Agentic Commerce Pioneers Hackathon
Build an AI agent that can buy from almost any merchant.
Most assistants stop before the transaction. Agentic Commerce Pioneers Edition II challenges builders to ship a working shopping agent that turns a real request into a confirmed, paid order, with user consent, delegated authority, and verifiable evidence.
Free to enter. Open to builders of all backgrounds, solo or in teams.
WHAT YOU'LL BUILD
A shopping AI agent that:
Understand — interpret the user's goal, budget and constraints
Discover — find the product, merchant and fulfilment option
Explore — read checkout and return the exact order price
Confirm — show the final order and get explicit approval
Pay + prove — place the order and return auditable evidence
WHAT MAKES IT WORK
Acceptance layer — complete ordinary web checkouts with no merchant integration, or use structured checkout where merchants are integrated. Card checkout and crypto-native x402 in one agent journey. The merchant stays merchant of record.
Safe delegation — Hosted Add Card keeps your app outside PCI scope. The agent gets an alias, never the card number. A passkey-signed mandate defines spend, scope and authority — anything outside it stops for fresh approval.
IMPORTANT DATES
Aug 15 — Applications open
Aug 30 — Applications close
Sep 10–20 — Remote build sprint (10 days to design, build and ship)
Sep 21 — Hybrid Demo Day: finalists present live, in person and streamed for remote teams
WHAT YOU GET
$2,000+ CAD prize pool (growing)
Free to enter
$50 in API credits per team
6 months of free Agnic.AI platform access
A shot at one of 10 finalist demo slots
IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED
AI shopping assistants · Procurement platforms · Corporate gifting · Employee rewards · Conversational commerce
WHO SHOULD APPLY
Builders of all backgrounds — solo or in teams, students to startup founders — in the same spirit as Edition I, where 7 teams shipped working agentic commerce products in 10 days.
HOW TO APPLY
Apply here on Luma by Aug 30. Full program details, FAQ and Edition I recap: https://pioneers.agnic.ai
Questions? hello@agnic.ai Want to sponsor, mentor, or bring a challenge? sponsors@agnic.ai