ICP AI Agents Hackathon

🤝🏻 ICP AI Agents Hackathon

Brought to you the ICP EU Alliance, the applications for Build on ICP are open to developers and teams who are: 

• Willing to build projects on the IC Protocol
• Looking to continue building their project beyond the duration of the hackathon
• Willing to give a shot at winning $20,000 worth of prizes and bounties 
• Opportunity to win unique ICP grants up to $100,000 

👉🏻Why join?

This is your unique chance to show your talent and ability to contribute to the IC protocol to a diversified group of judges, including:

• Top VCs
• Well-known builders
• Established founders from the ecosystem 

🤖We have 2 Tracks:

• AI (AI Agents, DeAI, DeFi AI)
• General Track

🏆Hackathon prizes and bounties

AI Track:

• 1st place gets $3,000 in stablecoins, a PR campaign, Tech Advisory, Go-to-Market Strategy (for the 'AI agent' project) and support for winning ICP grants up to $100,000.
• 2nd place gets $2,000 in stablecoins; support for winning ICP grants up to $100,000.

General Track:

• 1st place gets $1,500 in stablecoins; a PR campaign,Tech Advisory, support for winning ICP grants up to $100,000.
• 2nd place gets $1000 in stablecoins, support for winning ICP grants up to $100,000.

Prizes and rewards will be announced on the 31st of March and winners will be awarded within 2 weeks of the announcement. 

⏳Timeline

Build on ICP – is an online hackathon taking place from the 17th of March to the 31st of March 2025. 

1. Application phase: 24th February – 24th March 2025
2. Online hacking phase: 24th March – 30th March 2025
3. Code Submission Deadline: 30th March 23:59 (Lisbon Time)
4. Winner Announcements: 31st March 2025

✅ Eligibility criteria to take part in Build on ICP 

1. Teams must not have received a grant or hackathon prizes, from the DFINITY Foundation for the project they wish to submit.
2. Ideally, the project should be unique to ICP, with no similar existing solutions. (Refer to existing projects on Internet Computer Ecosystem)

3. Participants must be proficient in English

4. Teams must contain at least 1 founder above the age of 18.

✍🏾What to submit

• A pitch Video (max 5 min) and a pitch deck. 
• The Github Repository

Pitch Requirements Matrix:

👩🏾‍⚖️Judging Criteria

• Creativity: How original is the idea? 
• Thoughtfulness: How thorough was the project developed?
• Uniqueness: Ideally, the project idea should be unique to ICP, with no similar existing solutions. (Refer to existing projects on Internet Computer Ecosystem)
• Code sophistication: How clean and efficient is the structure and how advanced is the algorithm?