We build technologies, conduct research, connect people, and preserve knowledge to advance human survival on Earth and beyond.
What is XU?
XU is an organization working at the intersection of science, medicine, engineering, and exploration to address problems whose solutions don't yet exist. This includes cancer, mental health, AI, ML, robotics, aerospace, and engineering.
Philosophy
Humanity's greatest advances have come from doing what we thought was impossible and what we did not yet understand. Diseases once considered incurable became treatable. Technologies like airplanes proved we could fly. Humans left Earth and began exploring beyond it. XU exists to pursue what comes next. We believe the unknown is not a boundary — it's an infinite invitation for humans to do something.
Events
HAX' 26
Where U Solve X.
BUILDING SOMETHING REAL IN 12 HOURS.
HAX' 26 Seattle
University of Washington, Seattle
HAX' 26 Hyderabad
BVRIT Women's College of Engineering
Team
Founder— Harsha Singla
Harsha Singla is a pre-med student at the University of Washington with an interest in neuroscience, aerospace medicine, research, and tech. She previously attended Lake Washington High School in WA.
Director of Technology— Dhatri Medidhi
Dhatri Medidhi is a B.Tech student at BVRIT Women's College of Engineering in Hyderabad, India, studying CS and AI. She previously attended Lake Washington High School in WA and Liberty High School in TX before moving to India after graduating.
Organizations we're building relationships with
Projects
HSA — Human Survival Archive
An independent science communication initiative documenting the people, ideas, and breakthroughs shaping the future of human survival and space exploration — through interviews with researchers, doctors, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and innovators from around the world, alongside a growing knowledge hub that makes complex research more accessible.
Introducing the Human Survival Archive
Dr. Jonathan McDowell — astrophysicist, space historian
Dr. Jennifer Fogarty — Chief Scientist, Center for Aerospace & Extreme Environments Medicine
Join XU
Build what comes next.
Contribute your time, skills, and ideas.
OPPORTUNITIES
- HAX' 26 Volunteer
LEADERSHIP
- Sponsorships Lead
- Events Lead
- Marketing Lead
- Design Lead
- Communications Lead
Sign Up to Volunteer
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Start a Chapter
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Internships Coming soon
Internships will be released soon, stay tuned.
Support the technologies, research, events, and people building toward a better future.
Build with us. XU partners with researchers, universities, companies, healthcare organizations, technology organizations, aerospace organizations, community organizations, and educational institutions.