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 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, Alchemy, Crossmint, Dynamic, Faction VC, Manifold, Hello Moon, and Yei Finance, and enabled by AIDN, Cambrian, 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 for closed beta access.
    • ElizaOS: use the GitHub repo here.

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
• Cambrian
• AIDN (must request closed beta access here)
• Sei MCP
• Crossmint GOAT SDK
• ElizaOS
• Cookie.fun
• Rivalz Oracles

Please join our Telegram channel to ask any specific questions around this hackathon: https://t.me/+qrwumRQV9-A0NWVh

Want to talk through anything with our Sei Knowledge AI Bot? Head here: https://sei.bytebell.ai/