Rohan Zohaib@_Rohan_

SmartGuard AI addresses the critical security gap in autonomous AI commerce. With $4.2 billion lost annually to crypto fraud and AI agents handling over $150 million daily, current solutions fail to scale. Our system uses Google's Gemini AI to analyze transactions in real-time, generate risk scores, and make autonomous approval/blocking decisions with zero human intervention. Key features include real-time transaction monitoring, risk heat maps, fraud pattern recognition, automated incident response, and explainable AI decisions. We integrate with Circle Wallets and Arc Network for seamless USDC settlements. Expected impact includes 40-50% fraud reduction targeting a $4.2B market. Built by a team of three developers: AI integration, blockchain backend, and frontend dashboard. The solution enables secure, scalable agentic commerce while building trust in autonomous transactions.

In this hybrid hackathon powered by Arc, developers will build the next generation of agentic commerce systems using Arc with USDC. Explore a world where AI agents and web services can pay for APIs, data, compute, and content in dynamic, usage-based ways, while Arc provides stablecoin-native settlement with predictable USDC fees and deterministic, sub-second finality. This hackathon is supported by Google & Google DeepMind, with a dedicated challenge and $40,000 in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) credits awarded for the best use of Gemini models and Google AI Studio. 📅 January 9 – 24, 2026 • Jan 9 – 23 (Online Phase) – Collaborate and build online with developers and AI innovators from around the world. All projects must be submitted by the end of the online phase on January 23rd. • Jan 23 (On‑site Build Day – San Francisco, CA) – Selected participants will be invited to an exclusive in‑person session to refine their projects and connect directly with mentors. • Jan 24 (On‑site Demos & Awards – San Francisco, CA) – Live pitching sessions to a panel of judges and ecosystem partners, followed by the official winner announcement. Get guidance from Arc and Circle experts through on-site support. 📍 On-site Venue (Jan 23–24): MindsDB SF AI Collective 3154 17th St, San Francisco, California, USA 🤝 Go solo or team up, it's your flow. 🏆Compete for $50,000 in USDC & GCP Credits. 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered. 🧑🏻‍💻 Secure your spot now - sign up before the Kick-Off Stream!