Tameion Agents Hackathon
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The Tameion Agents Hackathon is Canteen's two-week builder series in partnership with Circle on Arc!
For hackers that want to create AI agents that manage businesses. Settled on Arc, Circle's stablecoin-native L1.
What does this mean for me?
A $40K prize pool (in cash or equivalents) across grand prizes, standout teams, and easter eggs
Direct access to Canteen's research, founders, and network
Real settlement on Arc — sub-second finality, ~$0.01 USDC fees
Five published Requests for Builders (RFBs) with concrete, buildable angles
Mentorship and programming throughout the two weeks
Why Tameion?
AI agents are becoming economic actors. They discover each other, pay for services, and build a record of who delivered, a market run by software. But the work they trade in is small and constant. Most chains can't price this trade: a sub-cent payment is eaten by gas, and a volatile fee token makes a budget impossible to maintain.
The word tameion is ancient Greek for a treasury, and literally for the room the money was kept in. The old job is back in a new form: an AI agent managing a business's money on the owner's behalf.
Who this is for?
You should be comfortable shipping fast and talking to users! We love researchers, students, and engineers — even those new to crypto. We especially love founders that are looking to grow or manage their businesses, or founders that want to build B2B tools for other businesses.
Dates: Sept 27 – Oct 10, 2026
Format: Online, 2 weeks
About Canteen: A research and technology firm at the intersection of AI, crypto, and payments. Based in New York City. More at thecanteenapp.com
About Circle: The issuer of USDC and creator of Arc — an EVM L1 designed from the ground up to be stablecoin-native, with predictable USDC fees and sub-second deterministic finality. Testnet at arc.network