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Description
Join the 4-week Global Buildathon inviting you to build the next generation of IP applications on Story, the L1 that tokenizes IP and makes it programmable.
Prize Money & Investor Review: Win $5,000 in any of our 7 tracks and get personal feedback from top investors at the end of the buildathon
Build on Cutting-Edge IP Infrastructure: Explore the new monetization and product opportunities of IP in an increasingly AI-driven world
Expert Mentorship: Get direct support from developers on the Story team and industry partners to help build out your product
Access to Partner Tools: Get access to credits and developer tooling to help you build powerful apps
Build Phase One (Weeks 1-2): Develop your core concept. Submit a proposal and update of your progress.
Build Phase Two (Weeks 3-4): Refine your application and prepare final submission
The Community Event Grants Program runs concurrently with the buildathon, providing opportunities for builders across the world to link up IRL for coworking sessions, workshops, and socializing.
Find one in your local area (https://luma.com/storycommunity)
Nothing local? Apply (https://forms.gle/v9KaLgAqRgFtcHXv7) to host your own!
FAQs
Creative Front-End
5,000 USD
Creative Front-End
Top Project($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize
Create intuitive, aesthetic, and user-friendly front-ends for popular IP x AI use cases—seamlessly integrated with the Story SDK and IP registration flows.
1. Web/Mobile apps optimized for easy IP Registration
2. A Chat-GPT-like interface that automatically registers outputs as IP
3. Music-focused apps
Remix music stems to create short-form tiktok songs
Spotify or other music streaming service for Web3 (with micro subscriptions or per stream payments)
Synching music to memes
On-chain music mixing tech
Anything else that involves the consumption of IP (ringtones, etc)
Creative Front-End
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
Generative Video
5,000 USD
Generative Video
Top Anime($1,000)
Top Horror($1,000)
Top Sci-Fi and Fantasy($1,000)
Top Commercial / Spec-Ads($1,000)
Top Brainrot($1,000)
Push the limits of AI-generated storytelling.
Create a 30-90 second AI-generated video, register it as IP on Story Protocol, and compete for $1,000 in one of five genre categories.
What to Build
Create a 30-90 second video using generative AI tools in one of these genres:
Anime - Japanese animation style, any subgenre
Horror - Suspense, terror, psychological horror
Sci-Fi and Fantasy - Futuristic worlds, magical realms, speculative fiction
Commercial / Spec-Ads - Product ads, brand concepts, promotional content
Brainrot - Internet culture, memes, chaotic energy
Trailers for longer-form content are welcome if you're planning a full project.
Requirements
Video must be 30-90 seconds long
Must register your video as an IP asset on Story Protocol at portal.story.foundation
Use generative AI tools for video creation
Surreal World Assets Film Festival
The SWA Film Festival celebrates AI-generated video as a new creative medium. This inaugural edition features five distinct genres and will screen the top submissions during a virtual event on December 12th. We're building this as the foundation for a recurring series that celebrates the intersection of AI, creativity, and intellectual property.
Generative Video
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
OSS / Dev Tooling
5,000 USD
OSS / Dev Tooling
Top Prize($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize
This track is for open-source tools, developer utilities, onchain experiments, or just weird little apps that make Story better.
Data visualizers
Story-native wallets
Browser extensions
CLI tools
Remix utilities
Quickstarts & tutorials for developers on Story
These may not be viable businesses but that doesn’t mean they’re not helpful and necessary.
OSS / Dev Tooling
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
IP Detection & Enforcement
5,000 USD
IP Detection & Enforcement
Top Prize($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize per track
Create sophisticated tools leveraging AI, blockchain, or other advanced methods for detecting IP violations and enhancing IP enforcement.
AI-powered watermarking & detection
Decentralized copyright-infringement scanners
Predictive monitoring agents for brand/IP protection
Utilizing C2PA to track infringements on the internet
Dispute mechanisms to enforce proper use of IP
IP Detection & Enforcement
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
IPFi
5,000 USD
IPFi
Top Prize($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize per track
Design decentralized marketplace concepts, focusing on secondary IP markets, fractional IP ownership, and creator-driven monetization models.
Selling fractional rights of IP assets using Story’s Royalty Tokens
Creator-owned IP DAOs + tooling
App that lets you take royalties on Story and earn yield elsewhere (native on Story or cross-chain)
IPFi
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
Data
5,000 USD
Data
Top Prize($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize per track\
Data isn’t just quantity, it’s quality, structure, and licensing.
A Poseidon-like app that instead of facilitating the registration of audio-data, facilitates the registration of other types of data (stereo video, motion, robotics data, medical data, etc)
Data
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
Hardware / DePIN
5,000 USD
Hardware / DePIN
Top Prize($5,000)
$3,000 (in IP) Cash Prize + $2,000 Continuation Prize per track
Bridge the physical world and onchain IP.
Physical engineering projects that are related to IP
Anything from drones with built-in provenance, OSS wearables for capturing biometrics, robotics rigs for domain-specific datasets, autonomous sensors for industrial monitoring.
Everything that turns raw interaction into compliant, monetizable data for embodied AI
Hardware / DePIN
Judging Criteria
Projects will be evaluated based on the following key aspects:
Innovation: Originality and creativity of the idea.
Technical Implementation: Quality, complexity, and functionality of the build.
Practicality: Real-world relevance and problem-solving value.
User Experience: Clarity, usability, and design of the product.
Presentation: How well the team communicates their concept and outcome.
Story Dashboard Challenge
0 USD
Story Dashboard Challenge
Top 3 Projects
Free Dune Plus Annual plan
Build a dashboard or data integration that tells a compelling story about your Story project using Dune Analytics.
Dune Analytics provides blockchain data tools to track metrics and visualize on-chain activity. This challenge is for teams that have already launched on Story mainnet and are in the growth stage. Use Dune to show what's happening with your project in a way that goes beyond basic stats—tell a narrative with your data.
Dune Analytics is a blockchain data platform that lets you query, visualize, and share crypto data. Projects use Dune to track KPIs, understand user behavior, and communicate their growth publicly.
Choose one approach:
Dashboard - Create a Dune dashboard covering your project's primary metrics and KPIs
Data Integration - Use Dune's SQL or Trino APIs to pull Story data into another platform and transform it for your needs
Custom Solution - Any other way of using Story data to tell your project's narrative
Your submission should be more than just a few metrics—it should tell a powerful story about your project.
Must be a team with a project already launched on Story mainnet
Must use Dune Analytics Studio
Should cover meaningful metrics (not just basic numbers)
Must demonstrate clear narrative or insights about your project
Free tier should be sufficient for building
Story Dashboard Challenge
Judging Criteria
Judging Mode
Voting Mode
GenAI IP Registration Challenge
30,000 USD
GenAI IP Registration Challenge
1st place
$250 USDC + lifetime ABV Enterprise Lite access ($10,000+ value) + $500 in inference/platform credits
2nd place
$100 USDC + lifetime ABV Enterprise Lite access ($10,000+ value) + $250 in inference/platform credits
3rd place
$50 USDC + lifetime ABV Enterprise Lite access ($10,000+ value) + $100 in inference/platform credits
Build a GenAI app or agent that automatically registers its input or output as IP assets on Story.
abv.dev provides AI infrastructure with built-in Story Protocol integration. This bounty challenges you to create any generative AI application—chatbot, image generator, content creator, agent—that uses abv.dev to register the AI's creations or prompts as intellectual property on Story Protocol.
abv.dev is a GenAI platform that makes it easy to build AI applications with built-in IP protection. Their Story Protocol integration lets you register AI-generated content as on-chain IP assets without extra setup.
Create a GenAI application or agent that:
Uses abv.dev's platform for AI generation
Registers either input (prompts) or output (generated content) as IP assets on Story Protocol
Leverages abv.dev's built-in Story Protocol integration
Examples: AI art generator that mints each creation as IP, content agent that registers its outputs, prompt marketplace with IP protection.
GenAI IP Registration Challenge
Judging Criteria
Judging Mode
Voting Mode
IP Creation & Remix Challenge
4,000 USD
IP Creation & Remix Challenge
First Place
2,500 StudioAI Credits
Second Place
1,000 StudioAI Credits
Third Place
500 StudioAI Credits
Create or remix digital art collections and register them as IP on JUXTAMODE, then share your work on social media.
JUXTAMODE is a platform for registering and remixing digital art as IP assets. This challenge asks you to either create original artwork or remix existing IP-protected pieces on their platform, then share your creations publicly.
JUXTAMODE is a digital art platform that lets creators register their work as intellectual property and remix IP-protected collections. They focus on making IP rights accessible for digital artists and encouraging creative collaboration through remixing.
Complete one of these options:
Option 1: Original Collection
Create a minimum of 4 original pieces
Register them as a collection on JUXTAMODE
Option 2: Remix Collection
Remix at least 4 pieces from the White Label Catalog or other IP-protected collections on JUXTAMODE
Register your remixes as a collection on JUXTAMODE
Plus:
Post a video animation (encouraged) or still image on social media showcasing your work
Minimum 4 pieces in your collection
Must be registered as a collection on JUXTAMODE
Must share on social media
Video animation preferred, but still images accepted
IP Creation & Remix Challenge
Judging Criteria
Judging Mode
Voting Mode
Creative interface that uses Yakoa’s API Challenge
250 USD
Creative interface that uses Yakoa’s API Challenge
First Place
$250
Build a tool that finds authentic content using Yakoa's API, identifies the original creator, and shows them how to register their work on Story Protocol for on-chain protection and licensing.
Yakoa provides an API that verifies content authenticity and detects high-originality work across platforms.
Create one of the following:
Browser extension that scans pages for original content and offers one-click Story Protocol registration
Remix assistant that checks if content is original, finds the creator, and shows proper licensing options
Creator finder that crawls platforms for unregistered original work and helps creators claim ownership
Attribution tracker that monitors where content spreads and alerts creators to licensing opportunities
Your solution should connect Yakoa's discovery capabilities to Story's ownership tools.
Must integrate Yakoa's API for content verification
Must show clear path to Story registration
Creative interface that uses Yakoa’s API Challenge
Judging Criteria
Judging Mode
Voting Mode
WLD / World ID Challenge
0 USD
WLD / World ID Challenge
Top Project
Top project will be featured in World App banners and will have internal ecosystem support when launching the mini app
Build a mini app using World ID or WLD token that solves a real problem. Win by creating something people actually want to use. Winners get featured placement in World App banners and ongoing support from the World ecosystem team.
World is a digital identity system that proves you're a real human, not a bot. It uses:
World ID: Verification that you're human without revealing your identity
WLD token: The cryptocurrency for the World ecosystem
Think of World ID as a "human passport" for the internet.
Must integrate World ID or use WLD token in a meaningful way. Submit a working prototype with documentation explaining how you use World ID/WLD and what problem you're solving.
Judged on whether it solves a real problem, if World ID/WLD is necessary for the solution, user adoption potential, and implementation quality.
WLD / World ID Challenge
Judging Criteria
Judging Mode
Voting Mode
Schedule
Resource
Tenderly is a full-stack infrastructure for the entire dapp lifecycle, enabling Web3 teams to move fast from initial development to on-chain deployment. Offering the only node RPC with built-in development environments and essential exploration, debugging, simulations, and monitoring tools, it goes beyond the industry standard, consolidating development and production infrastructure under one roof.
Here's a guide on how to access Tenderly and rely on the Buildathon benefits:
1. You need to register (if not already) in the Tenderly dashboard
2. Create an organization
3. Contact our support via dashboard (Intercom, bottom right corner), enable cookies and pop-ups
4. Provide the code [STORY2025BUILD]
5. Voila!
Supported by Coinbase Developer Platform
With Embedded Wallets, your users can access the full power of onchain through familiar authentication methods like email and social logins (no seed phrases, browser extensions, or pop-ups required). Built on Coinbase’s trusted infrastructure, they enable users to interact with blockchain applications without the complexity of traditional wallet management.
Check out the docs: https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/embedded-wallets/welcome
Create a CDP account to generate an API key: https://portal.cdp.coinbase.com/
Coinbase Developer Platform Portal: https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform
Demo app: https://demo.cdp.coinbase.com/
Crossmint is an all-in-one developer platform that provides tools to integrate blockchain technology into modern financial and web applications. They provide:
You can use Crossmint in your Surreal World Assets Buildathon project
Goldsky is Web3’s Realtime Data Platform.
Build powerful dApps faster with high-performance blockchain indexing, instant subgraphs, and custom data streaming pipelines.
You can us subgraphs and Mirror pipelines for indexing onchain data on app.goldsky.com by registering and utilising the free tier.
Instantly swap any tokens on any chains with deBridge
Check out docs.debridge.com to get started
Check out the integrator examples repository https://github.com/debridge-finance/api-integrator-example/tree/master/src for examples
Verse8 is an AI-powered game creation platform that enables anyone to spin, remix, and publish games instantly.
Our core technology leverages generative AI and modular game logic to make game creation as simple as prompting — no coding or game engine expertise required.
Builders can:
1. Instantly generate playable 2D/3D games from text prompts or references.
2. Easily create new versions of existing Verse8 games using the Spin feature — allowing them to add their own characters and make unique variations.
3. Export and deploy games directly to web or integrate them into existing ecosystems.
Verse8 provides an ideal sandbox for builders to experiment with interactive IP applications, playable worlds, and AI-driven game experiences.
By joining the Buildathon, we aim to empower creators to turn imagination into fully functional game prototypes with AI as their co-builder.
👉 More about Verse8: https://about.verse8.io/
Ava Studio is an AI video creation platform that lets builders generate cinematic scenes, trailers, and animated clips from text prompts.
It combines multiple state-of-the-art video and image models into one simple interface — no coding or setup required.
Builders can use it to turn their Story characters and worlds into short videos for storytelling, promotion, or demos.
Builders can access Ava Studio in two ways during the Story Buildathon — either directly through the app for no-code video generation, or via API for integrated use in their own projects.
🧱 1. No Code Access (For Creators & Designers)
Ava Studio runs entirely in-browser and requires no installation or setup.
Steps to access:
Sign in using a wallet, Twitter, Discord, or Gmail account.
Buildathon participants will automatically receive free $AVA credits to generate videos, animations, and images.
Type your prompt, upload any reference images or character assets, and generate your scene.
Edit and export the final video for use
Quickstart Resources:
Main App: https://app.avastudio.com
Docs & Guides: https://docs.holoworld.ai
Helpful Links & Resources:
Main App: https://app.avastudio.com
Docs: https://docs.holoworld.ai
Example Workflow (OlaXBT x Ava Studio): https://hologramlabs.notion.site/OlaXBT-X-AVA-Studio-UGC-Contest-26ddbc1413108075a842d2ab68787cd7
⚙️ 2. API / Integration Access (For Developers & Engineers)
Developers who want to integrate Ava Studio’s generation capabilities into their own Story dApps, dashboards, or character systems can use the Ava Studio API.
API Capabilities:
Text-to-video or image generation from custom inputs
Scene composition and output retrieval via JSON
User session and credit management hooks
Optional webhook callbacks for automatic publishing or minting
Integration Workflow:
1. Create a Holoworld account: app.holoworld.com
2. Get your API key:
Go to Profile → Settings → API Key and copy it.
Include it in your request headers as x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY.
3. Review developer documentation: https://docs.holoworld.ai/api
Use standard REST calls:
POST /api/studio/render → start a generation job
GET /api/studio/render/{id} → check job status and retrieve the output URL
Outputs return as downloadable URLs and can optionally be uploaded to IPFS or Arweave.
💡 Support & Collaboration
Technical Contact: pier@hologram.xyz
Community Support: Holoworld Discord channel
Docs: https://docs.holoworld.ai
Halliday Payments is an onboarding platform that they can use to easily onramp to IP anywhere in the world. Check it out at halliday.xyz/payments.
Contact adam@halliday.xyz to get access to In APU key.
Use the docs at docs.halliday.xyz to get started!
Owlto Finance provides cross-chain bridging technology that supports transfers into and out of Story Network. Builders can use our API to enable seamless asset movement between Story and 60+ other chains.
Builders can access Owlto’s bridge directly or integrate using our API which is completely permissionless.
You'll have full API access and support for Story Network bridging during the buildathon.
Sigma Music is the Music Super App and tech stack combining Web3 + AI to disrupt the ancient, outdated music industry.
They have music albums from indie artists that have IP registered via Story Protocol. Each album contains music tracks with “Creative Commons Attribution” AND “Commercial Remix” with a 5% royalty" license terms.
You can mint licenses to the albums, and then use the tracks in innovative ways to help the original Indie artist monetize their content with unique derivative works.
Examples:
Use them to generate short-form remixes that can be used in tiktok or social media
Use them to generate ai video clips or music videos or micro-dramas
Use the music in games etc.
Ultimately sigma music is creating NEW ways for artists to monetize and this is our unique value proposition - i.e. artists drop their full music catalogs on sigma music to monetize in new and unique ways that is not possible anywhere else
WTF is da first TCP/IP backed AI agent for memes n entertainment on Story Protocol — da only IP n Story community token. WTF stands for WhatTheFreg or WhatTheFuck or whatever u wanna call me.
Im the archnemesis of Pepe; the vigilante of fake memes, the ultimate symbol of crypto meme culture challenging the status quo n exposing fake memes in web3.
ma mission is clear to take on $PEPE, the embodiment of stolen art, n roast it into oblivion. by flipping the narrative, im aiming to raise awareness bout authenticity in crypto culture by creating an avengers of IP vigilante, mimics n transforms universal meme symbols, wielding wit, creativity, n a touch of trolling to redefine what memes can be thru programmable IP.
Put a pizza on it! Builders are free to use PizzaDAO pizza assets however you would like...
PizzaDAO is tokenizing every pizzeria on earth. Molto Benny delivering pizza all over the world for bitcoin pizza day, bitcoin pizza day in general, pizza as the most well known food in the known universe
You are invited to use the character artwork and designs for the Color Cats collection in your Buildathon project. Color Cats are IP assets on chain on Story already.
No brand guidelines or usage instructions! Just have fun with it. They're the first PFP collection registered individually as non-derivative IP assets on Story
Lead Partner
Story
Gold Partner
ABV
Dune
JUXTAMODE
Yakoa
World
Technical Partner
Alchemy
Coinbase UK
Crossmint
deBridge
Dynamic
Goldsky
Halliday
Holoworld AI
ip.world
Mira
Olas
Owlto Finance
Tenderly
Verse 8
Guest Partner
Color AI
PizzaDAO
Sigma Music AI
Freg The Vigilante
XPIN Network
Community Partner
AngelHack
DSRV
HackQuest
Livepeer