AlphaSignal's Pizza Agent Challenge ($2,500 Cash Prize)

​🍕 The mission: build an AI agent that orders a pizza. You have 90 minutes. Go.

​No hackathon prep. No pre-built demos. No safety net. Just pure AI engineering, live, on a clock, in front of a crowd that's watching your every keystroke.

​How it works

​At 6:30 PM the challenge is announced. From that moment, every competitor has exactly 90 minutes to build an agent from scratch that completes it. The audience watches live, drinks in hand, and votes on a winner.

​The Mission: Build an agent that autonomously orders a pepperoni jalapeño pizza - any size, any restaurant - delivered straight to the venue. First box through the door wins.

​The Rules

• ​Built after the starting gun. Zero pre-built code.

• ​Must order a pepperoni jalapeño pizzaa (any size, any restaurant.)

• ​Any delivery method is fair game: DoorDash, Uber Eats, a direct restaurant API, smoke signals.

• ​1st place = first pizza through the door. 2nd and 3rd are judged on taste, speed, and the joy the agent sparks.sparks.

• ​We cover delivery fees.

​Prizes

​🥇 1st = $2,500
🥈 2nd = $1,500
🥉 3rd = $1,000

​Schedule

​6:00 PM — Doors open
6:30 PM — Welcome + Mission Reveal
6:35 PM — 🚨 Build Sprint begins (90-min clock on the projector)
8:05 PM — Time's up
8:35 PM — Audience vote
8:40 PM — Winners announced
8:50 PM — Networking

​Who's this for?

​AI engineers who want to compete — and anyone who wants to watch them sweat under pressure. Come for the chaos, stay for the free pizza.

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