WaiWai hosted the WaiHack hackathon for developing AI agents. It became a study of how realistic AI agent applications are across different fields.
48 people registered for the hackathon. 7 teams made it to the pitch. Over the weekend, participants needed to create a working prototype. The teams mainly consisted of product managers, developers, and experts in fields such as investments, tourism, agriculture, interior design, and finance.
The jury had a very difficult choice because all the projects at the pitches were creative, and many had excellent technical execution.
AI agents were evaluated across three categories: prototype development, user value, and level of API/SDK/tool integration.
The hackathon winners were:
1st place: Sexy Agent. The project connects startups and investors: it helps with pitch formation, economic model preparation, and sending recommendations to potential investors. The goal is to make fundraising easier and cheaper, and help investors find interesting projects.
The team successfully combined their expertise in fundraising, PR, and development in this solution.
2nd place: LagomDev. The project took the mundane topic of personal productivity and made it interesting through character image generation - adding a gamification element. This was one of the few projects that actually used multiple language models working together.
3rd place: Loca. A highly personalized bot that, depending on preferences and location, suggests individual interesting events to visit or plans an entire trip. The idea was complemented by excellent positioning and fine-tuning - the bot's communication tone turned out light and memorable.
Sharing 3rd place with Loca was the Fugarov's bot. It determines wall area from a photo, then calculates the amount of paint and wallpaper needed for finishing. The bot also selects a suitable shade.
Jury and mentors: Pavel Khmelinsky, CTO of the Commercial Division at Samolet Group, Sergey Ris, developer and vibe-coding expert, Ivan Yunitsky, co-founder of VOIC LAB.
Media partners were BangBang Education and fl.ru.
The next hackathon is planned for late October 2025, also online.