Monday, April 7 - April 18, 2025

BUILDATHON: ROAD TO HACKER HOUSE & ADI

A 12-day online sprint to build on the AO & Arweave stack

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The buildathon is a 12-day online sprint to hack and build something meaningful on the AO & Arweave stack. It's also your chance to earn a spot at the upcoming Hacker House & Arweave Day India event.

What's at stake?

  • 2 week online build sprint
  • 4 days IRL hacker house
  • All expenses paid
  • $20k+ in scholarships + bounties

How it works:

Phase 1: THE CHALLENGES (April 7-13)

Participate in the tracks and show us your intent. Your P1 submission could earn you an all expenses paid ticket to the hacker house

Phase 2: THE SCHOLARSHIP (April 14-22)

Top 30 builders will be selected for the hacker house and will continue building their projects in the lead up to it

Phase 3: SHOWTIME IRL (April 23-26)

Compete for the bounties at the IRL hacker house and demo your project at ADI

Dates to Remember

  • Buildathon Begins: April 7th
  • Phase 1 Submission Deadline: April 11th (Midnight)

Got questions or need 1:1 feedback? Hop on to the Discord

Choose Your Track

🏗️ DEV CHALLENGE

1. Autonomous Investment Agent

Build an agent that automatically executes a simple investment strategy like dollar-cost averaging, value averaging or systematic investment plan. Create a dashboard where users can set preferences, track performance, and monitor their investments.

2. Content Discovery Platform

Create a mobile-first platform that cuts through the noise and delivers concise, curated content based on user interests across news, X or learning. Address information overload with efficient content organization and discovery mechanisms.

3. A Competitive Game

Build a simple and easy to grasp game. Add leaderboards for social engagement. Bonus points for in-game assets.

4. Open Track

This one's for the 10x Developers. Pick and solve for a unique solution using Arweave/AO's stack.

Note for all tracks: Your submission must integrate both Arweave (data layer) and AO (compute layer) with a functional user interface.
GROWTH HACKER

Great products also need great communication and outreach for growth. And we're looking for all round growth hackers that can complement the skills of devs and help their products communicate effectively and reach more users.

Pick a project from the list and show us how your skills can help it gain adoption through effective marketing and/or strategic outreach. You must submit the following:

  1. Create a campaign brief for one of the below listed projects. This must include a narrative, ideal customer profiles and an execution plan. It can be around GTM for the entire product or an upcoming feature.
  2. Create a short pitch/ad or a tech explainer (video, blog) from the campaign prepared and share it on X.

Arweave/AO Projects List: