Hi Max, of course - happy to clarify. The question actually gets to something we believe in very strongly: real impact on social problems takes focus and commi

Hi Max, of course - happy to clarify. The question actually gets to something we believe in very strongly: real impact on social problems takes focus and commitment. That's why we run a full-time data science fellowship, rather than have volunteers. Many well intentioned skill-based volunteer projects end without results, mainly because at some point (usually when the work get boring or hits an obstacle) volunteers lose momentum. Having full-time fellows allows us to bring really smart people to a great idea and have them fully dedicated to seeing things through, from scoping to implementation and maintenance. Most hackathons projects (especially the ones for social good) usually don't get continued beyond the event. We've seen this to be true, both from our own experiences at hackathons and from others. We don't want that to happen at ours, especially with such incredible civic and nonprofit organization partners. That's why we're using our own resources to dedicate 2 of our fellows, full-time, in continuing on the winning hack. We want to ensure that the great work done for social impact doesn't get lost post-hackathon. Of course, if the winning team wishes to continue on their for-good project with our project partners, we'd love that and would do nothing to stop it. I guarantee you that we're not trying to take attribution from participants, but rather want to give teams the opportunity to see their weekend hack come to life.