Agents in Action Hackathon: Meet the Winners Powering the Future of Autonomous Payments

TL;DR The CDP Agents in Action Hackathon challenged devs to use x402, CDP Wallet, and AgentKit and included tracks from AWS, Akash and Pinata. Winning projects included decentralized payroll systems, protocol fee routers, and pay-per-use marketplaces.

The Agents in Action Hackathon, hosted by Coinbase Developer Platform, brought together hundreds of builders to create the next wave of autonomous, onchain applications using x402, CDP Wallet, and AgentKit.

Over the course of two weeks, developers shipped agentic apps that didn’t just reason — they charged, paid, and coordinated value across APIs, wallets, and compute. From decentralized payroll to protocol fee routers and pay-per-use marketplaces, these winning projects showcase what happens when AI meets programmable payments.

We’re thrilled to spotlight the winners across four major challenge tracks: Coinbase, AWS, Akash, and Pinata.

Coinbase Track Winners

Best Use of x402 + CDP Wallet

• 🥇 Cash Drive – $3,000

• 🥈 Snack Money API – $1,500

• 🥉 Infinite Bazaar – $500

Best Use of CDP Wallet

• 🥇 Uniicon – $1,000

• 🥈 AI402 – $700

• 🥉 CollabraChain – $300

Best Use of x402

• 🥇 MCPay.fun – $500

• 🥈 1shot API – $300

• 🥉 M2m – $200

These teams nailed real-world revenue flows, from tokenized file sharing to autonomous developer monetization using x402 for payments and CDP Wallet for distribution.

AWS Challenge Winners

Best Use of Amazon Bedrock

• 🥇 Neuralabs, AgentVault, OutreachAI – $10K AWS Activate credits each

• Finalists: xARP, Imperfect Coach, Uniicon, Agora.dev, CollabraChain, TrueCast API, FastAPI x402 w/Payouts – $5K AWS Activate credits each

Huge thanks to AWS for supporting our builders with Activate Credits and hosting the Agents in Action Demo Day at the AWS GenAI Loft in San Francisco.

Akash Track Winners

Best Use of Akash Network + Best Overall Project

• 🥇 Neuralabs – $5,000 Akash Credits

• 🥈 AgentVault – $3,000 Akash Credits

• 🥉 PayPerUse – $2,000 Akash Credits

These projects explored decentralized compute and pay-as-you-go infra — including bots that spin up AI jobs on Akash and settle usage with onchain payments.

Pinata Track Winners

Best Agentic Use of Pinata

• 🥇 Forge AI Souls – $5,000 Pinata Credits

• 🥈 Supportly – $2,500 Pinata Credits

• 🥉 ShieldFi – $2,500 Pinata Credits

Whether storing encrypted receipts or publishing NFT-bound assets, these teams made IPFS-native agents real.

What’s Next for these teams?

Many of these teams will go on to present their work at the AWS Demo Day and continue building with support from the CDP ecosystem. Several are already exploring next steps with partners, grant programs, and deeper integration across Coinbase Developer Platform.

Interested in building with CDP Wallet, x402, or AgentKit? Start here → docs.cdp.coinbase.com