About the Challenge
The BatchIn Build Challenge is a week-long, fully asynchronous competition hosted on Devpost. Developers around the world can participate on their own schedule — no live attendance required. Your mission: build the most impressive AI agent using BatchIn's inference APIs.
This isn't about speed. It's about craft. We want to see thoughtful agent architectures, creative use cases, and production-ready code.
Challenge Rules
- Team Size: Solo or teams up to 3 people.
- Timeline: July 1 (00:00 UTC) — July 7 (23:59 UTC).
- Submission: Via Devpost. Must include a demo video (max 3 min), source code (GitHub), and a brief writeup.
- Requirements: Must use at least one BatchIn inference API (chat, batch, or embedding). Can combine multiple models.
- Judging Criteria: Innovation (30%), Technical Execution (30%), Usefulness (20%), Presentation (20%).
Prizes
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 🥇 1st Place | $400 API Credits + Featured on BatchIn Blog |
| 🥈 2nd Place | $250 API Credits |
| 🥉 3rd Place | $150 API Credits |
| 🏅 Honorable Mentions (2) | $100 API Credits each |
Total Prize Pool: $1,000 in API Credits
Example Project Ideas
- Research Agent: An agent that takes a topic, searches academic papers, synthesizes findings, and generates a structured report.
- Code Review Agent: An agent that reviews pull requests, identifies bugs, suggests improvements, and auto-generates test cases.
- Customer Support Agent: A multi-turn agent that handles support tickets by reasoning through knowledge base articles and escalating when needed.
- Data Pipeline Agent: An agent that ingests CSV/JSON data, cleans it, runs analysis via batch API, and generates visual reports.
Judges
- Andy Wang — Co-founder & CEO, BatchIn.
- Lisa Park — Developer Advocate, BatchIn. Previously at Vercel and Hugging Face.
- Community Judge — Top voted participant from a previous BatchIn event.
FAQ
Q: Do I need to be online at specific times? A: No. This is fully asynchronous. Work whenever and wherever you want during the 7-day window.
Q: Can I use other APIs alongside BatchIn? A: Yes! You can use any tools, libraries, or external APIs. The only requirement is that your agent must use at least one BatchIn API.
Q: Can I submit a project I already started? A: Your project must be started after the challenge begins. Existing libraries and boilerplate are fine, but the agent logic must be new.
Q: How do I get started? A: Sign up for a free BatchIn account, grab your API key, and check out our quickstart guide.