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We’re excited to showcase the winning projects of that year and share the amazing work from all the hackers. 🏆

⭐️ Introducing: Actiblur

The right to peaceful protest is a cornerstone of democracies all over the world, and with rising levels of surveillance, the stakes for protesting have been higher.

Actiblur uses revolutionary face blurring technology to selectively blur faces, allowing users to choose between blurring all faces, all faces but theirs, up to as many users as they would like.

We’re excited to showcase the winning projects of that year and share the amazing work from all the hackers. 🏆

✨Introducing: ARmory

As a team that loves emerging AR/VR tech, ARmory was created from passion and inspiration in other alternative controller games such as Hot Swap.

This controller uses swappable handles with sensors to determine which piece of equipment the user currently has equipped.

We can’t believe it’s been 2 years since the inaugural Pinnacle event held back in September 2021!

We’re excited to showcase the winning projects of that year and share the amazing work from all the hackers. 🏆

⭐️ Introducing: arra

Have you ever walked by a mural? You’ve probably had a fleeting thought about who the artist is or what is the story behind it.

arra is an app that displays your current location around a map view and shows pins around you that hold the location of a story. You can click on pins that are near you to listen or read the story, but further away pins cannot be clicked on to encourage users to travel to the physical location.

Enjoy building with technology? Infrastructure is looking to hire those who enjoy building effective tools and are looking for hands on experience!

Join our team to:
⚙️ Gain experience in development with Pinnacle’s website and hacker tools
⚙️ Initiate new projects and contribute to the continuous improvements of Pinnacle tools

⭐️ Interested? Apply here: https://pinnacle.us.org/apply
🗓 Hiring on a rolling basis

Love storytelling? Marketing is looking for executives to help craft content and be the voice of all things Pinnacle!

Join our team to:
💌 Strengthen Pinnacle’s presence across all social platforms through strategic copywriting and campaigns
💌 Promote external opportunities and build relationship with organizations
💌 Create engaging content such as newsletters, blogs, etc.

⭐️ Interested? Apply here: https://pinnacle.us.org/apply
🗓 Hiring on a rolling basis

Have an eye for design? Branding is looking to hire executives who can connect our community with thoughtful visuals.

Join our team to:
🖌 Ideate and develop the branding for Pinnacle
🖌 Brainstorm and create various promotional assets for Pinnacle events

⭐️ Interested? Apply here: https://pinnacle.us.org/apply
🗓 Hiring on a rolling-basis

📣 WE’RE HIRING 📣

Pinnacle is hiring across ALL teams!

⚙️ Join the organizing team behind the Olympics of Hackathons!🏅

Teams:
🌟 Branding
🌟 Marketing
🌟 Infrastructure
🌟 Experience
🌟 Hacker Experience
🌟 Hackathon Partnerships
🌟 Logistics
🌟 Sponsorships
🌟 Hardware Sponsorships
🌟 Crypto Sponsorships **NEW**

✍️ APPLY HERE: https://pinnacle.us.org/apply
🔖 Accepting applications on a rolling basis!

🚨 WE’RE BACK 🚨

Pinnacle is back for Fall 2023! We’re super excited for this season and can’t wait to see everyone at the Olympic of Hackathons!

Stay tuned for the announcement of our partnered hackathons and how you can qualify for the event!

Ever wondered where the Pinnacle team is from? Our members are located across the USA & Canada! 🌎

While we’re brewing up our next event, here’s a throwback from our event last year!! 👀 Keep an eye out for more updates and information coming up soon! 📢 ⏳

While we’re brewing up our next event, here’s a throwback from our event last year!! 👀 Keep an eye out for more updates and information coming up soon! 📢⏳

Want to join the Pinnacle organizer team?

Apply today! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis! 🤩

🔗To apply check out https://pinnacle.us.org/apply or click the link in our bio!

Join the Operations Team!

What does the operations team do?

The operations team is in charge of reaching out to, touching base with, and communicating with all the organizations who become Pinnacle partners! Along with planning the day-to-day logistics of Pinnacle, they help foster hacker relations with our partnered hackathons and make sure their experience is as great as possible.

🔗To apply check out https://pinnacle.us.org/apply or click the link in our bio!

🖼️ Join the Branding & Design Team! 🖼️

What does the Branding & Design Team work on?

This team is responsible for creating all the graphics, animations, and digital assets with the signature Pinnacle style. Anything you see on our Instagram, the Pinnacle website, or even the Pinnacle logo itself is all made by this talented team!

🔗To apply, check out https://pinnacle.us.org/apply or click the link in our bio!

Congrats to the Hack CU team!

CU Boulder Engineering alumni take second place at “olympics of hackathons” A team of three recent CU Boulder College of Engineering graduates recently took second place at Pinnacle, coined "The Olympics of Hackathons."

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Pinnacle 2021 // September 17-19, 2021 // Dallas, TX

Feel free to tag yourself and your friends!

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We are excited to announce Cisco as a sponsor of Pinnacle! They will be attending virtually throughout the event, make sure to talk to them to talk about recruiting opportunities!

We are delighted to have 's support at Pinnacle! A message from them:

Twilio provides communications APIs: so you're developing an application in a programming language of your choosing and want to add some kind of communication to it like 2FA, chat, video conferencing, text messaging, WhatsApp, phone calls, etc -- basically any kind of communication you can think of -- Twilio provides APIs to make that easy.

We are pleased to announce Dorm Room Fund as a sponsor at Pinnacle! A message from them:

Dorm Room Fund is the original student-run venture fund, spun out of First Round Capital in 2012. We are a team of students— MBAs, undergrads, PhDs, and more— from across the nation who invest capital and time into the strongest early-stage companies coming off campuses. This September, Dorm Room Fund is recruiting for new student Investment Partners, as well as a new Head of Engineering on the Headquarters team.

We are excited to have eBay's support at Pinnacle! A message from them:

Looking for a company that inspires passion, courage, and imagination, where you can be part of the team shaping the future of global commerce? Want to shape how millions of people buy, sell, connect, and share around the world? If you’re passionate about joining a purpose-driven community that is dedicated to creating an ambitious and inclusive workplace, join eBay – a company you'll be proud to be a part of.

We are excited to announce Wayfair as a sponsor of Pinnacle! Look out for them during the event (both virtually and in-person) and find out about job opportunities they have in store.

We are delighted to announce Stellar as a Gold sponsor! Stellar is an open-source blockchain network for currencies and payments, and makes it possible to create, send and trade digital representations of all forms of money—dollars, pesos, bitcoin, securities, pretty much anything. They will introduce you to blockchain and Stellar, how to interact with it using Stellar Quest, and how to create your very own NFT on Stellar.

During the event, attendees can borrow hardware including Arduino boards, Raspberry Pi Picos, as well as sensors and breadboard components. Use this opportunity to craft something great!

We will be livestreaming the entire event on Twitch including our ceremonies, in-person and virtual events, team interviews, project expo, and much more. Tune in at twitch.tv/pinnacleusorg!

Hackers! Magic Leap Ones (Magic Leap), Lulzbot 3D printers (LulzBot), Leap Motions, and many more are all available to you for hacking. We hope that you utilize these resources to build an amazing project at Pinnacle!

We are excited to have Level Home's support at Pinnacle:

Level Home - “Engineered to disappear, not interfere”

We are looking forward to have WorldLink as our top-tier sponsor for our inaugural event!
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From AI/ML to next-generation communications, WorldLink is the engine driving transformation for the world's leading enterprises, bringing top talent, skills, and technology expertise together to power the next generation of innovations.

We are excited to announce our first round of sponsors, starting with Airbnb! A message from them:

The Airbnb team is so excited to be supporting Pinnacle in its inaugural year. We look forward to getting to know all of the amazing students attending - we'll be cheering you on from around the world and anticipating your epic projects! Go get 'em 💪

Getting close to 1 month until Pinnacle, we are excited to completing our full roster of attendees to compete at the Olympics of Hackathons.