Joe Alessi

On April 21–22, the U.S. Capitol once again filled with student developers from across the country as #HouseOfCode returned for its annual celebration of Congressional App Challenge winners. More than 360 students from 48 states and territories traveled to Washington to showcase their work, connect with Members of Congress, and spend two days surrounded by […]

Selected by theCoderSchool from nearly 400 district-winning apps nationwide, these Top Apps projects represent some of the strongest technical work, most inventive ideas, and most meaningful real-world impact in this year’s Congressional App Challenge. Each project was originally recognized as a district winner by a Member of Congress and later selected by theCoderSchool through a […]

When the final buzzer sounded on October 30, the Congressional App Challenge had set a trifecta of records. In total, 13,830 students (a record!) created 4,650 apps (another record!) across 394 Congress districts (again, a record!) – a 20 percent increase over 2024. And most of those apps are AI-powered. Ten years ago, Congressional leaders […]

Congress Marks National App Challenge Day 2025 with Record Participation and New Milestones

The Congressional App Challenge, the U.S. House of Representatives’ official coding competition, today announced the launch of “25 for ’25”, a campaign celebrating 25 extraordinary young App Challenge alumni whose journeys since competing in the Challenge have redefined what’s possible for America’s next generation of technologists. Since its founding in 2015, the Congressional App Challenge […]

During the House recess in August, we hosted a half-day AI Bootcamp to teach more than 100 Bay Area middle and high school students how to employ AI tools in the design and launch of their apps. The AI tutorial was held at Gray Area in San Francisco and hosted in conjunction with SeedAI on […]