World’s Largest Hackathon presented by Bolt: Build with AI for a shot at some of the $1M+ in prizes.

The World’s Largest Hackathon is over, but there is still more to do!

Awards Ceremony

Join us virtually on Saturday, July 26th for the World’s Largest Hackathon Awards Ceremony, a 90-minute virtual event where we’ll be unveiling all the winners, and recognizing the amazing projects that this community built during the hackathon

(Prefer to watch the awards in person? Attend or host an IRL event near you.)

While you're waiting for our judges to review submissions, here's a perfect way to spend some time:

Our friends at DEV launched a writing challenge exclusively for WLH participants!

Winners get $100 gift cards to the Bolt Merch shop + custom mug, with 7 additional mugs for outstanding submissions.All participants get a completion badge on their DEV profile.

Share your story in one of three prompts:

Building with Bolt - Your technical journey
After the Hack - What's next for you and your project
Beyond the Code - The human side of your experience

Deadline: July 31

Take me to the challenge ⇒

Requirements

What to create

Build a NEW application primarily with Bolt.new!

Start building your app on or after May 30 for it to be considered NEW. Your app can be built completely with Bolt.new or significantly started or built on Bolt.new. Just be sure the publicly deployed version includes a badge that highlights that it is built with Bolt.new (see guidance here).

💰 Challenge Prizes
To be eligible for Challenge Prizes your project must also meet the relevant challenge:

Make More Money Challenge: Use the RevenueCat mobile SDK and RevenueCat Paywall Builder to acquire subscribers in your mobile Bolt.new app.
Custom Domain Challenge: Use Entri to get an IONOS Domain Name and publish your Bolt.new app on the domain.
Blockchain Challenge: Build an app on Algorand where blockchain powers trustless payments, verifiable data, user-owned identity, or programmable digital assets—all with speed, simplicity, and global scale.
Conversational AI Video Challenge: Use Tavus to bring real-time AI video agents to your Bolt.new app.
Voice AI Challenge: Use ElevenLabs to make your Bolt.new app conversational.Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt.new application.
Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt.new application.
Silly Sh!t Challenge: Use Reddit’s Developer Platform x Bolt to bring your wackiest, weirdest, and silliest ideas to Reddit in the form of a game.
Startup Challenge: Use Supabase to prep your Bolt.new project to scale to millions.

See Challenge Resources for more details.

What to Submit

Include a video (about 3 minutes) that demonstrates your submission. Videos must be uploaded to YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook Video and made public.
Provide a URL to a publicly available version of the project that is fully functional as described for review and judging.
Confirm usage of Bolt.new to build the project and show the ‘Built with Bolt.new’ badge on your public project.
Provide the email used to build the project on Bolt.new. This email must be associated with the usage of Bolt.new to built the submitted project.

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,037,500 in prizes

Grand Prize

$125,000 in cash

1 winner

• $100,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

2nd Place

$100,000 in cash

1 winner

• $75,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

3rd Place

$75,000 in cash

1 winner

• $50,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

4th Place

$50,000 in cash

1 winner

• $25,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

5th Place

$47,500 in cash

1 winner

• $22,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

6th Place

$45,000 in cash

1 winner

• $20,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

7th Place

$42,500 in cash

1 winner

• $17,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

8th Place

$40,000 in cash

1 winner

• $15,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

9th Place

$37,500 in cash

1 winner

• $12,500 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

10th Place

$35,000 in cash

1 winner

• $10,000 in USD
• 25,000 in AWS Credits*
• 1 Espresso Monitor

Regional Highlights | AMER

$10,000 in cash

3 winners

• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor

Regional Highlights | APAC

$10,000 in cash

3 winners

• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor

Regional Highlights | EMEA

$10,000 in cash

3 winners

• $10,000 in USD
• 1 Espresso Monitor