Community Guide

Alpha Academy Certificate ©

Conquer Daily Challenges, Get Alpha Academy Certified, Land your Dream Job

The Alpha Academy Certificate © is a public, open-access certificate of excellence awarded to anyone who has demonstrated excellence in the fields of quantitative investing, AI for finance, fintech software development, and blockchain technologies. As a recipient of the Alpha Academy Certificate, you will be able to:

  • Include the certificate URL in your professional profiles (e.g., LinkedIn) to boost your credentials in the competitive technology job market
  • Showcase your battle-tested expertise in quantitative investing, AI for finance, fintech software development, and blockchain technologies
  • Get introduced to top technology companies in Y Combinator (a Silicon Valley based entrepreneurship network that has created world-class companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Reddit, and Stripe) and land your dream job

Sample Alpha Academy Certificate hosted at a unique URL https://www.alphatournament.com/certificate?uid=demo for ease of sharing and resume building.



🚀🚀 Follow the simple two-step process below to unlock your Alpha Academy Certificate today!

Step 1. Complete 10 daily challenges with a perfect score & hold 3000 AVCs

True warriors stand the test of our daily challenges, which cover a wide range of competency areas including quantitative investing, AI for finance, fintech software development, and blockchain technologies. Once you have completed at least 10 daily challenges with perfect scores and are holding at least 3000 AVC in your Metamask wallet [how-to guide], you will be entitled to your dedicated Alpha Academy Certificate!


Start your daily challenge now!


Step 2. Unlock the certificate & share it with your professional network

Visit your tournament dashboard to unlock your own Alpha Academy Certificate. You can choose to include either your tournament username or your legal name in the certificate. The certificate will be hosted on a unique URL (see sample above) so that you can easily add it to your resume and professional profiles (e.g., LinkedIn).


Unlock your Alpha Academy Certificate today!


Step 3: land your dream job

Looking for a job in quantitative investing, data science, software development, and/or blockchain technologies? Once you have obtained your Alpha Academy Certificate, you will unlock the ability to share your professional profile with us and we will leverage* the power of the Y Combinator network - a Silicon Valley based entrepreneurship network and backer of Alpha Vantage (Alpha Vantage was in the summer batch of 2018) - to help you land a job at world-class Y Combinator-backed companies.

As of April 2022, top companies in the Y Combinator network include:

* Subject to external factors such as company headcounts, role availability, and the overall job market. Resume drops are made at the discretion of Alpha Tournament. You also certify, under penalty of perjury, that the legal name specified on your certificate matches your professional profile.


Share your professional profile with us today & land your dream job!





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