our edge doesn’t come from technology. It comes from our people. We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers. We Are Cisco.
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. With Microsoft Azure you can build, deploy, and manage applications with a comprehensive set of cloud services designed for you. We can't wait to see you at Oxford Hack—where we'll be celebrating innovative tech projects with great prizes and swag. Start building the future now with access to 25+ free services on Azure and $100 in credit towards Azure paid services.
GOLD
Optiver is a leading trading firm driven by technology with over 1000 employees world-wide. Our systems play an essential role in everything we do in trading. That is why our Technology and Trading teams work closely together to explore ideas and set the new directions. We build and maintain an outstanding suite of high performing, high reliability and low-latency systems and algorithms that are constantly evolving. With 12 datacenters and thousands of servers, we run ten thousand trading components executing hundreds of thousands of trades every day, responding to changes in microseconds. If you are interested in joining our technology team in Amsterdam of over 150 people from 40 countries, check-out our career opportunities page.
SILVER
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm and global liquidity provider. Our trading is based on mathematical modeling and strategies and we use innovative technology, a scientific approach, and a deep understanding of markets to stay successful. With over 900 employees in our New York, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong offices, that’s a lot of ideas. Our next great idea could come from you; what will you come up with?
At Capital One, we’re building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding.
The mission at Oudi.mobi™ is to advance online communication by enhancing the ability to "let your voice be heard", and amplify the "power of the human voice". Oudi.mobi™ is a platform to express "freedom of speech" to its optimum. The power of the human voice via Oudi.mobi™ is harnessed to its full potential.
BRONZE
Palantir was founded in 2004 by three software engineers and a philosopher to help intelligence agencies make better use of data while preserving privacy. Today, our platforms power critical operations for government and commercial clients in dozens of industries worldwide. We also donate our software and services to select nonprofits.
Arm technology is at the heart of a computing and connectivity revolution that is transforming the way people live and businesses operate. Our advanced, energy-efficient processor designs have enabled intelligent computing in more than 150 billion chips and our technologies now securely power products from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. In combination with our IoT device, connectivity and data management platform, we are also enabling customers with powerful and actionable business insights that are generating new value from their connected devices and data. Together with 1,000+ technology partners we are at the forefront of designing, securing and managing all areas of compute from the chip to the cloud.
IMC is a market maker and one of the world’s leading trading firms. We are mathematicians, makers, and mavens. Traders, technologists, and tacticians. We think globally, commit locally, solve problems methodically and give back seriously. Being smart gets you in the door. Continuously striving for improvement and a restless curiosity will help you succeed.
FRIENDS OF THE OXFORD HACK
Start Me Up is a Bali-based entrepreneurial education programme specialising in creative, tech and design skills.
We've carved out a reputation as the travel & education programme of choice for students at top universities (Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, Berkeley), and many of our alumni go on to launch their own businesses or work at some of the world’s most renowned companies (Google, Amazon, McKinsey).
Our workshops have been developed by alumni from some of the world's best known startup accelerators, including Techstars and Y Combinator - helping you ideate, iterate, launch and market your way to startup success.
We've carved out a reputation as the travel & education programme of choice for students at top universities (Princeton, Oxford, Cambridge, Cornell, Berkeley), and many of our alumni go on to launch their own businesses or work at some of the world’s most renowned companies (Google, Amazon, McKinsey).
Our workshops have been developed by alumni from some of the world's best known startup accelerators, including Techstars and Y Combinator - helping you ideate, iterate, launch and market your way to startup success.
The Oxford Foundry is the University's centre for entrepreneurship, providing an open space for all students and staff to work and learn. Oxford Hack is supported through the OXFO Booster Grant scheme, which offers aid to societies looking to host entrepreneurial events.
The Foundry also hosts workshops with various themes, for which all Oxford students are welcome. You can find their events & workshops and become a member at https://www.oxfordfoundry.ox.ac.uk!
The Foundry also hosts workshops with various themes, for which all Oxford students are welcome. You can find their events & workshops and become a member at https://www.oxfordfoundry.ox.ac.uk!
Sticker Mule are providing us with stickers at the event. They're offering a special deal at http://hackp.ac/mlh-stickermule-hackathons.
The Oxford University Computer Society (CompSoc) promotes the use of computers, programming, and new technology amongst our diverse group of members from across the university - we welcome everyone! We regularly host talks from major technology companies and academics as well as weekly social events. You can find a full list of our upcoming events on our Facebook page.
