GLOBAL PRIZES

Awarded to the top 10 projects across the hackathon that demonstrated the highest marks across all four judging criteria: Potential Impact, Quality of Idea, Technological Implementation, and Design & User Experience.

Grand Prize (1st Place)
The most exceptional project of the hackathon. This winner knocked it out of the park across every judging criteria — impact, creativity, technical build, and design polish.

2nd–5th Place
Incredible projects that delivered powerful ideas and beautiful execution. These teams showed excellence in both innovation and craft.

6th–10th Place
Strong contenders that built useful, well-designed applications with impressive technical implementation and storytelling. These projects stood out from thousands of entries.

REGIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

Spotlighting one standout team from each region that made an impact.

AMER Winner
The most impressive project from North, Central, or South America.

APAC Winner
The top entry from the Asia-Pacific region that showed standout quality and creativity.

EMEA Winner
Recognizing the best submission from Europe, the Middle East, or Africa.

BONUS AWARDS

These unique categories recognize specific types of excellence across all submissions, regardless of region or ranking.

  • Standout Event Hosts
    Awarded to the most welcoming, community-driven IRL meetup leaders. Built community and apps.
  • Inspirational Story
    For the project with a powerful origin story, whether it’s overcoming adversity, building with purpose, or surprising yourself.
  • One-Shot Competition
    Best project built with only a single prompt. 
  • Uniquely Useful Tool
    A project that solves a real problem in a simple, effective way. Bonus points for “why didn’t this exist before” energy.
  • Creative Use of AI
    Most original, clever, or unexpected use of AI throughout the build.
  • Most Beautiful UI
    Awarded to the best-designed project. Looks good and feels even better.
  • Most Viral Project
    The most shared, reposted, and buzzed-about project of the hackathon. May or may not have broken the internet.
  • Future Unicorn
    The project that looks like it’s on a path to become a billion-dollar startup. 
  • Sharpest Problem Fit
    The best match between problem and solution. This one’s all about why it matters and how well it fits.
  • Top Build-in-Public Journey
    For the creator who documented and shared their build every step of the way.
  • We Didn’t Know We Needed This
    Awarded to the most delightful surprise — a project no one asked for but everyone now wants.
  • Most Likely to Get Funded
    If a VC had one check left to write, this is the project they’d back.

Challenge Prizes

In addition to our global and bonus awards, we’re teaming up with some very special partners to launch exclusive challenge tracks — each with $25,000 up for grabs.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Deploy Challenge: Use Netlify to deploy your full-stack Bolt.new application.

See Challenge Resources for more details.