Build personal agents hack

San Francisco

That's a wrap

October 4, 2026 · Terra Gallery, San Francisco

Thank you for spending a Sunday building personal agents with us.

Hackers formed teams in the morning, shipped through a dying Wi-Fi network, and pitched to eleven judges by the evening. Here is the day, in winners, photos, interviews, and posts.

hackers
250
projects submitted
71
prize pool
$279.5k
judges
11
See the winnersWatch the recap video
Terra Gallery packed with hackers working at long tables under string lights.
Results

The winners

  1. 1st place

    Kevin

    A roommate assistant that lives in the house group chat. Kevin splits bills, keeps the grocery cart, tracks chores, reminds everyone about rent, and emails the leasing office from his own inbox.

    • Sudhersan KV
    • Ryan Sam Varghese

    Demo ↗Code ↗

  2. 2nd place

    Mutual

    A personal agent that handles the coordination between you and the people in your life.

    Demo ↗Code ↗

  3. 3rd place

    Wishybara

    Email a capybara a wish, get a working app back. Wishybara has its own inbox: ask for a chore wheel and a few seconds later you get a live link and a QR code. Reply "make it purple" for v2.

    • Chineseman Lai

    Demo ↗

Side quests

All finalists and their demos ↗

Gallery

The day in photos

On the floor

Hacker interviews

Newest first

From the timeline

The brief

The challenge

Build a personal agent that helps you or your team with something in your personal life. It can do one thing really well or help across several parts of your day.

Hack solo or in a team of up to five people. You're welcome to use tools from any of the co-hosts, but it's not required.

$279,500 total

Prizes

  1. 1stWon by Kevin
    $100kNeon AI Gateway creditsSplit across the team, or $25k per team member, whichever is higher.
    $50kFly.io creditsSplit across the team, or $12.5k per team member, whichever is higher.
    + $5k Mastra credits+ $5k Executor credits+ $5k Exa credits or $1k per team member, plus an Exa hoodie and an Exa goat stuffy for every team member+ $1k Kernel credits, plus a Kernel sweatshirt for every team member+ 12-month free Assistant Cloud access (assistant-ui)+ 12-month free AgentMail startup plan
  2. 2ndWon by Mutual
    $50kNeon AI Gateway creditsSplit across the team, or $12.5k per team member, whichever is higher.
    $25kFly.io creditsSplit across the team, or $6.25k per team member, whichever is higher.
    + $3k Mastra credits+ $3k Executor credits+ $3k Exa credits or $500 per team member, plus an Exa goat stuffy for every team member+ $500 Kernel credits, plus a Kernel sweatshirt for every team member+ 12-month free Assistant Cloud access (assistant-ui)
  3. 3rdWon by Wishybara
    $10kNeon AI Gateway creditsSplit across the team, or $2.5k per team member, whichever is higher.
    $5kFly.io creditsSplit across the team, or $1.25k per team member, whichever is higher.
    + $1k Mastra credits+ $1k Executor credits+ $1k Exa credits or $200 per team member, plus an Exa goat stuffy for every team member+ $250 Kernel credits, plus a Kernel sweatshirt for every team member+ 12-month free Assistant Cloud access (assistant-ui)

Side quests

Every hacker got

Thank you

Judges

The judges posing together on stage next to the Build Personal Agents Hack podium.
On the mic

MCs

Sunday, October 4

How the day ran

  1. 9:00 AMDoors open + breakfast
  2. 10:00–10:30 AMHackathon kickoff and panel discussion with 3–4 panelists
  3. 10:30 AM–1:00 PMHacking
  4. 1:00–1:45 PMLunch
  5. 1:45–4:30 PMHacking
  6. 4:30 PMSubmissions close
  7. 4:45–5:15 PMPresentations and judging, top 6 teams present
  8. 5:15 PMJudging
  9. 5:25 PMAwards
  10. 5:30 PMHappy hour with beer, wine, and light bites
  11. 7:00 PMEnd of event