Predominantly an open working space for software projects, the Dojo hosts technology classes for biology, computer hardware, and manufacturing events.

[4][5][failed verification] The Dojo is primarily financed through membership dues ($150/mo), but has accepted 3rd party sponsorships from Microsoft,[6] Google, Isocket, Twilio, AMS Dataserfs,[7] and Palantir Technologies.

[12] The lease on the building at 599 Fairchild Drive ran through May 31, 2016, at which time the Dojo moved to its third home,[13] located at 3350 Thomas Road in Santa Clara.

[14] In this case, the perpetrator was sending forged Domain Name Service (DNS) requests to multiple domain name servers, causing the servers to send large amounts of data records to the Hacker Dojo, thereby overloading the system and preventing legitimate use of the network.

Eventually, they requested help from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which determined the outages were the result of a criminal act by Jason David Miller, a former Dojo member.

[16] In March 2016, a local newspaper published an article saying the Dojo was facing a leadership crisis and that an employee had been accused of embezzlement.

[18] The 140B building has been turned into a place where events such as Random Hacks of Kindness, Startup Weekend, and BayThreat, among others, have been hosted.