Welcome to the world’s largest hackathon, where over $1,000,000 in prizes are about to be handed out to smart creative people like you!
We're standing at the precipice of a once-in-a-generation shift. The rules have changed. The playing field has been leveled. For the first time in history, anyone with an idea can build it without the traditional software developer skillset.
Bolt.new has shattered the barriers between imagination and creation. Describe what you want to build, and watch as AI transforms your vision into reality—no coding required.
THIS IS NOT JUST A HACKATHON
This is your launchpad.
This is your classroom.
This is your funding round.
This is your moment!
WHO SHOULD DROP EVERYTHING AND JOIN?
- Vibe coders ready to lead the new generation of builders
- Entrepreneurs searching for their next billion-dollar idea
- Creators who've been waiting for technology to catch up with their vision
- Students who want to skip years of learning curves
- ANYONE with ideas worth building and the drive to make them real
THE OPPORTUNITY IS UNPRECEDENTED
✓ Learn cutting-edge AI-powered development from world-class mentors
✓ Build production-ready applications in minutes instead of months
✓ Launch your company with built-in attention and momentum
✓ Win life-changing prizes and investor connections
This summer, all eyes in tech will be on this event. Venture capitalists, tech influencers, and industry leaders are clearing their calendars.
Projects launched during this hackathon will capture attention across tech media, with creators invited to share their journey from concept to completion – opening doors that typically require years of networking to access.
"If you're not part of this hackathon, you're missing the most accessible launchpad into tech this decade." - Eric Simons
GET STARTED IN SECONDS. CHANGE YOUR TRAJECTORY FOREVER.
- Register now (takes ~30 seconds)
- Build your first app with AI—no coding required
- Find local events to attend
- Compete for the $1,000,000+ prize pool
What to create
Build a NEW application primarily with Bolt.new!
Start building your app on or after May 30 for it to be considered NEW. Your app can be built completely with Bolt.new or significantly started or built on Bolt.new. Just be sure the publicly deployed version includes a badge that highlights that it is built with Bolt.new (see guidance here).
💰 Challenge Prizes
To be eligible for Challenge Prizes your project must also meet the relevant challenge:
- Make More Money Challenge: Use the RevenueCat mobile SDK and RevenueCat Paywall Builder to acquire subscribers in your mobile Bolt.new app.
- Custom Domain Challenge: Use Entri to get an IONOS Domain Name and publish your Bolt.new app on the domain.
- Blockchain Challenge: Build an app on Algorand where blockchain powers trustless payments, verifiable data, user-owned identity, or programmable digital assets—all with speed, simplicity, and global scale.
- Conversational AI Video Challenge: Use Tavus to bring real-time AI video agents to your Bolt.new app.
- Voice AI Challenge: Use ElevenLabs to make your Bolt.new app conversational.Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt.new application.
- Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt.new application.
- Silly Sh!t Challenge: Use Reddit’s Developer Platform x Bolt to bring your wackiest, weirdest, and silliest ideas to Reddit in the form of a game.
- Startup Challenge: Use Supabase to prep your Bolt.new project to scale to millions.
What to Submit
- Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
- Provide a URL to a publicly available version of the project that is fully functional as described for review and judging.
- Confirm usage of Bolt.new to build the project and show the ‘Built with Bolt.new’ badge on your public project.
- Provide the email used to build the project on Bolt.new. This email must be associated with the usage of Bolt.new to built the submitted project.
$125,000 in cash
1 winner
• $100,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$100,000 in cash
1 winner
• $75,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$75,000 in cash
1 winner
• $50,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$50,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$47,500 in cash
1 winner
• $22,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$45,000 in cash
1 winner
• $20,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$42,500 in cash
1 winner
• $17,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$40,000 in cash
1 winner
• $15,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$37,500 in cash
1 winner
• $12,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$35,000 in cash
1 winner
• $10,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Regional Highlights | AMER
Regional Highlights | AMER
$10,000 in cash
3 winners
• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Regional Highlights | APAC
Regional Highlights | APAC
$10,000 in cash
3 winners
• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Regional Highlights | EMEA
Regional Highlights | EMEA
$10,000 in cash
3 winners
• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Make More Money Challenge Winner
Make More Money Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
3 winners
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Custom Domain Challenge Winner
Custom Domain Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Blockchain Challenge Winner
Blockchain Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Conversational AI Video Challenge Winner
Conversational AI Video Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Voice AI Challenge Winner
Voice AI Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Useless Sh!t Challenge Winner
Useless Sh!t Challenge Winner
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
$25,000 in cash
1 winner
• $25,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor
Bonus Prizes | Standout Event Hosts
Bonus Prizes | Standout Event Hosts
$5,000 in cash
5 winners
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prizes | Inspirational Story
Bonus Prizes | Inspirational Story
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prizes | One-Shot Competition
Bonus Prizes | One-Shot Competition
$1,000 in cash
25 winners
$1,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Uniquely Useful Tool
Bonus Prize | Uniquely Useful Tool
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Creative Use of AI
Bonus Prize | Creative Use of AI
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Most Beautiful UI
Bonus Prize | Most Beautiful UI
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Most Viral Project
Bonus Prize | Most Viral Project
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Future Unicorn
Bonus Prize | Future Unicorn
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Sharpest Problem Fit
Bonus Prize | Sharpest Problem Fit
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Bonus Prize | Top Build-in-Public Journey
Bonus Prize | Top Build-in-Public Journey
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
We Didn’t Know We Needed This
We Didn’t Know We Needed This
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Most Likely to Get Funded
Most Likely to Get Funded
$5,000 in cash
1 winner
$5,000 in USD
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Greg Isenberg
Entreprenuer and Podcaster

Sarah Guo
Investor, Founder, Conviction

Jason Calacanis
VC and Podcaster, This Week in Startups

Grace Ling
Founder, Design Buddies

Catherine Goetze
Creator, CatGPT

Pieter Levels
Tech Entrepreneur

Nina Lu
Investor & Builder, Dell Technologies Capital

Alex Albert
Head of Relations, Anthropic, Claude

Logan Kilpatrick
Lead Product, Google AI Studio

Angie Jones
VP, Developer Relations, Block

Theo
Influencer

Brianne Kimmel
Founder & Angel Investor, Worklife Ventures

Evan You
Founder, Vue js & Vite js

Ben Tossell
Investor, Founder, BensBites

KP
Founder Relations, Paddle

Julius Marminge
OSS Enthusiast

Addy Osmani
Engineering Leader, Google Chrome

CJ
Entreprenuer

Miguel Carranza
CTO & Co-Founder, RevenueCat

Jenny Fielding
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Everywhere Ventures

Alex Reibman
CEO, AgentOps

Brian Whippo
Head of DevRel, Algorand Foundation

Jennifer Looper
Founder, Beanpot Studio

Evan Bacon
Engineering manager, Expo

Matt Biilmann
CEO and Co-founder, Netlify

Moe Katib
CEO/Founder, Pica

Jess Lee
Co-Founder, Forem

Neal McPherson
Head of Product Management, IONOS

Ryan Lambert
Co-Founder Head of Product, River

Serafim Korablev
Co-Founder, 21st.dev

Thor Schaeff
Developer Experience Engineer, ElevenLabs

Erik Nordlander
General Partner, GV

Silvia Oveido Lopez
Product, Growth and Content Executive

Amit Agrawal
Sr GenAI GTM Specialist, AWS

Cody De Arkland
Head of Developer Experience, Sentry

Tyler Shukert
DevRel engineer, Supabase
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Potential Impact
How big of an impact could the Project have? How meaningful is the problem that the Project is tackling and how well does it solve it and deliver value? How will this Project resonate to the masses or how viral might this Project become? -
Quality of the Idea
How creative and unique is the project? How much of this Project likely already exists in some capacity? Is the problem this Project is tackling, already solved by other offerings in a similar way? -
Technological Implementation
Does the project demonstrate quality software development? Does the project leverage Bolt.new offering in an interesting or advanced way? How well thought out is the infrastructure and execution of the code? -
Design and User Experience
Is the user experience and design of the project well thought out? Is there a balanced blend of frontend and backend in the software?