Name: AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon
Start: 2025-10-07T07:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-11-12T01:00:00.000Z

Question 1

Who can participate?

Accepted Answer

Open globally to individuals and teams interested in AI, cloud, and automation. No prior AWS experience is required.

Question 2

What do I need to build?

Accepted Answer

A functional AI agent, powered by AWS technologies (Bedrock, SageMaker, AgentCore, Amazon Q, Nova Act SDK, Strands SDK, and more), demonstrating reasoning, tooling integration, and autonomy.

Question 3

What should my submission include?

Accepted Answer

A deployed project URL, public code repository, 3-min demo video, architecture and setup instructions, and a description.

Question 4

What is the prize pool?

Accepted Answer

1st: $16,000 • 2nd: $9,000 • 3rd: $5,000 • Category prizes ($3,000 each): Bedrock AgentCore, Bedrock Application, Amazon Q Application, Nova Act Integration, Strands SDK Implementation.

Question 5

What are the judging criteria?

Accepted Answer

Potential value/impact (20%), creativity (10%), technical execution (50%), functionality (10%), demo presentation (10%)

AWS AI Agent Global Hackathon

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