AlgoArena
We’re building the arena that makes CS learning engaging, and technical recruiting more real.
Meet the Team
Two co-founders building AlgoArena (CEO and CTO), plus the professor who's mentored us from the start.
Eli Young
Co-Founder & CEO
AlgoArena's product compass. Eli sets vision and strategy across product, growth, and partnerships, and keeps our roadmap honest. He still ships production code daily, ran applied ML research at UIUC's Center for Digital Agriculture, and competes at ICPC NA South Division 2 (5th, Mid-Atlantic Regional). He founded Lock In, a cross-platform productivity app backed by a Medici Project grant from the 1517 Fund. When something feels off in the product, he is the first to notice. More on his portfolio.
Andy Luu
Co-Founder & CTO
AlgoArena's technical lead. Andy owns engineering and architecture, from real-time battle matchmaking to the AI tooling behind assessments, and sets the bar for how the codebase grows. A Gates Scholar double-majoring in Computer Science and Psychology at Swarthmore, he builds backends at ContractMatch, works as a robotics RA at Haverford, and runs research spanning deepfakes, AI-assisted programming, and machine learning for protein design. More on his GitHub.
Michael Wehar
Advisor
AlgoArena's strategic advisor. Mike shapes classroom adoption, product direction, and positioning across education. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (University at Buffalo) and an MS in Mathematics (Carnegie Mellon), and is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr after teaching at Swarthmore from 2019 to 2025. He built Word of The Hour (50,000+ users), publishes in formal language theory, has mentored dozens of Tri-Co capstones (AlgoArena included), and meets with us weekly. More on his website.
Where we've studied and worked
Schools, research, competitions, and organizations that shaped the team behind AlgoArena.
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