TEN Dev Challenge 2025 | Join Developers Worldwide to Build Conversational AI

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Build the Next Generation of Real-Time Voice AI

TEN DEV Challenge ⏰ Submission Deadline Extended by 48 Hours!

Submission Deadline Extended! Based on community feedback and as some developers are still finalizing their projects and seeking technical support, we’ve decided to extend the TEN Dev Challenge 2025 submission deadline by 48 hours.

👉 New Deadline: Sept 30, 23:59 PDT

This extension gives everyone a bit more breathing room to finalize and polish their projects. Keep building—we’re excited to see your submissions! ✨

💰 USD 11,000 Prize Pool | 🌍 Global & Online | ⚡ Open to All

For full details, please refer to our official website.

🚀 What’s This All About?

The TEN Dev Challenge 2025, hosted by TEN Framework, centers on real-time engagement and Conversational AI, inviting developers worldwide to shape the next generation of voice-interaction products.

From voice companionship to smart homes to enterprise services, we look forward to discovering new voice-driven scenarios. Join us in exploring practical applications for voice agents!

💡 TEN Framework ...

An open-source framework for conversational voice AI agents.

Enables developers to quickly build real-time voice agents (with abilities of vision and others), making it easy for developers to experiment, integrate LLM, STT, TTS and create reusable extensions.

Production-Ready & Real-Time: Low-latency, interruptible, and full-duplex conversations.
Highly Extensible: Easily integrate any mainstream or custom AI model.
Developer-Friendly: Build with pro-code (Node.js, Python, Go, C++) or a low-code canvas.
Multimodal Support: Simultaneously process voice, vision, text, and data streams.

🎯 Challenge Overview

Participants must build their projects using the open-source TEN Family（TEN Framework/TEN VAD/TEN Turn Detection）. You can integrate a wide range of technologies and hardware, such as ASR, LLMs, TTS, SIP, and ESP32 to create innovative voice-interactive applications.

Examples include:

Service Agents: Voice-powered customer service, smart eldercare helpers
IoT & Hardware: Voice-controlled smart home devices
Emotional Companions: AI live streamers, virtual companions

🥇Prizes & Awards

TEN Voice Innovation Award - First Place (1 team)
- $5,000 USD
TEN Voice Innovation Award - Second Place (1 team)
- $3,000 USD
TEN Voice Innovation Award - Third Place (2 teams)
- $1,000 USD
TEN Technical Award (1 team)
- $1,000 USD
Kiro Prize
- Each member of the Top 10 teams will be awarded a complimentary three-month Kiro Pro subscription.
- Top 10 teams that use Kiro during development will receive an exclusive cash prize ($300 per team).

Note:

To be eligible for the "TEN Voice Innovation Awards" , your project must be built primarily on the TEN Framework.

Projects that only use the TEN VAD or Turn Detection features will only be considered for the "TEN Technical Award".

📅 Event Timeline

Registration Period: Sept 10 – Sept 21, 23:59 PDT (Sept 22, 06:59 UTC)
Submission Period: Sept 15 – Sept 28, 23:59 PDT (Sept 29, 06:59 UTC)
Online Workshop：Building Conversational AI with TEN Framework
- Time: Sept 11, 7:00–8:00 PM PDT
- Make sure to join our Discord channel—we’ll be sharing the livestream link there!

Judging: Sept 29–30, 2025
Winners announced: Oct 13, 2025

🛠️ How to Participate

Sign Up - Register on lu.ma and join our official Discord channel to stay updated.
Build - Create your project using the open-source TEN Framework.
Submit - Send us your project, documentation, and a demo before the deadline here.

Note

*Before registering, please review our challenge guidelines. By registering/submitting, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to follow these official guidelines.