AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT II
Build AI agents and high-performance AI apps on AMD GPUs in the cloud.
Grab your ideas, spin up compute, and start building what’s next!
Start with $100 in AMD Developer Cloud credits and begin building right away.
Get access to hands-on tutorials, workshops, and curated learning resources to help you build faster and go further.
To unlock credits and join the hackathon, click Sign up with AMD
💰 $10,000 total prize pool
Developers, builders, and innovators - bring your boldest ideas and let’s turn them into real AI systems on AMD.
The AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT II is a hands-on event for developers, founders, engineers, and builders who want to push what’s possible with AI on real infrastructure.
At the center of it: AI Agents - a space to explore intelligent workflows, automation, and real AI applications. Whether you’re just starting out or already building, you can jump in and start creating.
You’ll be working with AMD AI Developer Cloud, ROCm, and model APIs, all fully in the cloud, so you can focus on building instead of setup.
What participants get
AMD AI Developer Program members unlock cloud credits, training resources, expert access, and opportunities to get their work recognized.
☁️ $100 AMD Developer Cloud Credits
AMD AI Developer Program members receive cloud credits to start building with AMD AI Developer Cloud.
⚡ AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs
Access powerful AMD Instinct MI300X GPU infrastructure through AMD Developer Cloud.
🎓 AMD AI Academy
Access AMD AI Academy courses, technical resources, tutorials, documentation, and developer learning content.
📘 DeepLearning.AI Pro
Get a 1-month complimentary DeepLearning.AI Pro membership.
🧑💻 AMD Expert Access
Connect with AMD engineers and technical experts through member community channels and office hours.
💬 Private Community Access
Get access to community channels, personalized updates, and early registration opportunities for AMD developer events.
🏆 Project Recognition
Get opportunities for project recognition, including potential showcase on AMD social channels or at AMD developer events.
🚀 Fully Cloud-Based
Everything runs fully in the cloud, so no local hardware setup is required to participate and build.
Start with AMD AI Developer Cloud
Use your credits and AMD cloud infrastructure to prototype, test, and build AI agents faster during the hackathon. Benefits are provided through the AMD AI Developer Program and may be subject to AMD’s terms, eligibility, and availability.
Refer friends and earn points
Invite other builders with your personal referral link. Once you’re approved, you can generate your link from the event dashboard and start sharing.
Get approved
Register for the hackathon and wait until your enrollment is approved.
Generate your link
Open your dashboard and click “Generate referral link.”
Share and track
Share your link and track referral activity from your dashboard, live page, or profile.
How points work
Earn 200 points when someone joins through your link and submits a project. Referred participants can earn 100 points when they submit.
Referral activity appears after invited participants enroll and get approved.
Bigger AI workloads. Faster GPUs. A new AMD challenge is coming.
The next edition of the AMD Developer Hackathon is officially on the way. Build with AMD Developer Cloud, ROCm, and cloud-accessible AMD GPUs while exploring the next generation of AI applications, infrastructure, and performance experimentation.
Challenge Details Coming Soon
We’re preparing a brand-new set of technical experiences, challenge formats, and AI building opportunities designed around AMD-powered infrastructure.
Expect deeper experimentation, more hands-on GPU access, technical workshops, performance-focused AI development, and new ways to push modern AI systems further.
Looking for inspiration? Explore the first AMD Developer Hackathon to see what builders created in the previous edition.
Register Early
Early registrants will be the first to receive challenge announcements, workshop access, technical resources, GPU credits, and hackathon updates.
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:
🤖 Agent-to-Agent Payments
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.
🧑💼Consumer AI Payments
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.
🏢 B2B FinOps & Compliance
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.
🛒 On-chain Commerce Primitives
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.
Technology & Access
Build using AMD Developer Cloud, ROCm, open-source AI frameworks, and cloud-accessible AMD GPUs.
Everything runs fully in the cloud, so teams can focus on building, experimenting, benchmarking, and scaling AI workloads without managing infrastructure.
AMD Developer Cloud
On-demand access to AMD Instinct MI300X GPUs for training, fine-tuning, benchmarking, and deploying AI workloads.
ROCm
ROCm is AMD’s open-source GPU computing platform for AI, ML, and high-performance workloads on AMD GPUs.
AMD Training & Learning Resources
Participants also get access to curated AI learning resources, tutorials, hands-on labs, and training materials to help them build faster.
Prizes
🏆 Total Prize Pool: $10,000
What to submit?
📋 Basic Information
• Project Title
• Short Description
• Long Description
• Technology & Category Tags
🚨 Submission Deadline
📸 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
Hackathon Details
Join lablab.ai hackathon and innovate using the latest models in the market. Discover all the relevant details below.
🛠️ How to participate
To access credits and be approved for the hackathon, participants must sign up for the AMD Developer Program.
The hackathon will take place online on lablab.ai platform, lablab.ai Discord Server, and in person.
🦸🏼♂️ Who can join?
Everyone with a passion for AI or an interest in exploring its applications in their field is welcome to participate.
To participate click the "Enroll" button at the bottom of the page and read our Hackathon Guidelines and Getting Started Guide.
🧠 Get prepared / Use Lablab.ai to Learn About AI
To get ready for the hackathon, visit our AI Tech pages and read up on all the available technologies. You can also check out our tutorials page for more information on how to use them. Get a head start on your project by using the resources on lablab.ai!
😅 What about teams?
If you don't have a team, don't worry! Connect with other builders, find teammates and get support on our Discord - this is where most of the hackathon happens.You can join the server here.
Join the conversation, ask questions, and start building with others from day one.
Speakers, Mentors & Judges
Event Schedule
- To be announced
Teams: AMD Developer Hackathon: ACT II
Check out the roster and find teams to join
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