Following Its Third-Place Finish at the YC Hackathon, Best Parents Launches a Citywide Innovation Challenge for New York’s High School Students

Best Parents congratulates their third-place finish at the YC Hackathon and extends an invitation to high school students to participate in a live Growth Hack contest in New York this January. Best Parents, a technology-driven educational travel platform, secured third place at the YC Short-Film Hackathon for their innovative sci-fi short film produced by co-founders Burçin Advani and Aditya Advani, along with team members Sako Mammadov and Benjamin Hampikian. Contestants were tasked with creating a full short film in one day. The Best Parents group managed to complete their movie in just 8 hours, despite lacking any prior experience in filmmaking. Utilizing Koyal AI, the official sponsor and creative tool partner of the event, they crafted a short film titled “Prewritten” that envisions a future where artificial intelligence dictates a child’s path in life. The judges and other participants were impressed by the project, resulting in a third-place ranking among entries from around the world. At the event, the team had the opportunity to meet and snap a photo with Garry Tan, the President and CEO of Y Combinator, marking a significant milestone for the group.                        

Following the hackathon success, Best Parents announces Growth Hack Competition for High School Students in New York. Motivated by the creativity and rapid-execution mindset of the YC event, Best Parents has announced the launch of a Growth Hack Competition for High School Students in New York in January 2026.“Our hackathon experience proved how high-speed creativity pushes people to learn and create beyond limits,” said Burçin Advani, Founder and CEO of Best Parents. “We want high school students to feel that same excitement, building, experimenting and delivering measurable results through teamwork and innovation.”

Registration for the Growth Hack Competition is now open.

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The event will challenge participants to work in teams to grow a real-world product. Each team will select a category or destination from the Best Parents platform and apply creativity, digital growth strategies, marketing and content production to drive measurable traffic and engagement. The winning team will receive an internship opportunity at Best Parents.          

Watch the film here: https://youtu.be/bN4VhR4sZBk

About Best Parents Founded in 2020 and headquartered in New York, Best Parents is a global edtech platform that helps families discover educational travel opportunities, academic experiences and pre-college programs around the world. Through artificial intelligence, the platform matches children and teens with programs aligned with their talents, goals and personal development.