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 code daily, runs applied ML research at Swarthmore with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, 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 notices. More on his portfolio.
Andy Luu
Co-Founder & CTO
AlgoArena's technical lead. Andy owns engineering and architecture, from real-time matchmaking to AI tooling, and sets the bar for how the codebase grows. Double major in Computer Science and Psychology at Swarthmore, studying abroad in Melbourne with CASA at UniMelb. He builds backends at ContractMatch, is a robotics RA at Haverford, runs deepfake research at Swarthmore, and shipped early product at Prologue. He brings user psychology into every system he designs.
Michael Wehar
Advisor
AlgoArena's strategic advisor. Mike shapes classroom adoption, product direction, and positioning across education. PhD in Computer Science (SUNY Buffalo), MS in Mathematics (Carnegie Mellon). Visiting Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr, teaching intro computing; previously at Swarthmore College (2019 to 2025), teaching theory of computation, software engineering, and data structures & algorithms. He has mentored dozens of Tri-Co capstones (AlgoArena included), publishes in theoretical CS, 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.
Ready to join the arena?
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