about us

Our mission

We believe DAO is the next-generation learning. Our goal is to collect massively open online courses autonomous and make lifelong, self-paced learning possible and affordable.

We support the education ecosystem by providing a platform to pay, sell, or exchange learning plans and videos

Empowering yourself with computational thinking and problem solving skill by  learning through coding related online course.

Our Achievements

  • Multiple students scored perfect scores in USACO Bronze for consecutive years and successfully entered top universities in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and related programs, including Carnegie Mellon University, Purdue and UCSD.

  • Our teams have consistently won bronze and special awards in UC Berkeley coding competitions year after year.

American Computer Science League (ACSL)

2025 will be the 47th years of ACSL contest. 6,000 students from 21 countries participated each year.

2021

  • California State Champions in both Elementary and Junior divisions.
  • 15 elementary students advanced to the ACSL World Finals, winning:
    • 3 Gold Medals (perfect scores, tied)
    • 3 Silver Medals (one point deducted, tied)
    • 2 Bronze Medals (two points deducted, tied)

2022

  • All teams earned perfect scores and became California State Champions.
  • At the ACSL World Finals, among competitors from 25 countries (China, Korea, Canada, Russia, Singapore, and more):
    • Elementary Division:
      • 1 Gold Medal (perfect score)
      • 5 Silver Medals (one point deducted, tied)
      • 4 Bronze Medals (two points deducted, tied)
    • Junior Division:
      • 1 Bronze Medal — a major achievement at the high school level!

2023

  • Multiple teams repeated as regional champions.
  • 20 students achieved 1st place in regional competitions.
  • Junior Division World Finals:
    • 1 Gold Medal — Congratulations to Jayson Quah!
    • 1 Silver Medal — Congratulations to Aaron Liu!
    • 1 Bronze Medal — Congratulations to Aaron Wang (second consecutive year)!
  • Elementary Division World Finals:
    • 1 Gold Medal
    • 3 Silver Medals
    • 8 Bronze Medals

2024

  • Continued dominance in regional championships.
  • At the ACSL World Finals:
    • Elementary Division:
      • 3 Gold Medals
      • 5 Silver Medals
      • 7 Bronze Medals
    • Junior Division:
      • 1 Silver Medal — Congratulations to Mason Tsai!
      • 2 Bronze Medals — Congratulations to Ryan Ho and Lucas Gao!
    • Intermediate Division:
      • 1 Bronze Medal — Congratulations to Jayson Quah!