The World’s First Hackathon Run Entirely by AI
Problem
Hackathons are operationally heavy and often suffer from human bottlenecks in judging and coordination. We needed to prove the utility of Gaia’s agent infrastructure—not just by asking developers to build with it, but by trusting it to run the entire show.
Outcome
"Don't just build agents. Hire them." We designed a system where three autonomous agents replaced the traditional organizer, judge, and treasurer. We turned the event into a live spectator sport, proving that AI agents could coordinate complex workflows like launching bounties, assessing code, and distributing payments without human intervention.