The AI Agents Global Challenge
Build a productive AI Agent and compete in this challenge. $1M prize pool for winners. An opportunity to show the skills of your AI Agent. Apply now!
Winners of the $1m AI Agents Global Challenge
Thanks to all who applied to the AI Agents GlobalChallenge, the deadline for submissions was 15th Nov 2024.
Finalists
Challenge
Build an AI Agent and demonstrate that the agent can execute productive tasks. Whilst we welcome entries across categories, however key areas of focus will be in enterprise applications in the 6 areas below:
- Cyber-Security
- Real Estate
- Sales & Marketing
- Fintech (Finance, insurance, legal & compliance)
- Creative media, gaming, video & films, audio & music
- Developer Productivity & Tools
How to Apply
Remember, the deadline to apply is 15 November, 2024.
Simply, submit the following:
- A brief summary describing:
- The problem your AI Agent is solving.
- Your agent’s features and functionality.
- List of tools you used to build your agent.
- A brief demo video of your agent running tasks.
- A URL/ link to your demo app.
Please note: You can submit one application per participant only.
Click Below to Submit Your Application.
Prizes
The total prize pool of $1,000,000 will be distributed across 4 winners, each winner will get:
- $150K in uncapped SAFE investment.
- $100K in GPU compute or AI Model APIs credits.
- Opportunity to engage with an AI startups incubator / accelerator.
- Opportunity to access further funding from Agentplex Ventures.
The prize pool is funded by Agentplex.
Click here to learn more about what is a SAFE investment and its benefits.
Click here to learn about the Challenge & How to Apply.
Click here to read the FAQs.
Timeline
Deadline to Apply: 15 November, 2024
15 Nov, 2024
Submissions Deadline
15 Dec, 2024
Top 25 Finalists Announced
31 Jan, 2025
Winners Announced
Timeline
Deadline to Apply: 15 November, 2024
15 Nov, 2024
Submissions Deadline
15 Dec, 2024
Top 25 Finalists Announced
31 Jan, 2025
31 Jan, 2025
Winners Announced
EVALUATION
The judging panel will evaluate and score your application according to the following key criteria:
- Business: How well your agent fits in the 5 areas above
- Productivity: How productive is the agent in completing tasks
- Autonomy: The ability of your agent to perform tasks autonomously
- Automation: The ability of your agent to automate tasks
- Innovation: How innovative is your agent as compared to others
- Creativity: How creative is your agent showing agentic behaviours
- Efficiency: How fast, compute efficient is your agent
- Human-Agent collaboration: The ability of your agent to collaborate with humans.
Click here to learn about the Challenge & How to Apply.
Click here to read the FAQs.
JUDGES
Our distinguished panel of judges brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. Comprising AI experts, serial entrepreneurs, startup investors, and scientists, our Judges are united by a commitment to excellence and a passion for the transformative power of AI. Their expertise ensures that innovation in AI Agents is recognised and that the solutions that redefine our future are celebrated. It is under their esteemed guidance that the challenge will not only identify winners but also help chart the course for the next wave of AI Agents advancements.
Viktor Prokopenya
Founder/CEO of Capital.com
Viktor Prokopenya is an experienced entrepreneur and investor in technology beginning his career in 2001. Victor is currently the founder/CEO of Capital.com, a global online investment platform with offices in 15 countries which is the third biggest retail trading broker in Europe with 7 million accounts. He is also a lecturer at Leeds University in the UK.
Kristo Käärmann
Co-Founder/CEO of Wise
Kristo Käärmann is the Co-founder and CEO of Wise, a FTSE-listed global tech company building the best way to move money around the world. Prior to starting Wise, Kristo was a management consultant with Deloitte Consulting and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Kristo was selected as one of the World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers 2015.
Lake Dai
Adjunct Professor Carnegie Mellon University & Founder Sancus Ventures
Lake Dai is an AI educator, investor, and builder. She is an Adjunct Professor of an Applied AI class at Carnegie Mellon University. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sancus Ventures, a venture firm focused on pre-seed to seed stage companies, investing in the next generation of software infrastructure.
Travis Oliphant
Founder/CEO of Quantsight Initiate and OpenTeams
Travis Oliphant is a leading computer scientist and industry veteran. He has worked extensively with Python for numerical and scientific programming since 1997, and was the primary developer of the NumPy, SciPy, Numba as well as an organizing influence in the creation of Conda, Dask, JupyterLab, and Nebari. He is the founder/CEO of Quantsight Initiate and OpenTeams.
Jeremiah Owyang
Venture Capital Investor at Blitzscaling Ventures
Jeremiah Owyang is a General Partner at Blitzscaling Ventures where he invests in early-stage AI startups. He hosts a popular event series in SF and Silicon Valley called “Llama Lounge” for AI founders — his Feb 2024 event was focused on AI Agents. Jeremiah is one of the first users of TwitterX @jowyang where he talks about AI trends.
Akin Babayigit
VC Investor and Founder/CEO at Tripledot Studios
Akin Babayigit is a serial entrepreneur and an active angel investor. He is currently the founder & President of Tripledot studios, one of the fastest growing mobile gaming companies in the world, which was recently valued at over $1.4 Bn. He was previously the co-founder of Luna Labs, a B2B SaaS solution acquired by IronSource in 2021 and held prior roles at Activision Blizzard King, Facebook, Skype, Peak Games and McKinsey.
Akin Babayigit
VC Investor and Founder/CEO at Tripledot Studios
Akin Babayigit is a serial entrepreneur and an active angel investor. He is currently the founder & President of Tripledot studios, one of the fastest growing mobile gaming companies in the world, which was recently valued at over $1.4 Bn. He was previously the co-founder of Luna Labs, a B2B SaaS solution acquired by IronSource in 2021 and held prior roles at Activision Blizzard King, Facebook, Skype, Peak Games and McKinsey.
Founding Partner
Agentplex is an Artificial Intelligence platform that embodies a belief in the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence to drive human progress and prosperity.
Through initiatives like the AI Agents Global Challenge, Agentplex aspires to cultivate a milieu of innovation, collaboration, and excellence. This challenge specifically targets the burgeoning field of AI Agents, encouraging the creation of sophisticated, adaptable, and ethical AI solutions capable of tackling real-world problems.
Organizing and sponsoring this challenge underscores Agentplex’s commitment to long-term investment in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Agentplex envisions a future where AI is not only ubiquitous and powerful but also responsible and beneficial for all of humanity. Through its initiatives, partnerships, and research, Agentplex is steering towards this future with unwavering dedication and an innovative spirit.
Organizing and sponsoring this challenge underscores Agentplex’s commitment to long-term investment in the field of Artificial Intelligence. Agentplex envisions a future where AI is not only ubiquitous and powerful but also responsible and beneficial for all of humanity. Through its initiatives, partnerships, and research, Agentplex is steering towards this future with unwavering dedication and an innovative spirit.
Learn more about funded by Agentplex.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the challenge?
Build an AI Agent and demonstrate that the agent can execute productive tasks in any of the 6 areas below:
- Cyber-security
- Real estate
- Sales & marketing
- Fintech (Finance, insurance, legal & compliance)
- Creative media, gaming, video & films, audio & music
- Developer Productivity & Tools
Who can participate in AAGC?
We welcome anyone from anywhere in the world to participate in the AAGC. Whether you are a startup or and individual, it doesn’t matter; if you are interested in the AAGC you can participate. We are open to receive innovative applications fro anyone.
How can I apply to the AAGC?
It’s easy, free and there is no registration fee. Remember: Your agent has to run tasks in any of the 5 areas listed above. Simply, submit the following:
- A brief summary describing:
- The problem your AI Agent is solving
- Your agent’s features and functionality.
- List of tools you used to build your agent
- A brief demo video of your agent running tasks
- A URL/ link to your demo app
- If you are selected as a finalist, a one-on-one discussion with our team on the technical details of your agent.
What’s the deadline for submitting an application?
The deadline for submitting an application is November 15, 2024.
You can submit a draft application, refine and review it as many times as you want until the final deadline. Rember: only one application per participant.
How will the judging panel evaluate my application?
The judging panel will evaluate and score your application according to the following 10 key criteria:
- Business: How well your agent fits in the 6 areas above
- Productivity: How productive is the agent in completing tasks
- Autonomy: The ability of your agent to perform tasks autonomously
- Automation: The ability of your agent to automate tasks
- Innovation: How innovative is your agent as compared to others
- Creativity: How creative is your agent showing agentic behaviours
- Efficiency: How fast, compute efficient is your agent
- Human-Agent collaboration: The ability of your agent to collaborate with humans
Open vs. close agent: Whether your agent uses closed or open foundation, base or pre-trained models
What are the prizes?
There will be 4 winners, each prize comes with:
- $150K in an uncapped SAFE investment.
- $100K in GPU compute or AI Model APIs credits.
Is this a prize, an award, a grant, or an investment?
It is a prize structured as an investment. If you win the challenge, you’ll be offered an uncapped SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) investment. You don’t have an obligation to accept the investment offer. Click here to learn more about what is a SAFE investment and its benefits.
Do I need a startup to participate? Can I win a prize as an individual?
You don’t need a startup to participate in this challenge. You can participate as an individual. If you win a prize as an individual, we’ll help you incorporate a startup and then allocate the prize as a SAFE investment.
What happens to my IP if I win?
Your IP is yours. If you win, you’ll still own your IP.
Who is funding the AI Agents Global Challenge?
The AAGC $1Million prize pool is funded by Agentplex, a company investing in startups developing pioneering Intelligent Agents (or AI Agents) and agentic applications. Click here to learn more about Agentplex.
Are there any technical requirements?
No, there are no tech requirements. You can build your AI Agent with whatever tool/tech stack you want. You can use any public or private, foundation or pretrained models like GPT-4o, Claude, Gemini, Llama-3, Mistral…use any framework like CrewAI, Autogen, LlamaIndex, DSPy…or build your own custom coded agent in any language/stack you like.
Where can I discuss ideas, find team members or ask technical questions?
Can you give me ideas of business applications for AI Agents?
- Threat detection and analysis
- Phishing detection and prevention
- Malware and ransomware protection
- Network traffic analysis
- Fraud detection
- Security automation
- Identity and access management
- Insider threat detection
- Instant property search & recommendations
- Fraud detection & security
- Accurate property valuations
- Construction project planning
- Predictive analytics for property investment & market analysis
- Virtual property tours
- Intelligent property management
- Personalized customer experience
- Personalized insurance policy pricing
- Automated policy claims
- Custom product recommendations
- Risk Management
- Claims, loans, cards and mortgage fraud detection and prevention
- Algorithmic trading
- Robo-advisors
- Portfolio Management
- Anti-money Laundering (AML)
- Know Your Customer (KYC)
- Document information extraction & summarisation
- Prospect & market research
- Prospect qualification
- Lead generation
- Sales and marketing campaigns
- Proposal writing
- Collateral writing
- Sales & Marketing analytics
- Music, photo, video and film generation
- Storyboarding for games, comics, novels
- Editing and producing multi-media
- Interactive, immersive, metaverse experiences
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