Hermes hackathon rewards agents that can manage a budget
The Hermes Agent Accelerated Business Hackathon is for building agents on Hermes that can earn money, spend money, and run real work. The target is business tooling, ranging from a fully automated company to a framework that speeds up enterprise tasks. New let a Hermes agent buy what it needs, set up its own SaaS tools, and pay for services it uses.
NVIDIA let teams run agents more safely through NemoClaw and build faster with NVIDIA . First prize is $10,000 cash, an , and $5,000 in Stripe credits. Second prize is $5,000 cash, an , and $3,000 in Stripe credits, while third prize is $2,500 cash, an , and $1,000 in Stripe credits.
To enter, builders need to post a 1-to-3-minute demo video on X tagging NousResearch with a short writeup, drop the link in the submission Discord channel, and complete the Typeform submission form. , NVIDIA, and Stripe will judge entries on usefulness, viability, and presentation, with submissions due by the end of Tuesday, June 30.
Key points
- The hackathon is focused on that can earn, spend, and run business operations.
- allow purchasing, SaaS setup, and service payments from inside an .
- NVIDIA include NemoClaw and access to NVIDIA .
- Submissions require a 1-to-3-minute X demo, a Discord submission link, and a Typeform form.
- Judging is based on usefulness, viability, and presentation, with prizes including cash, hardware, and Stripe credits.