About the Hackathon
# **The Accelerated Intelligence Project**
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### ***UPDATE: Results coming the week of September 22.***
Results will be posted to [https://x.com/Sei_FND](https://x.com/Sei_FND) and we will reach out to winners after the announcement.
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### ***Where AI agents go from smart to sovereign***
**Build the future of onchain autonomous intelligence at machine speed on Sei.**
Up to **$1M in funding** • Live virtual VC pitch • The Agent era begins **now**
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# **The Opportunity**
The AI economy is evolving rapidly, from simple tools to intelligent agents to fully autonomous agent networks. These networks represent the next frontier: AI systems that can coordinate complex interactions, manage resources, and exchange value independently at machine speed, and the Sei Network's sub-400ms finality and high-performance infrastructure make this possible.
With up to $1M in prizes and grants across 5 tracks, It’s time to accelerate this evolution.
Join the ai/accelathon and help architect the future of autonomous onchain intelligence.
The ai/accelathon is powered by the Sei Development Foundation, [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/), [Alchemy](https://www.alchemy.com/), [Crossmint](https://www.crossmint.com/), [Dynamic](https://www.dynamic.xyz/), [Faction VC](https://www.faction.vc/), [Manifold](https://manifold.xyz/), [Hello Moon](https://www.hellomoon.io/), and [Yei Finance](https://www.yei.finance/), and enabled by [AIDN](https://aidn.fun/), [Cambrian](https://www.cambrian.wtf/), and the Sei Network.
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# Rules
Participants must submit their project under one of the five official tracks listed below. Submissions will be evaluated against the judging criteria **within their track**, and one winner and one runner up per track will be selected.
### ***Projects built exclusively on Sei will be given a priority weighting for voting.***
## **Requirements**
1. All projects must integrate with the Sei Network and submit a **Sei native** product or contribution
2. All projects must have an active X account
3. All projects must submit a video demo and an explanation of how they have integrated with the Sei Network.
Each submission must include:
- A public GitHub repository
- A description of what you built on Sei specifically for this hackathon
- A description of how the submission addresses the goals of the selected track
- A social account for your project
- A recorded demo of the tool or platform
- Any relevant links to your project
### ***Grand Prize (picked from best overall submission within these tracks) - $75k***
**Additional Prizes to be distributed as well.**
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# **Competition Tracks**
*Submit under one track.*
### **DeFi and Payments Track - Powered by Yei Finance- $60k**
- Build next-generation applications that enhance decentralized finance protocols and payment systems through intelligent automation and improved user experiences.
- **Example Builds:**
- Defi Agents
- Research, analytics, portfolio management
- Payments agents
- B2B Payments, Agent-to-Agent Payments, P2P Payments, Agent-to-API(x402)
### **Consumer Agents Track - Powered by AIDN - $60k**
- Build AI agents that bring blockchain capabilities to mainstream consumer platforms
- **Example Builds:**
- Social agents
- Telegram, Discord, X, LinkedIn
- Artist agents
- Music agents, film agents, photography agents, meme agents
- Gaming agents
- In-game NPC agents, competitive gaming agents
- Available tools for this track:
- AIDN: Fill out [this form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeM0D9zmGN1wUum4n4K3qT3IPimfuVQK2a5UwxiDUFmDdOGvA/viewform?usp=header) for closed beta access.
- ElizaOS: use the GitHub repo [here](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-sei).
### **Tooling and Infra** Track - **$75k**
- Build the foundational tools and infrastructure that will power the next wave of AI agent development on Sei.
- **Example Builds:**
- MCP Server tools
- Improvements, new features
- Vibe-coding platforms and tools
- No-code app launchers, smart contract copilots
- Agentic wallets
- Autonomous onchain action enablement
### **Frontier Technology - $50k**
- Push the boundaries of what's possible when AI agents interact with the physical world and scientific research.
- **Example Builds:**
- Desci agents
- Research Bounty Agents, IP Tokenization Agents
- Robotics (real world agents)
- Autonomous Payment Robots, Robot-to-Robot Marketplaces
- DePin products that interact with Sei’s AI ecosystem
- Compute Resource Brokers, Bandwidth Marketplace Agents
### **The Unexpected___ - $30k**
- Surprise us with AI use cases we never imagined, applications that make us rethink what's possible when intelligence meets blockchain.
## **MCPU Bonus Bounty - $15K**
### For University Students
- Use the Sei MCP Kit to develop a mini App through Claude or Cursor or other, that provides a useful, Sei-integrated tool to anyone in the ecosystem.
- Make a tool that:
- Watches specific wallets and analyzes their behavior
- Observes the inflows and outflows of a meme coin
- Tracks an nft’s lifetime movement
- or anything you can think of
- One university winner will take home a $10k reward, and 5 university submissions will receive $1k each.
- Must prove university enrollment with valid, up-to-date school ID or other proof in a recorded video with your face visible.
- MUST INCLUDE UNIVERSITY ENROLLMENT PROOF VIDEO IN YOUR SUBMISSION, AS A GOOGLE DRIVE LINK.
- Apply for this track if your build is only for the MCP bounty. If it is relevant to another track, you may still select that track AND the MCP bounty.
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# Toolkits
All projects must integrate with **Sei** and can use the following tools to make integration easier:
- [Hive Intelligence](https://dashboard.hiveintelligence.xyz/)
- [Cambrian](https://www.cambrian.wtf/)
- [AIDN](https://aidn.fun) (must request closed beta access [here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeM0D9zmGN1wUum4n4K3qT3IPimfuVQK2a5UwxiDUFmDdOGvA/viewform?usp=dialog))
- [Sei MCP](https://github.com/sei-protocol/sei-mcp-server)
- [Crossmint GOAT SDK](https://github.com/goat-sdk/goat)
- [ElizaOS](https://github.com/elizaos-plugins/plugin-sei)
- [Cookie.fun](https://cookie.fun)
- [Rivalz Oracles](https://x.com/Rivalz_AI)
Please join our Telegram channel to ask any specific questions around this hackathon: [https://t.me/+qrwumRQV9-A0NWVh](https://t.me/+qrwumRQV9-A0NWVh)
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