Kong-quer the Agentic AI Hackathon 2025
Rewards
$10,000 prize pool!
Top Awards
🥇 1st Prize: $3,000 Gift Card
🥈 2nd Prize: $2,000 Gift Card
🥉 3rd Prize: $1,500 Gift Card
3X Special Category Awards
$1,000 Gift Card Each
Best Solo Project
$500 Gift Card
Hackathon Guidelines
Submission Guide
Write a short and clear description of your project.
What problem does it solve? How does it relate to the Agentic AI theme?Share a public link to your code (like on GitHub).
Make sure it’s organized and easy to understand.Record a quick 3–5 minute demo to show how your project works.
Your project must be original and created specifically for this hackathon.
Anything already submitted or published before won’t be accepted.Include clear documentation so the judges can understand and test your project.
You must use Kong products in your project for it to be a valid submission.
Submit your project by September 30, 2025. Only one submission per team is allowed.
Evaluation Criteria
Kong will evaluate submissions based on:
Creativity & originality
How unique and innovative is your solution?Technical depth
How technically sound, challenging, or complex is your implementation?Practical impact
Does your project solve a real problem? Could it be used in the real world?Use of Kong
How effectively are Kong tools integrated into the solution?
Rules
It’s a fully online hackathon, so you can join from anywhere.
Team may have 1 to 5 members.
You can either create a team with your friends or request to join an existing team.
The hackathon runs from August 1, 2025, 09:00 a.m. US Eastern Time to September 30, 2025, 5:00 p.m. US Eastern Time.
Your project must fall under the Agentic AI theme.
Once the hackathon begins, you'll be able to submit your project. You can submit multiple times only your last submission will be considered.
Your project must be original and innovative. Any copied or previously published ideas will be disqualified.
All code must be written during the hackathon period.
Your team owns all rights to the code you create.
By joining the hackathon, you agree to Kong’s Terms and Conditions.
Prizes
The top 7 eligible submissions will share a $10,000 prize pool in gift cards.
Top Awards
🥇 First Prize – $3,000 Gift Card
Awarded to the overall best project based on innovation, impact, and execution.🥈 Second Prize – $2,000 Gift Card
Given to the second-highest scoring project that stands out in creativity and usefulness.🥉 Third Prize – $1,500 Gift Card
Goes to the third-best project that shows strong technical quality and real-world relevance.Special Category Awards – $1,000 Each
Best Agentic AI Solution: For the project that best demonstrates autonomous or intelligent behavior using AI.
Kong Konnect Power Builder: Awarded to the best use of Kong Konnect, showcasing its features in a powerful and practical way.
Most Creative Project: Recognizes the most unique, original, or unexpected solution, surprise us!
Best Solo Project – $500 Gift Card
For the most impressive individual submission built entirely by one person.Additional Perks
Winners will be featured at the Kong API Summit, on our blog, and social media.
All participants will receive a digital badge
Finalists will get swag packs and certificates
Timeline
Hack Phase
August 1–September 30Submission Period
September 15–30Judging Period
October 1–10Winner Announcement
October 13
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2024 Winners
- Prema Namasivayam
- Satyajit Sial
- Dhaval Mavani
- Prema Namasivayam
- Satyajit Sial
- Dhaval Mavani
- Matheus Teixeira Mattioli
- Mateus Lima Fonseca