Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the Global Agent Hackathon!
Join us for a month-long, open-source AI Agent Hackathon — open to all builders and dreamers working on agents, RAG, tool use, and multi-agent systems.
Powered by Agno, Firecrawl, Mem0, Unwind AI, Browser Use, Graphlit, and more.
We're giving away $20,000 in cash and credits for your favorite AI tools for the most ambitious Agent projects!
Best Use of Agno (see details):
- 🏅 10 winners: $300 each
- 🥉 10 winners: $500 each
- 🥈 5 winners: $1,000 each
- 🥇 1 winner: $2,000
- 🏆 GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 🏆
Best use of Browser Use (see details):
- Details coming soon
Best use of Firecrawl (see details):
- Details coming soon
Best use of Mem0 (see details):
- Details coming soon
Best use of Graphlit (see details):
- Details coming soon
The top 5 projects will be featured in the trending Awesome LLM Apps repo, giving your work massive visibility in the AI community.
Resources for each sponsor are available in the resources folder.
- April 15th - Hackathon starts
- May 30th - Hackathon ends
- Submit your project by creating a GitHub issue in this repo following the provided template.
- Get category assignment
- The Hackathon team will review your submission and assign it to a prize category:
- You can update your issue as you build, and we'll update the prize category accordingly.
- Prize categories can be updated until the hackathon ends.
- Categories include Best use of Agno, Firecrawl, Mem0, Graphlit and Browser Use.
- Build your project and submit a PR for in the submissions folder - we'll review, judge, and provide feedback.
- When approved, you join the pool to win the assigned cash prize and/or credits.
- Checkout the How to Win section for more details.
- Winning projects will be moved to the winners folder.
Your submission will be judged on:
- Completed PR with working code in the Hackathon GitHub repo.
- A judge will review the PR and provide feedback.
- Once approved, the PR will be merged and the project will be eligible for the prize pool.
- Demo Video (2–3 mins) showing your agent in action.
- Comprehensive README.md including:
- Overview of the idea
- Explanation of how it works
- Technologies/tools used
- All setup instructions (API keys, signups, etc.)
- Code Quality: Error-free execution and passing basic review.
- Completeness: Core functionality implemented as described in your original submission.
Feel free to share your progress on X or LinkedIn with the hashtag #GlobalAgentHackathon — even small updates can get you noticed and help build community momentum. This is completely optional, but always welcome and appreciated!
Include the following in your submission:
Project Title: A clear, concise, and engaging title for your project.
Overview of the Idea: Briefly describe your project in simple terms. What problem or opportunity does it address?
Project Goal: What do you hope to achieve or demonstrate with this project?
How It Works: Provide a step-by-step explanation or high-level breakdown of your Agentic System and how users will interact with it:
- User Flow: Clearly describe the experience from the user's perspective
- Core Functionality: List the key features your agent will offer
- Multimodal Elements (if applicable): Specify if you're using text, images, audio, video, or combinations
Tools Used: List what you're planning to use, including any new tools you need to create.
UI Approach: Describe the user interface for your project.
Visuals: Add mockups, diagrams, or sketches that demonstrate your idea or flow.
Team Information:
- Team Lead: GitHub handle and role
- Team Members: GitHub handles and roles
- Background/Experience: Brief team background
If you're an AI company and want to help shape the next generation of Agent builders - we'd love to work with you!
Reach out to support@agno.com to get involved.
Let's make this the largest open-source AI Agent hackathon ever!
See you in the arena.