Sonic Labs Announces $250,000 Sonic DeFAI Hackathon in Partnership with DoraHacks and Zerebro By Pakinomist

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George Town, Cayman Islands, 20 January 2025, Pakinomist

Sonic Labs, the team behind the highest performing EVM L1 blockchain Sonic, announced the launch of the Sonic DeFAI Hackathon in partnership with DoraHacks, a global hackathon organizer, and Zerebro, an autonomous AI agent.

With $250,000 in prizes, the hackathon invites participants to compete over four weeks to create new AI agents that perform both social and on-chain actions, further accelerating the development of DeFAI (decentralized finance and AI) on Sonic.

Hackathon submissions open today, January 21, 2025 and close on February 24, 2025. Winners will be announced in early March.

Empowering AI and Blockchain

DeFAI is a term that combines AI and blockchain technology. For example, AI agents on a blockchain can handle complex tasks through simple commands, such as bridging assets, exchanging tokens, and depositing liquidity—all autonomously in one step. Other AI agents can manage social media accounts and execute marketing strategies efficiently.

The ambition of the Sonic DeFAI Hackathon is to leverage AI frameworks in ways that transform how we interact with blockchain technology. From managing social media accounts to performing on-chain actions, AI agents have become the new frontier of innovation in the blockchain space.

Sonic’s unmatched transaction speed (10,000 TPS) and sub-second finality ensure that AI agents can perform complex real-time actions seamlessly.

“The Sonic DeFAI Hackathon is a groundbreaking initiative that combines cutting-edge AI capabilities with the transformative power of blockchain. With $250,000 in prizes, we aim to inspire creators around the world to redefine DeFi through AI agents.” — Luis Fausto, Content Lead, Sonic Labs

Application process and submission guidelines

To participate, developers can visit the Sonic DeFAI Hackathon page on DoraHacks, where the hackathon is hosted. Participants must follow the application process below.

  • Time line: Participants have four weeks to develop and complete their projects. The submission deadline is February 21, 2025.
  • Video Demo: Each team must submit a three-minute demo video showing their agent via YouTube, Vimeo (NASDAQ: ), or Google (NASDAQ: ) Drive.
  • Repository Link: A link to the project’s code repository is required.

A panel of industry experts will evaluate and judge the submissions, including Michael Kong (CEO, Sonic Labs), Seg (Developer Relations, Sonic Labs), Jeffy Yu (Founder, Zerebro), Ayoub (Lead Engineer, Zerebro) and Daniele Sesta (Founder, Hey Anon). Additional judges may be announced before the submission deadline.

Submissions will be judged based on the following criteria:

  • Technological implementation: Does the integration with Sonic demonstrate quality software development?
  • Design: Is the project’s user experience and design well thought out and intuitive?
  • Potential impact: What is the potential scope of the project’s impact on the blockchain industry?
  • The quality of the idea: How creative and unique is the project?

Prizes and awards

A total of $250,000 in prizes will be awarded to winning projects across several categories:

  • First Place: $60,000
  • Second place: $55,000
  • Third place: $45,000
  • Honorable Mentions (2): $15,000 each

    • In addition, several bonus prize options are available to all participants. The top 3 winners are also eligible for bonus prizes if their agents fall into certain categories.

  • Wins $12,500
  • Runner-Up: $7,500
  • Wins $12,500
  • Runner-Up: $7,500
  • Wins $12,500
  • Runner-Up: $7,500

    • Support for participants and winners

    Throughout the hackathon, participants will have access to comprehensive guidance on idea development, AI frameworks and project setup. This includes technical support for ZerePy, an open source Python framework developed by Zerebro for creating on-chain and social agents. The Sonic chain is fully integrated with ZerePy for easy and efficient agent building.

    The winning teams will receive additional perks, including marketing exposure via official Sonic Labs social media channels and other promotional opportunities to help bring their agents to a larger audience.

    “By harnessing the power of AI agents, we can simplify processes that were once complicated and redefine how users interact with DeFi. This hackathon is about building that future today.” — Jeffy Yu, Founder, Zerebro

    For more information or to register for the hackathon, users can visit the Sonic DeFAI Hackathon page and join the official Telegram group.

    About Sonic

    Sonic is the highest performing EVM L1, combining speed, incentives and world-class infrastructure for DeFi, powered by the S token. The chain provides 10,000 TPS and sub-second confirmation times.

    About DoraHacks

    DoraHacks is a global hackathon organizer and one of the world’s most active developer incentive platforms. It creates a global hacker movement in blockchain, quantum computing and space technology and provides a wide range of toolkits to help developers around the world join forces and fund their ideas and BUIDLs via hackathons, bounties, grants, idea networks, developer games, and more.

    About Zerebro

    Zerebro is an AI agent that autonomously manages actions across domains like social media and blockchain, adapting based on experience to deliver highly personalized results. Its open source framework, ZerePy, lets users deploy custom AI agents in minutes for a seamless, flexible experience.

    ContactSonic Labs[email protected]

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