Meet the winners of the Hyperdrive Hackathon

The Solana Foundation is thrilled to announce the results of the Solana Hyperdrive Hackathon, an online competition focused on bringing the next wave of high-impact projects into the Solana ecosystem. Hyperdrive was the eighth Solana hackathon, bringing together founders and developers from around the world to launch products spanning Infrastructure, Mobile Consumer Apps, Payments, DAOs, AI, and everything in-between.

Hyperdrive saw more than 7,000 participants submit 907 final projects to the judges, the largest online Solana hackathon to date and the latest in a stream of growing submissions. AWS, Ironforge, UXD, Magic Eden, IO.NET, Helio, Phantom, The Network State, and EasyA joined the Solana Foundation as category sponsors for the hackathon, offering a platform for crypto startups to jumpstart their journey.

“Solana Hackathons are where new startups are made, and Hyperdrive was no exception,” said Dan Albert, executive director of the Solana Foundation. “The nearly 1,000 teams built during Hyperdrive are going to be among the ones shaping the future of entertainment, infrastructure, finance, mobile, and more.”

Browse through all the project submissions in the Hyperdrive public directory.

Without further ado, here are your winners:

Grand Champion

FluxBot, an AI-powered chatbot that enables easy, user-friendly interactions with the Solana blockchain, received the Grand Prize of $50,000 USDC, along with passes to attend Breakpoint 2024 in Singapore Sept. 19-21.

Mobile Consumer Apps Track

The first prize goes to Sollinked, a dApp that gives users a way to set up pay-to-reach services for content creators, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Kizzy, a dApp where users play games by predicting viewership of influencer content.
Third: Cliq a trustless, anonymous social dApp for professionals.
Fourth: BindApp, a dApp that turns shopping into an interactive fashion, merging gamification with personalized style.
Fifth: 3TV, a dApp where groups chat via text, video, and audio, enabling creators to stream, monetize with tips, mint NFTs post-stream, and communities to create token-gated chat rooms.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions

Crypto Infrastructure Track

The first prize goes to epPlex, a protocol for minting ephemeral, epNFTs, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Ping, a smart NFT wallet on Solana that offers features like e-commerce and social linking, along with tracking gain user insights.
Third: SolKeeper, a program that enables users to verify the security of deployed programs on Solana by tracking code versions and audits.
Fourth: Firethree, a tool that offers integrated storage with a Firebase-like experience.
Fifth: DeAuth, an oAuth provider, streamlines web3 authentication with multi-tenancy, diverse identity linkages, and comprehensive user management.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:

Artificial Intelligence Track

The first prize goes to Wysdom, a platform that provides interactive notebooks that facilitate smart contract creation, dApp prototyping, and collective knowledge building, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Aperture, a transaction explainer that decodes Solana transaction signatures.
Third: ByteIn, a mobile city-building game that incentivizes healthier eating habits.
Fourth: FRIDAY, a dApp that gives users access to content and offers from their favorite creators by leveraging their own data.
Fifth: Guardian AI, a network that safeguards DAOs and multisigs with decentralized AI agents.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:

Games and Entertainment Track

The first prize goes to Solciv, a strategy game with a permissionless marketplace for third-party creators, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Sync Studios, a solution that turns web2 player mobile player accounts in games into tradable assets.
Third: Hyperdrive Havoc, a game where players battle enemies, unlock upgrades, and earn cNFTs.
Fourth: Geoverse, a top-down role player game built fully onchain.
Fifth: Football Club Owners, a game where participants manage football clubs to generate tangible value.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:

Finance and Payments Track

The first prize goes to Alexandria, a trade router that consolidates order books into an 'order library,' with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Luxhaus, a platform offering affordable tickets to win luxury assets.
Third: Surfer Finance, a DeFi protocol that provides yield trading and fixed-rate options for various Solana-based assets.
Fourth: Juicer, a hub for maximising yield and managing risk across multiple DEFI apps.
Fifth: Seagull One, a Solana native debit card.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions:

Physical Infrastructure Networks Track

The first prize goes to Shaga, a tool that allows PC lending and monetization for server-side gaming on Solana, with an award of $30,000 in USDC.

Additional prizes went to:

Second: Dain, a decentralized AI network with synergistic nodes and services for optimal information delivery and functionality.
Third: Albedo, a network that uses iot sensors to manage insurance payouts.
Fourth: Vaxchain, a DePIN protocol that verifies vaccine authenticity and safety.
Fifth: Clusttr, a marketplace for real estate investment through fractional ownership.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize the work of the following honorable mention:

Terra Project

DAOs and Network States Track

The first prize goes to Pubkey Link, a customizable, secure open-source Discord verification bot, with an award of $30,000 in USDC. Additional prizes went to

Second: Tatami, a tool that streamlines Solana token launches.
Third: Hub3, a social-fi platform that empowers creators to monetize their content through advanced token-gated access.
Fourth: DAOCre-8, a platform that combines traditional crowdfunding with decentralized governance.
Fifth: Onda, decentralized, community-moderated forums built on Solana Account Compression.

Although they did not win any prizes, the judges would also like to recognize, in no particular order, the work of the following honorable mentions

University Award

The University Award, which recognizes excellence from a project led by university students, goes to Space Fight, a multiplayer spaceship game with NFT-based ships, power-ups, and multiple modes, receiving a $20,000 USDC prize for the project.

Public Goods Award

The Public Goods Award, which recognizes an open-source project that benefits developers across the Solana ecosystem, goes to Radiants, a protocol for ecosystem-wide NFT deflation and merging of projects utilizing a suite of tools, receiving a $20,000 USDC prize.

Climate Award

The Climate Award, recognizing projects that are built with climate change and sustainability in mind, goes to CarbonPay, an eco-friendly Solana wallet, receiving a USDC prize of $5,000.

Check out all the submissions, and congratulations to all the winners!

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