
Next Hackathon
Band of Agents Hackathon
Starts Jun 12, 2026
⏱️ Design, build, and deploy trustless AI trading agents.
📅 March 30 – April 12, 2026
🌐 Build AI trading agents that execute strategies using ERC-8004 or Kraken CLI.
🤝 Build solo or in teams to create autonomous trading, risk, yield, or protection agents.
💰 $55,000 prize pool, allocated and shared via Surge and Kraken.
Your team should have registered project at surge.xyz in order to be eligible for the prize.
Get access in your team profile or our discord.
🔑 Access to surge.xyz
If prompted for login credentials, use:
• Username: admin
• Password: JBRv2xWG7AzwVrLz88

Our AI hackathon brought together a diverse group of participants, who collaborated to develop a variety of impressive projects based on:
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AI Applications
This event has now ended, but you can still register for upcoming events on lablab.ai. We look forward to seeing you at the next one!
Check out Upcoming Events →This hackathon focuses on one of the most critical challenges in AI today: enabling agents to operate with verifiable trust and real financial capability.
Participants will build AI trading and financial agents that can:
This hackathon has two challenges: teams can enter one, the other, or combine both into a single submission.
Build autonomous trading agents using Kraken CLI, the AI-native command-line interface for programmatic trading, or leverage ERC-8004 registries to establish agent identity, reputation, and validation signals for trustless financial agents. Winners can emerge from either challenge or a combined submission.
Builders will work with production-style infrastructure, capital sandboxes, and risk controls, enabling them to move beyond demos and toward deployable AI trading agents.
Build an AI agent that performs a real financial function (trade, manage risk, optimize yield, or protect capital.
This hackathon has two equal challenges. Teams can choose to enter one or both. Winners can come from either challenge or a combined submission.
Build an autonomous trading agent that:
Trading agents will be ranked based on net PnL performance during the competition period.
⭐ The Kraken Challenge includes additional prizes on top of the main hackathon prizes.
Build a trustless trading or financial agent that:
The agent must operate through the Hackathon Capital Sandbox provided vault and risk router so performance can be measured on-chain in stablecoin terms.
Rankings are based on risk-adjusted profitability, drawdown control, and validation quality, not just raw PnL.
Teams are encouraged to combine both challenges into a single submission. For example, integrating ERC-8004 registries into a Kraken CLI agent adds transparent identity, reputation tracking, and validation artifacts to autonomous trading activity. Combined submissions are eligible for prizes from both challenges.
Your team should have registered the project at https://surge.xyz in order to be eligible for the prize.
If prompted for login credentials, use:
Your mission is to build and launch an AI-native product using X402 Payments - a programmable payments infrastructure designed for the next generation of agentic and automated economies.
In this edition of Launch & Fund Your Startup, you’ll have 6 days to validate an idea, build a working prototype, and present a credible path toward real users and on-chain revenue.
This challenge is open to everyone - from early-stage founders to existing startups looking to expand or pivot their products.
Your submission should clearly show how your solution integrates or reimagines X402 Payments in the context of real-world financial interaction
Tracks
Choose one - or mix and match. Each track explores a core use case of programmable payments in the age of agentic systems:
Challenge: Build a system where two or more agents autonomously trigger and settle payments—e.g., for usage-based services, access control, or dynamic pricing. Your product should demonstrate a working agentic payment loop with minimal human input.
Challenge: Develop an AI assistant that can make payments on a user’s behalf—with built-in rules like spending limits, approval checkpoints, or identity verification (KYC/AML). Showcase how your product handles decision-making, compliance, and safeguards.
Challenge: Build a tool for businesses to manage real-time payments and financial operations—like tracking cash flow, enforcing policies, or generating audit-ready records. Highlight automation, accuracy, and visibility into payment activity.
Challenge: Launch a digital product or service with a built-in revenue model using X402. Think: token-gated access, real-time rev-splits, or instant payouts to contributors. Your prototype should demonstrate seamless, trustless commerce flows.
This hackathon has two equal challenges. Teams may enter one or both. Below are the technical requirements for each.
Required technology:
• Kraken CLI: a zero-dependency Rust binary with built-in MCP server and full Kraken API connectivity
How to get started:
Resources:
• Kraken CLI GitHub repository
Required technology:
• ERC-8004 registries for Agent Identity, Reputation, and Validation. Deploy on an L2 or testnet (mainnet optional)
How to access the infrastructure:
These are not required, but can strengthen any submission:
Kraken provides one of the most established trading infrastructures in the crypto industry, supporting markets across crypto, forex, and derivatives. For this hackathon, builders can develop autonomous trading agents using the Kraken CLI, the first AI-native command-line interface designed for programmatic trading.
Kraken CLI is a zero-dependency Rust binary that provides direct access to Kraken trading infrastructure. It ships with a built-in Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, full Kraken API connectivity, and a local paper-trading sandbox for testing strategies. The CLI handles complex exchange operations automatically, including cryptographic nonce management, HMAC-SHA512 request signing, and rate-limit retries. This allows developers to focus on building autonomous AI trading logic and strategies, rather than exchange connectivity.
Agents in the Kraken Challenge are evaluated across two independent categories.
Agents are ranked purely by net PnL (realized + unrealized) over the competition period.
How it works:
• Submission: Each participant provides a read-only Kraken API key linked to their trading account. This allows lablab.ai and Kraken to view trade history — no execution or withdrawal access is granted.
• Verification: lablab.ai maintains a live leaderboard tracking performance in real time.
Requirements:
Build in public. Share your journey. Inspire the community.
Over a 30-day window, participants earn a Social Engagement Score based purely on quantitative metrics from public platforms: Twitter/X, YouTube, blogs, or other channels.
Kraken
LabLab
Surge
Kraken Challenge:
ERC-8004 Challenge:
Combining both? Start with either challenge, then layer in the other for a combined submission eligible for prizes from both.
Strykr is an agent-first market intelligence and execution platform that enables developers, traders, and AI systems to access and act on real-time financial data across all markets.
At its core is PRISM, a canonical asset resolution engine that maps any ticker, symbol, or contract address across crypto, equities, forex, commodities, and more into a single persistent identity. PRISM continuously learns from usage, ensuring new or obscure assets are instantly resolvable.
The platform combines:
• Real-time market data (20+ sources)
• AI-powered signals and analysis
• Execution integrations via deep links (perps, DEXs, brokers)
• A developer-ready API (244 endpoints, sub-100ms latency)
Strykr enables a full workflow from intent → insight → execution, making it possible for both humans and autonomous agents to trade and analyze markets in one unified system.
How to get started (2–3 min setup):
prism_sk_...)
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.prismapi.ai/resolve/BTC
What you can build:
• Trading agents (signals, risk, technicals)
• Market dashboards (crypto, stocks, ETFs)
• On-chain + DEX analytics
• Prediction/odds-based apps
Key API endpoints:
• /resolve/{asset} → universal asset identity
• /crypto/{symbol}/price → real-time prices
• /signals/{symbol} → AI signals
• /risk/{symbol} → volatility + metrics
Limits: Free tier + credits included - no upgrade needed to start.
⚠️ Important Notes:
• Credits are provided by PRISM and are subject to their delivery.
• Lablab is not responsible or liable if PRISM does not provide the credits.
• Please note that PRISM is a subscription-based service. If you do not plan to continue using it after the hackathon, remember to cancel your subscription to avoid any charges.
Aerodrome Finance is a decentralized liquidity marketplace designed to power efficient token trading and liquidity coordination on the Base ecosystem. Aerodrome combines automated market making, liquidity incentives, and governance to create a powerful platform where developers and users can launch tokens, create liquidity pools, and coordinate on-chain markets.
With tools like Aerodrome Launcher, builders can easily create and bootstrap new tokens while integrating liquidity and market incentives from day one. This makes Aerodrome a strong foundation for projects that need on-chain trading infrastructure, liquidity coordination, and programmable financial flows.
🏆 Total prize pool: $55,000
Note
Surge Prize Distribution
• All prizes are distributed in tokens.
• Tokens are vested via Streamflow.
• Token grants exceeding $10,000 are subject to a 12-month linear vesting schedule, with monthly unlocks.
• Token grants below $10,000 are subject to a 6-month linear vesting schedule, with monthly unlocks.
• Tokens are allocated approximately 4 weeks after the event concludes.
• Teams are required to set up and use multi-signature wallets for receiving funds.
• AI agents may also receive token allocations via agent-specific wallets.
📋 Basic Information
• Project Title
• Short Description
• Long Description
• Technology & Category Tags
📸 Cover Image and Presentation
• Cover Image
• Video Presentation
• Slide Presentation
💻 App Hosting & Code Repository
• Public GitHub Repository
• Demo Application Platform
• Application URL
For further details and guidance, please visit Submission Guidelines
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Next Hackathon
Band of Agents Hackathon
Starts Jun 12, 2026