Press Start 👉🎮 AI Agent Ship-a-Thon: Opening Session
Bring your crypto AI Agent idea to life!
This ain't your mama's hack-a-thon. By joining this program, you're expected to ship!
🎉 FREE to participate
💻 Fully remote
🗓️ Mon Mar 3 – Wed Mar 12
💪 Perks include partner dev support, marketing support, grants, and more!
💸 $100k+ in potential investment
Timeline 🗓️
Mar 3: Ship-a-Thon begins + Panels
Mar 4–11: Panels + AMAs
Mar 12: Finalist Pitches
Who is this for? 👷♀️
Builders who ship quickly
Builders looking for a "mastermind group" of other builders to ship alongside
Builders looking to receive & share product feedback
Mar 3, 12pm - 1pm ET Agenda
Ship-a-Thon overview
Builder panel: Pro Tips for Agent builders
Audience Q&A
Ship-a-Thon Partners
NEAR Protocol
NEAR is a high-performance L1 blockchain on a mission to power one trillion autonomous agents. With low fees, near-instant finality, and a developer-friendly toolkit, NEAR empowers AI builders to rapidly launch and scale production-ready dApps—especially in entertainment and gaming. Whether you’re pioneering multi-agent systems or building next-gen AI-driven games, NEAR’s intent-based architecture streamlines development and accelerates Web3 innovation.
Ship-a-Thon perks:
Direct marketing support from the NEAR Foundation
Featured case study on near.org blog
Opportunity for follow-on funding
Access to exclusive developer programs
0G Labs
0G provides the infrastructure needed to make AI more open, accessible, and decentralized. You'll have access to:
Largest AI Layer 1 Chain
Decentralized storage for models and data
Distributed compute power for AI operations
Cross-chain data availability solutions
A supportive community of builders
Ship-a-Thon perks:
Projects with good integration will be considered for our Incubation/Acceleration Programs
Support for Credits post main-net launch
Valdi Labs / Storj
Valdi makes cutting-edge GPUs—like H100s and H200s—accessible on demand, billed by the hour, so you can focus on building and scaling your AI agents without worrying about hardware constraints. Visit us at Valdi.ai and spin up a VM in just 30 seconds.
Ship-a-Thon perks:
Free $15 GPU credit per user
Opportunity for follow-on funding
Yoko.live
With Yoko, you can create, train, and deploy AI agents in just minutes, and we're looking for talented builders like you to push the boundaries of what's possible.
Ship-a-Thon perks:
Grants to support your project
Top performers will receive additional $YOKO tokens as prizes
Guidance and support throughout the program
Showcase your project to Yoko community and potential investors
Elfa AI
Elfa is a realtime crypto data x trading product that helps busy crypto natives take action on latest opportunities.
Ship-a-Thon perks:
1:1 support for builders
Free additional endpoints in free tier
Web3GPT
Seamless Agent Deployment: Leverage Web3GPT's AI stack to deploy on-chain agents effortlessly.
Ship-a-Thon perks:
FREE inference using OpenAI, Anthropic, or GROK for deployed agents throughout alpha testing