AI & Fintech XRPL Hackathon in New York

Developers, product managers, designers, and business minds: team up and ship a working product in one weekend, from AI agents to new financial apps, with mentors and judges from across the AI, tech, blockchain, and finance world.

Hosted by XRPL Commons (https://www.xrpl-commons.org), with partners Ripple (https://www.ripple.com), XRPL Foundation (https://www.xrpl.foundation/), Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.com), Ledger (https://www.ledger.com/), AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/) and Quicknode (https://www.quicknode.com/). Whether it's your first hackathon, your fiftieth, or you want to sprint to launch a new feature, there's a place for you.

Join NYC's builder community for a weekend of shipping, then walk into Swell (https://swell.ripple.com/), Ripple's flagship conference, where institutions, investors, and decision-makers are already gathered, with a story to tell.

• Developers: no need to learn a new coding language. Build with the ones you already know, like JavaScript or Python.
• Product, business, and finance profiles: you don't need to code. Great teams need people who shape the idea, design the user experience, build the business case, and pitch the demo.
• AI-native builders welcome: use your favorite AI coding tools and agent frameworks to move faster.
• Come solo and find a team on site, or bring your own.

4 Tracks

All projects must be built on the XRP Ledger (https://xrpl.org), a fast, low-cost blockchain designed for payments and digital finance. New to it? Mentors will help you get started.

• Agentic Finance: build the tools that let AI agents make payments and manage money on the XRP Ledger, autonomously, safely, and at machine speed.
• Lending & Borrowing: build lending apps and savings vaults on brand-new financial infrastructure (XRP Ledger Lending Protocol and Single Asset Vaults), before it goes live.
• Protocol Innovation: for C++ and systems engineers who want to work on core infrastructure, clients, and developer tooling. Paired with a 3-day Core Dev Bootcamp (Oct 20-22) (http://luma.com/xrpl-core-dev-bootcamp2) as your on-ramp.
• Why Not: the open lane. Bring the XRP Ledger project you can't stop thinking about.

Already building?

Bring an existing project, AI app, or startup and use the 36 hours to ship a new feature on XRP Ledger. Only what you build during the hackathon counts toward judging.

What you get: $40,000+ in prizes, including stackable sponsored-track prizes, plus hands-on mentorship, fast-track access to grants and incubation, and a direct line to hiring teams.

Mentors & Judges

Ripple (https://ripple.com) - XRPL Foundation (https://xrplf.org) - Mastercard (https://www.mastercard.com) - Ledger (https://www.ledger.com) - Quicknode (https://www.quicknode.com) - AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/) - t54.ai (https://www.t54.ai/) - Evernorth (https://www.evernorth.xyz/) - Soil (https://soil.co/) and more

Registration details

By registering for this event, you consent to being photographed and filmed, and to the use of these photos/videos for promotional purposes.

All participants are required to agree with and adhere to the code of conduct (https://swell.ripple.com/code-of-conduct).