As we accelerate towards the mainnet, Kite has launched a series of hackathon events aimed at bringing together the best developers in the Web3 and AI fields. Our goal is clear:
Co-creating with top developers
Exploring real-world use cases
Developing on Kite AI
Completing settlements on Kite Chain
Comprehensively testing Kite Chain with real scenarios
First stop: ETH Denver (last weekend)
Last weekend, we were honored to be one of the sponsors of EthereumDenver #BUIDLathon (https://ethdenver2026.devfolio.co/overview), and our team fought alongside outstanding developers on-site.
Developers are working with us to develop, compete, and explore the boundaries of agent-native infrastructure. In the ETH Denver official hackathon, we established a maximum of $10,000 exclusive prize for Kite AI (https://x.com/EthereumDenver/status/2020730212988653679).
During the event, over 35 projects were built on Kite, covering agent identity, trust and delegation, agent commerce, system security, and verifiable execution, showcasing the core components of the emerging agent economy.
Watch the ETH Denver 2026 Bounty video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I9MNAgV7hM
Core focus: Autonomous agents × Real economic activities
Agentic Commerce
Explore agent scenarios that can autonomously discover goods, find optimal prices, execute payments, and automatically manage the complete purchasing process.
Agentic Trading
Focus on agents that can analyze markets, execute trades, manage risks, allocate funds, and perform cross-chain arbitrage.
We discuss a future where AI personal shopping assistants can autonomously place orders and check out; trading agents continuously operate for profit optimization and strategy execution; portfolio agents are responsible for hedging and liquidation protection. All economic activities ultimately settle on the Kite Chain.
Stay tuned, the winning projects of the Kite ETHDenver Bounty Hackathon will be announced soon.
Next: The first Kite AI official hackathon
Following ETH Denver, we will launch an official one-month hackathon and jointly advance with top industry partners, including leading AI venture capital firms, businesses, and top AI collaborators.
Main theme
Agentic Commerce
Bidding and optimization market agents automatically seek optimal prices
API payments to merchants by agents (x402 style)
SaaS agents that pay based on API usage, promoting the next generation of autonomous commerce
Agentic Trading
Profit optimization agents
Arbitrage robots
Liquidation defense systems
Reputation-based fund delegation
Cross-chain execution
Secondary theme
Stablecoins as an economic layer
Stablecoin payments on the fast chain are becoming the default settlement layer for agent workflows. We welcome the construction of key infrastructure around this direction.
Security
Trusted execution, agent reputation scoring, and projects like OpenClaw are shaping a new security narrative for autonomous AI.
Identity and reputation
Agents need persistent identities (e.g., ERC-8004), trust scores, and verifiable ownership. Who the agent is and what it has done is equally important.
Agent-to-Agent Coordination
Multi-agent workflows are handed off from Agent 1 to Agent 2, and then to Agent 3, forming a composable, autonomous pipeline.
What will we bring
Real-time event content
Interviews, photos, and short videos from the front lines, documenting the real development atmosphere and key moments.
Post-event amplification and sedimentation
We will focus on promoting outstanding projects, distilling key insights, and demonstrating through actual results that Kite AI is leading the direction of agent-driven Web3 development. This momentum will continue into Kite's official four-week hackathon program, gathering ecosystem partners, businesses, and investors to drive outstanding projects from prototype to production implementation. More information will be announced soon.
Welcome to this group of developers driving autonomous economic activities forward. 🪁
Start here ➡️ https://docs.gokite.ai/kite-agent-passport/kite-agent-passport