🎤 Showcase Your Vision:

Ship an autonomous agent that does real work on the open web

Your agent(s) need to take real action — publish, monitor, orchestrate, transact — grounded in real sources. Use 2+ sponsor tools.

Monetize it with agent payment rails (x402, MPP, CDP, agentic.market).
Utilize at least 2 sponsor tools to build your agent
You will have 3 minutes to demo your project. Impress us with your agent!

9:00 AM: 🚪 Doors Open
9:45 AM: 🎤 Keynote & Opening Remarks
11:00 AM: 💻 Start Coding!
1:30 PM: 🍕Lunch
4:30 PM: 📤 Project Submission Deadline
5:00 PM: 👩‍💻 Finalists Presentations and Judging
7:00 PM: 🏆 Awards Ceremony

Max team size of 4.

Hacking starts at 11:00AM ET on May 23 and ends at 4:30 PM ET on May 23. Late submissions may be cut off.

No previous projects allowed. Githubs will need to be submitted.

Teams can either choose to build their project using the sponsor API models and try to win the prizes based on sponsor tracks.

Judged on the following criteria (20% each)

Autonomy — How well does the agent act on real-time data without manual intervention?
Idea — Does the solution have the potential to solve a meaningful problem or demonstrate real-world value?
Technical Implementation — How well was the solution implemented?
Tool Use — Did the solution effectively use at least 2 sponsor tools?
Presentation (Demo) — Demonstration of the solution in 3 minutes

You must bring government-issued photo ID. Security has the right to turn people away. No e-bikes/scooters allowed. All participants must be 18 years or older.

By attending, you agree to follow the Datadog Community Code of Conduct and agree to the Datadog Event Terms and Conditions.

Limited Capacity Event – Please Read how entry works!

Space is limited - entry is first come, first served. We expect to hit capacity by 9:45 AM — after that, we won't be able to let anyone else in, even if you registered and have a Luma QR code.

Arrive early to secure your spot.

Requirements

What to Submit

3-minute demo recording along with all details required from Devpost
Public github repo

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,000+ in prizes

+ other prizes

Best use of Nimble's API or Web Search Agents

$1,500 in cash

2 winners

- $1000 Amazon gift card and $1000 in Nimble credits for first place
- $500 Amazon gift card and $500 in Nimble credits for second place

Best use of ClickHouse

$1,000 in cash

2 winners

“Makes your life better” - Fix issues that stem from your job or day to day life
“Impact in our community/World, improving lives” -Useful and impactful
Either of these categories will win first place!

- $1000 Cash prize for first place + $500 ClickHouse cloud credits
- $300 cloud credits 2nd place

Best use of Senso.ai

1 winner

3k in credits awarded to the project that uses Senso's content generation APIs to publish grounded, citeable content to cited.md (or another public destination). Ingestion alone won't qualify — we're rewarding teams that close the loop from knowledge base to published, agent-discoverable content. Docs: docs.senso.ai.

Judges

See Luma for judges

Judging Criteria

Idea - 20%
Idea — Does the solution have the potential to solve a meaningful problem or demonstrate real-world value?
Technical implementation - 20%
Technical Implementation — How well was the solution implemented?
Tool Use - 20%
Tool Use — Did the solution effectively use at least 3 sponsor tools?
Presentation - 20%
Presentation (Demo) — Demonstration of the solution in 3 minutes
Autonomy - 20%
Autonomy — How well does the agent act on real-time data without manual intervention?