🌍 World’s Largest Hackathon – Build with AI to Win $1M+ in Prizes

This is not just a hackathon — it’s your launchpad, your classroom, your funding round, and your moment! 🚀

Bolt presents the World’s Largest Hackathon, a groundbreaking opportunity to turn your AI-powered ideas into real, production-ready applications — without traditional coding. Over $1,000,000 in prizes are up for grabs!

Powered by Bolt.new, this global event invites builders, creators, entrepreneurs, and students to push the limits of what's possible using AI — and launch world-class apps in minutes instead of months.

📅 Event Details

🗓 Event Date: May 30- June 1, 2025 📍 Platform: Devpost
🛠️ Build Tool: Bolt.new
💵 Cost: Free
💰 Prize pool: $1 million +

👥 Who Should Join?

💡 Aspiring Founders – looking to turn ideas into startups in hours
🧠 Students & Learners – skip the learning curve and build real apps with AI
🎨 Creators & Designers – who have great product ideas but can’t code
💼 Entrepreneurs & Hustlers – seeking their next billion-dollar idea
💻 Vibe Coders – excited to be part of the new AI-first builder generation
🌍 Anyone – with ideas worth building and the drive to make them real

🚀 Why Join This Hackathon?

🌟 Build production-ready apps without traditional coding
🌐 Compete globally with massive visibility in tech
📈 Launch with built-in momentum and media attention
🎙 Present your journey to top investors and VCs
🎁 Win prizes that can change your career path

🧩 Requirements

🔨 What to Build

A new app built primarily with Bolt.new
Must be started on or after May 30, 2025
App must publicly display a “Built with Bolt.new” badge

📤 What to Submit

A public, working URL of the live project
A 3-minute demo video (YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video)
Confirmation of Bolt.new usage and visible badge
Email address used with Bolt.new (must match build account)

📋 Judging Criteria

🧠 Innovation & Creativity – Is the idea unique or groundbreaking?
⚙️ Functionality & Execution – Does it work as described and solve a real need?
🤖 Use of Bolt.new – Is the tool used meaningfully and effectively?
🌍 Impact & Relevance – How significant is the problem it solves?
🎨 Design & UX – Is the product well-designed and user-friendly?

🏆 Prizes

💰 Total Prize Pool: $1,012,500

🥇 Main Prizes

1st Place: $100,000 + $25,000 AWS Credits + Espresso Monitor
2nd Place: $75,000 + $25,000 AWS Credits + Espresso Monitor
3rd Place: $50,000 + $25,000 AWS Credits + Espresso Monitor
4th to 10th Places: $10,000–$25,000 + $25,000 AWS Credits + Espresso Monitor each

🌎 Regional Highlights (AMER, APAC, EMEA)

Top 3 in each region: $10,000 + Espresso Monitor

🧪 Challenge Prizes ($25,000 each + Monitor)

Revenue Challenge: Use RevenueCat to gain mobile subscribers
Domain Challenge: Use Entri to publish your app on an IONOS domain
Blockchain Challenge: Use Algorand to integrate blockchain functionality
Conversational AI: Use Tavus for real-time AI video agents
Voice AI: Integrate ElevenLabs to make your app conversational
Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt app
Silly Sh!t Challenge: Build something weird on Reddit’s Dev Platform

🎁 Bonus Prizes

🎤 Standout Event Hosts (5 winners)
✨ Inspirational Story
⏱ One-Shot Competition (25 winners)
🧰 Uniquely Useful Tool
💅 Most Beautiful UI
📢 Most Viral Project
🦄 Future Unicorn
🎯 Sharpest Problem Fit
📸 Top Build-in-Public Journey
💡 Creative Use of AI
😲 “We Didn’t Know We Needed This”
💼 Most Likely to Get Funded

📬 Socials

📧 Devpost: Devpost
🌐 Website: hackathon.dev
⚡ Bolt: bolt.new

Get started in seconds. Change your trajectory forever. 🚀

World’s Largest Hackathon