
Next Hackathon
Band of Agents Hackathon
Starts Jun 12, 2026
🌍 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: May 25–30,2026 | 📍 SF Onsite Finale: May 30–31,2026
We’ve unlocked the web for your AI. Now build what wasn’t possible before.
Build AI agents with live web data, then join the SF onsite finale at Bright Data’s new Web Data Loft.
🚀 The onsite experience will take place during the opening of Bright Data’s new SF space, The Web Data Loft.
📍 On-site Venue (May 30–31):
The Web Data Loft
🏆 $18,300 cash prize + Bright Data AI Startup Program opportunities
🍕 Free food, drinks, networking, workshops, mentorship, and live demos
🎁 Onsite attendees are automatically entered into a live giveaway for 4 × $100 Amazon gift cards.
🧑💻 Apply now to build AI agents powered by real-time web access.

Our AI hackathon brought together a diverse group of participants, who collaborated to develop a variety of impressive projects based on:
2310
Participants
767
Teams
294
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 →Every AI system eventually hits the same wall: rate limits, bot detection, JavaScript-rendered pages, geo-blocks, and stale data.
Bright Data gives builders access to the infrastructure needed to collect, reason over, and act on live public web data at scale.
For this hackathon, participants will use Bright Data’s full infrastructure stack to build AI agents, data systems, and production-ready web data infrastructure powered by real-time web access.
The goal is simple: build what was not possible before when AI agents were locked, throttled, or limited by stale data.
Bright Data AI x Web Data Weekend is more than a hackathon. It’s a builder weekend focused on how modern AI agents use live web data.
Join hands-on workshops, meet founders and builders from the SF AI community, and experience the opening weekend of Bright Data’s new office space, The Web Data Loft, in San Francisco.
Web Data UNLOCKED is a hybrid hackathon. Build from anywhere online, or join the onsite finale in San Francisco for live workshops, mentorship, networking, demos, and the Web Data Loft opening weekend.
Build remotely from anywhere in the world and submit your project on lablab.ai.
Get everything in the online track, plus a live builder experience at The Web Data Loft.
Note: All participants submit projects on lablab.ai, whether they build online or onsite. Onsite spots are limited. More onsite logistics are covered in the FAQ near the bottom of this page.
Need a team? Join the Discord team-matching channel and share your skills before the event starts.
AI is moving into the enterprise. That’s where the hard problems are, the budgets are real, and the stakes are high enough to matter.
The web is the largest, most continuously updated source of business intelligence on the planet and Bright Data gives you the infrastructure to access it reliably, at scale, without breaking.
This is a direct challenge: unlock the web for your AI agents and build something a real enterprise team would actually depend on.
Unlock the web for the teams that drive revenue.
Sales, marketing, and revenue operations run on market knowledge. The web has all of it in real time and most GTM teams still can’t access it reliably or at scale.
This track focuses on systems that:
This track is for builders working on:
Unlock the web for the teams that make financial decisions.
Pricing, risk, procurement, and planning depend on data that reflects right now — not last week's export. It's all out there, continuously updated, rarely structured. The teams that get to it first, reliably, win.
This track focuses on systems that:
This track is for builders working on:
Unlock the web for the teams that manage risk.
Threats, regulatory changes, third-party risks, and brand exposure don’t surface in internal systems — they surface across the open web, on sources no SIEM was built to monitor.
This track focuses on systems that:
This track is for builders working on:
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.
Bright Data products are available to participants during the hackathon. Use these tools to build agents, data pipelines, search workflows, scraping systems, and production-ready AI infrastructure.
Connect AI agents directly to the live web via LangChain, CrewAI, Claude, Cursor, and more.
Bypass bot detection, CAPTCHAs, and geo-blocks on any public website.
Real-time structured search engine results from Google, Bing, Yandex, and more.
Full browser automation on JavaScript-heavy and interactive sites.
Structured JSON from 660+ pre-built site scrapers, including Amazon, LinkedIn, and more.
Build and run custom scrapers with AI or code, with no proxy management required.
Residential, datacenter, ISP, and mobile IPs with 400M+ monthly IPs for reliable at-scale access.
Explore Bright Data resources, platform details, and guidance for using Bright Data during the hackathon.
Every participant receives $250 in Bright Data API credits to build AI agents and applications powered by live web data. Teams can request additional credits on-site or via the Discord channel .
Bright Data Docs | MCP Quickstart | AI Playground | Starter pack for the Bright Data
Technology partners are joining Web Data UNLOCKED to support builders with AI models, speech AI, agent memory, workflow automation, serverless inference, and AI-assisted development tools.
AI/ML API provides access to leading AI models through a unified API for agents, automation, research, and multimodal use cases.
Credits
$10 per person
Availability
Up to 500 participants
Validity
Until the hackathon ends
Speechmatics provides speech-to-text and conversational AI technology for voice-enabled agents, assistants, and real-time workflows.
Credits
$200 API credits
Availability
First 100 participants
Validity
1 month
Setup Steps
Speechmatics Setup GuidePromo Code
WEBDATAHACK200
Use the setup guide and the Workshops section below for the redemption steps, then enter this promo code when prompted.
Featherless AI provides serverless AI inference for open-source models, helping builders integrate specialized models into agents, workflows, and real-time applications.
Credits
$25 per participant
Availability
Up to 1,000 participants
Access
First-come, first-served
Validity
1 month from activation
Promo Code
WEBDATA26
Follow the setup guide to activate your access, then enter this promo code when prompted.
Cognee helps builders add memory and context to AI agents, making it easier to build systems that remember and reason across tasks.
TriggerWare.ai helps teams build event-driven workflows and automation systems that connect AI agents, tools, and real-world actions.
Kiro is an AI-powered development platform built on AWS that helps developers move from idea to working software faster with AI-assisted coding and workflows.
• Partner credits, promo codes, setup guides, and workshops are provided directly by each technology partner and may depend on availability, eligibility, and each platform’s own terms.
• Some tools, including AI/ML API, may require billing or subscription setup. Please cancel any service you do not plan to continue using after the hackathon to avoid future charges.
• lablab.ai helps coordinate access, but each third-party platform manages its own credits, limits, billing, API keys, and availability.
Watch the kickoff stream and partner setup guides to learn how to use the tools available during Web Data UNLOCKED.
lablab.ai
Speechmatics
Speechmatics
Featherless AI
Onsite & Online Track Prizes
Everyone competes across the same three tracks. Onsite and online winners are awarded separately.
Onsite Prizes
$3,000
Awarded to onsite winners joining the San Francisco finale.
GTM Intelligence
$1,000
Finance & Market Intelligence
$1,000
Security & Compliance
$1,000
Online Prizes
$2,100
Awarded to online winners building remotely and submitting through lablab.ai.
GTM Intelligence
$700
Finance & Market Intelligence
$700
Security & Compliance
$700
Bright Data AI Startup Program
Winning teams may be fast-tracked into the Bright Data AI Startup Program to keep building with Bright Data infrastructure, including Web Scraper API, MCP Server, Web Unlocker, SERP API, Scraping Browser, Proxies, and Scraper Studio.
$20K
Credits
Partner Challenges & Rewards
AI/ML API Challenge
Cash Prize
$1,000
Cash reward from AI/ML API
Platform Credits
$1,000
AI/ML API credits
Speechmatics Challenge
1st Place
500 API credits
2nd Place
500 API credits
3rd Place
500 API credits
Cognee Challenge
Cognee Team
1 Year Access
Valued at $2,400
Gift Card
$500 Amazon
For the selected team
TriggerWare.ai Challenge
1st Prize
$300 Amazon Gift Card
+ 5,000 tokens/month for 12 months, valued at $600/year
2nd Prize
$150 Amazon Gift Card
+ 5,000 tokens/month for 12 months, valued at $600/year
3rd Prize
$50 Amazon Gift Card
+ 5,000 tokens/month for 12 months, valued at $600/year
Featherless AI Challenge
1st Place
500 inference credits
+ Claw Pro plan valued at $200
2nd Place
300 inference credits
+ Claw Pro plan valued at $200
3rd Place
100 inference credits
+ Claw Pro plan valued at $200
Kiro Challenge
1st Place
$3,000 Kiro credits
2nd Place
$2,000 Kiro credits
3rd Place
$1,000 Kiro credits
Note: All projects must be submitted through lablab.ai. Everyone competes across the same three main tracks. Onsite and online rewards are awarded separately. Partner prizes require meaningful use of the relevant partner technology and may be subject to partner terms, availability, and final review.
📋 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
Bright Data Requirement: Your submission must demonstrably use at least one Bright Data product.
Join lablab.ai hackathon and innovate using the latest models in the market. Discover all the relevant details below.
The start date of the hackathon is mentioned according to the date specified on the hackathon page, cover and schedule. The hackathon will take place on the lablab.ai platform, lablab.ai Discord server & Onsite at The Web Data Loft, in San Francisco.
Everyone is welcome to participate, regardless of previous AI or coding experience! We encourage anyone with a passion for AI or an interest in exploring how it can be used in their field to join.
If you don't have a team, don't worry! You can connect with other participants from all over the world on our dashboard or Discord server. We also recommend checking out our Discord server to find teammates and bounce around ideas. You can join the server here.
The hackathon will take place online on lablab.ai platform and lablab.ai Discord Server. Please register for both in order to participate. To participate click the "Enroll" button at the bottom of the page and read our Hackathon Guidelines and Getting Started Guide.
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!
Questions Before You Join Onsite?
Key details for participants planning to join Web Data UNLOCKED onsite in San Francisco.
Submissions from the teams participating in the Web Data UNLOCKED Hackathon event and making it to the end 👊
Check out the roster and find teams to join

Next Hackathon
Band of Agents Hackathon
Starts Jun 12, 2026