Some major companies were born from these hackathons, such as GroupMe, which began as a project at a hackathon at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2010 conference; in 2011 it was acquired by Skype for $85 million.
Некоторые известные компании были созданы на хакатонах, например GroupMe, появившаяся на хакатоне конференции TechCrunch Disrupt 2010; в 2011 она была куплена компанией Skype за $85 млн долларов.