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 - 🔥 Explore apps that combine LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, and open-source alternatives with RAG and AI Agents.
 - 🎓 Learn from well-documented projects and contribute to the growing open-source ecosystem of LLM-powered applications.
 
+## 🚨 Open Source AI Agent Hackathon! 🚨
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+We're launching a Global AI Agent Hackathon in collaboration with AI Agent ecosystem partners — open to all developers, builders, and startups working on agents, RAG, tool use, or multi-agent systems.
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+### 💰 Win up to $20,000 in cash by building Agents
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+- 🏅 10 winners: $300 each
+- 🥉 10 winners: $500 each
+- 🥈 5 winners: $1,000 each
+- 🥇 1 winner: $2,000
+- 🏆 GRAND PRIZE: $5,000 🏆
+
+### 🎁 Bonus
+- Top 5 projects will be featured in the top trending [Awesome LLM Apps](https://github.com/Shubhamsaboo/awesome-llm-apps) repo.
+
+### 🤝 Partners
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+[Unwind AI](https://www.theunwindai.com), [Agno](https://www.agno.com) and more Agent ecosystem companies joining soon.
+
+### 📅 Here's the timeline:
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+- April 3rd - Final dates revealed
+- April 10th - Prize and success criteria announced
+- April 15th (tentative) - Hackathon starts
+- May 30th (tentative) - Hackathon ends
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+Join us for a month of building Agents!
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+> Prizes will be distributed on an ongoing basis and continue till all prizes are awarded.
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+⭐ Star this repo and follow along to stay updated.
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+### 🤝 Want to join us as a partner or judge?
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+If you're a company in the AI agent ecosystem or would like to judge the hackathon, reach out to [Shubham Saboo](https://x.com/Saboo_Shubham_) or [Ashpreet Bedi](https://x.com/ashpreetbedi) on X to partner. Let’s make this the biggest open source AI Agent hackathon.
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 ## 📂 Featured AI Projects
 
 ### AI Agents