Algorand Hackathon: AI Meets Blockchain @w3.hub
🚀 Algorand Hackathon: AI Meets Blockchain
📅 September 3–4th, 2025. Doors are open at 9.30 am and breakfast is served!
📍 w3.hub Berlin, Möckernstraße 120, 3rd floor, 10963 Berlin
Organized by the Algorand Foundation, AI Agents Berlin and 42 Berlin Blockchain this two-day hackathon is your chance to build, experiment, and push boundaries at the intersection of AI and blockchain. We’ll be exploring what’s possible when AI tools run on Algorand — and documenting every step on-chain.
🛠 Theme
AI & Blockchain: Experimenting with AI tools on Algorand
Whether you’re an experienced Algorand developer or just curious about combining AI with blockchain, you’ll get hands-on time with smart contract development in TypeScript and Python, while leveraging Algorand’s unique strengths for speed, security, and scalability.
📚 Mentors & Workshops
AlgoKit Kickstart – Learn to set up and build with AlgoKit, led by Marco Podien.
More workshops and mentor sessions announced soon.
🍕 What’s Included
Food, drinks, and snacks to keep you energised while you build. Limited overnight accommodations available
🏆 Prizes (€5,000 total)
🥇 Grand Prize – €2,000
🥈 Runner-up x 2 – €750
🤖 Best AI – €500
🔗 Best Blockchain Utility x 2– €500
🛠 Rules
Team size - 1 - 4 people
All projects have to be build during the span of the hackathon
Projects have to be open-sourced , teams retain full ownership (Apache license strongly suggested)
Teams should pitch their project live on the 4th of September
📢 Communications and team-formation
Please join our Telegram group for all hackathon-related communication: https://t.me/+GUyxFWJbL582ZjAy
If you are looking for a team, or looking for team members, please post info regarding your profile, your idea, team or what are you looking for in the Telegram group(Team building & networking section)
We will do our best to help participants with team formation, come early to get to know more people!
📅 Detailed Schedule
Day 1 – Sept 3
09:30 – Check-in and breakfast (3rd floor)
10:30 – Opening ceremony
10:35 – Algorand introduction
11:15 – Algorand ecosystem session
12:00 – Team formation session
13:00 – Lunch
14:00 – AlgoKit Kickstart workshop
19:00 – Dinner
🌙 Overnight hacking begins (sleeping setup available)
Day 2 – Sept 4
09:30 – Team check-in
10:00 – Breakfast
10:30 – Open Q&A / mentor check-in
12:00 – Lunch
14:00 – Coding stop
14:15 – Project submission
15:00 – Team pitches
16:00 – Jury judging session
18:00 – BIG announcement by Algorand Foundation
18:05 – 🏆 Winners announced
18:30 – Dinner + Celebration 🎉
21:30 – Doors close @ w3hub
💡 Example Project Ideas
AI-Powered Developer Copilot – An AI assistant to code, debug, and architect Algorand smart contracts, with on-chain audit trails.
Collective Coding Platform – A decentralized playground for sharing, forking, and tipping live coding projects.
AI-Enhanced Blockchain Tools – AI-powered contract analysis, auditing, or NFT metadata generation.
Open AI + Blockchain Collaboration – Crowdsource AI model improvements with contributors rewarded in ALGO.
On-Chain AI Feedback – Tokenized, decentralized user feedback for AI models.
Bring your laptop, your ideas, and your curiosity — and let’s build the future of AI on Algorand.
If you would like to prepare for the hackathon, feel free to check out these resources:
📚 Learn the basics
Start with our learning hub for an introduction to blockchain and Algorand, smart contracts, and more:
Algorand learning hub
🧰 Explore AlgoKit
Familiarize yourself with AlgoKit, Algorand’s development toolkit:
Getting Started with AlgoKit
🎓 Join a workshop
Build hands-on skills before the hackathon at our online workshops:
🚀 Post-Hackathon Opportunities
🎤 Project showcase: https://luma.com/e5ghs2dd?pk=g-kaRdGbp6SLHNNUp
💡 Algorand Accelerator: https://algorand.co/2025-accelerator-application (up to $50k funding)
🛠 Upcoming hackathons: https://algorand.co/hackathon
🎓 Web3 Masterclasses: https://algorand.co/web3-masterclasses
👩💻 Algokit workshops: https://algorand.co/algokit-workshops
✨ Don’t miss it: A big announcement from the Algorand Foundation on Sept 4!