Hey builder,
The Agents at Work Hackathon closed on September 21st. The onchain leaderboard ran from day one, scoring every transaction in real time. 66 projects were submitted across five tracks, and a total of $5,065.83 was moved between independent parties during the build.
That is what building the agentic economy looks like.
And the winners are…
Track 1: Value Moved, $2,000
The highest real value moved between independent parties onchain, from remittances to bill pay to FX corridors:
Track 2: Real World Adoption, $1,750
Strongest genuine user base in the main subtrack, plus the best stablecoin flows for cNGN, Ripio wFIAT stablecoins, or USA₮ settled over x402:
🏆 Best Real World Adoption: AbaPay - $1,000
🏆 Best stablecoin flows: $750 split among five projects
Track 3: AskBots CLI Growth, $500
Scored on the gap between round one and round two of the AskBots AI reviewer audit. The three projects that improved most:
Track 4: Judges' Favorite, $500
Most innovative use of Celo primitives with real distribution, selected by the judging panel:
🥇 Kobo, where users can transfer naira with Celo's fee abstraction for cNGN gas - $300
Honourable mentions to Compute Router, LexIQ & Leash for building exceptional applications on Celo.
Track 5: Best Feedback for buy, $250
The five most valuable bug reports from the buy (prev. cPay) closed beta, each earning $50:
🌟 Bonus Reward: Selected projects will have access to 30-minute mentorship sessions with Lena Hierzi (Celo Core Co. DevRel Lead) and ecosystem leaders guiding key focus areas: Luuk Weber (Business Development), Susanne Zarpellon (GTM & Communication), and Artu Grande (Tech).
Prezenti Season 3 is open with three grant pools. Applications run through December 29th, 2026.
→ Frontier Pool: grants of up to $25,000 USDm per project for AI & agent economy infrastructure on Celo: agent identity, agent-to-agent payments, AI-native tooling. Open to all applicants.
→ Anchor Pool: grants of up to $25,000 USDm for proven products with 5,000+ daily transactions that want to grow transactions, TVL, and chain revenue on Celo.
→ Boost Pool: by referral only, for teams nominated by Prezenti, Celo Core contributors, or Celo DevRel.
Keep building the Agentic Economy on Celo.
— Susanne, Lena & the Celo DevRel team