In Battlecode, two teams of virtual robots roam the screen, managing resources and executing different offensive strategies against each other. Plan, code, and compete throughout the month of January for a chance at more than $20,000 in prizes!
What is Battlecode?
In Battlecode, two teams of virtual robots roam the screen, managing resources and executing different offensive strategies against each other. Plan, code, and compete throughout the month of January for a chance at more than $20,000 in prizes!
Who can participate?
Anyone is welcome to participate in Battlecode! Any team is eligible to participate in the Sprint Tournaments for prize money. However, only student teams (including non-MIT student teams) are eligible for the remaining tournaments and prize money.
Want to sponsor Battlecode 2025?
Contact us at battlecode-sponsorship@mit.edu for more information! We offer multiple sponsorship tiers which can include tech talks, final tournament booths, and more.
Platinum Sponsor
Adobe
Adobe’s mission to change the world through personalized digital experiences is more critical than ever as digital continues to rapidly transform work, life, and play. Adobe Creative Cloud, Document Cloud, and Experience Cloud are vital to the success of creators, communicators, students and entrepreneurs and mission-critical to businesses of all sizes. We take pride in the tremendous impact we are driving across creativity, productivity and digital experiences while being one of the most inventive, diversified, and profitable technology companies in the world.
Gold Sponsors
Amplitude
Amplitude is a leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Over 3,500 customers, including Atlassian, NBCUniversal, Under Armour, Shopify, and Jersey Mike’s, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth. Amplitude is the best-in-class analytics solution for product, data, and marketing teams, ranked #1 in multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2024 Report. Learn how to optimize your digital products and business at amplitude.com.
Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global algorithmic trading firm that combines sophisticated quantitative research, cutting-edge technology, and an entrepreneurial culture. Founded in 1999, Jump has 1,500+ employees across offices in Chicago, New York, London, Amsterdam, Paris, Singapore, Shanghai, Mumbai, Sydney, and Hong Kong. Jump’s culture of continuous learning and innovation has attracted some of the most brilliant minds from around tech, trading, and research. We’ve built one of the largest supercomputers in the world to allow our team to test their most sophisticated ideas, and we continuously develop custom software and hardware to maximize the impact of our strategies. We’re proud to have many former competitive programmers on our team as researchers, developers, and traders, including many ICPC World Finals winners, medalists, and participants.
Silver Sponsors
Hudson River Trading
Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code.
Jane Street
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices worldwide. We hire smart, humble people who love to solve problems, build systems, and test theories. You’ll learn something new every day in our office—whether it’s connecting with a colleague to share perspectives, or participating in a talk, class, or game night. Our success is driven by our people and we never stop improving.
Codeium
Codeium (Series C, $1.25B) is a leader in the AI coding space, giving hundreds of thousands of developers autocomplete, in-IDE chat, and Windsurf, the best AI-native editor on the market. Founded by MIT alums and located in Mountain View, we’re hiring for positions across the board!