Agentic AI Innovation Challenge 2025

Challenge Overview

The Agentic AI Innovation Challenge celebrates groundbreaking developments in AI agent technologies and frameworks. We invite participants to showcase projects that demonstrate novel approaches to autonomous agents, structured LLM workflows, task automation, and multi-agent systems. Whether you are building sophisticated autonomous agents or creating innovative prompt engineering frameworks, this challenge welcomes all forms of agentic AI innovation.

Project Categories

Core Technologies:

• Agent architectures and frameworks (AutoGPT, BabyAGI, etc.)

• LLM workflow systems (LangChain, LlamaIndex, etc.)

• Task planning and decomposition frameworks

• Tool use and API integration systems

• Chain-of-thought and structured prompting

• Memory and context management

• Multi-agent communication and coordination

Implementation Approaches:

• Single-agent systems with advanced capabilities

• Multi-agent collaborative systems

• Prompt engineering frameworks

• Task routing and decomposition systems

Application Domains:

• Personal AI assistants, copilots and chatbots

• Code generation and development automation

• Data analysis and research automation

• Business process optimization

• Educational and training systems

• Creative and generative projects

These categories are examples - we welcome all innovative approaches in agentic AI, from sophisticated autonomous agents to novel LLM workflow frameworks.

Timeline (Note: Submission Deadline Extended to March 31st, 2025)

• Submission Start Date: February 10th, 2025, 12:00 AM UTC

• Submission Deadline: March 31st, 2025, 11:59 PM UTC

• Judging Period: April 1st, 2025 - April 23rd, 2025

• Winners Announced: April 24th, 2025, 11:59 PM UTC

Prize Categories

Prizes include multiple awards in each category:

• Best Overall Project: $600 for team + 1-year Pro Plan subscription for all team members

• Most Innovative Project: $300 for team + 6-month Pro Plan subscription for all team members

• Best Technical Implementation: $300 for team + 6-month Pro Plan subscription for all team members

• Most Engaging Presentation: $300 for team + 6-month Pro Plan subscription for all team members

Additional Recognition Categories:

Based on the quality of submissions, additional cash prizes will be awarded across categories including:

• Distinguished Applied Solution Showcase

• Excellence in Educational Content

• Most Promising Innovation

• Distinguished Technical Deep-Dive

• Outstanding Solution Implementation

• Exceptional Dataset Contribution

The total prize pool across all categories is $10,000. The number and value of additional prizes will be determined based on submission quality.

All participants will receive a digital certificate of participation.

Winning projects will be featured on the Ready Tensor platform and our social media channels, providing exposure to a wide audience of AI professionals and enthusiasts.

How to Participate

1. Create a free Ready Tensor account. Click on Sign-up from the top menu.

2. To initiate your publication, click 'Start Publication' from the top menu.

3. IMPORTANT: Enter your publication into the competition by clicking the 'Enter competition' button in the blue banner near the top.

4. Follow the intuitive workflow to document your project work. Use markdown format for documentation.

5. Make sure to publish your project before the submission deadline (March 31st, 2025).

6. You can edit your published work anytime before the submission deadline. You do not need to unpublish for editing. All changes are applied automatically.

7. To maximize visibility to your publication, use the social media links to share on platforms like LinkedIn, X, and more.

AI-Powered Publication Assessment

Enhance your competition entry with our AI-powered publication assessment tool:

• Get instant feedback on your documentation quality before final submission

• Receive tailored insights based on publication type (research, student projects, tutorials, industry implementations, etc.)

• Understand your strengths and areas for improvement

• Evaluate your work against our comprehensive rubric covering Purpose, Impact, Quality, and Usability

• Access this feature for free - available to all participants

To use: Simply look for the assessment panel on the right side while in edit mode. Run the automated assessment when you're ready for feedback.

Author Resources

Enhance your competition entry with our AI-powered publication assessment tool:

• Get instant feedback on your documentation quality before final submission

• Receive tailored insights based on publication type (research, student projects, tutorials, industry implementations, etc.)

• Understand your strengths and areas for improvement

• Evaluate your work against our comprehensive rubric covering Purpose, Impact, Quality, and Usability

• Access this feature for free - available to all participants

To use: Simply look for the assessment panel on the right side while in edit mode. Run the automated assessment when you're ready for feedback.

Who Should Participate?

This challenge welcomes innovations from:

• AI researchers, developers and enthusiasts

• Students and academics

• Industry professionals

• LLM engineering teams

• Robotics enthusiasts

• Automation specialists

Whether you are building the next breakthrough in agent architectures or applying existing frameworks in novel ways, we want to see your work!

Eligibility Notes:

• Open to participants worldwide except where prohibited by applicable U.S. laws and regulations, including but not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and the Crimea region.

• Participants must be 18 years or older.

• Employees and contractors of Ready Tensor are welcome to submit entries for showcase purposes, but are ineligible to win any prizes.

Participate Solo or With a Team!

You can choose to participate either as an individual or as part of a team. We welcome both solo innovators and collaborative groups!

Team Participation Guidelines:

• Teams can have up to 10 members

• All team members must create a Ready Tensor account

• The team lead creates the publication and invites team members to join

• Any of the team members can contribute to writing the publication

Prize Distribution for Teams:

• All cash prizes are awarded per team, not per team member

• Prize money for winning teams is awarded to the team lead

• The team lead is responsible for distributing the prize among team members

For detailed guidelines and technical evaluation criteria by publication type, refer to our guide: Best Practices for Publishing on Ready Tensor

Types of Publications

From LLM-based workflows to sophisticated multi-agent architectures, we welcome publications that advance the field of autonomous AI. Share your innovations in agent development, prompt engineering, or multi-agent systems to help shape the future of agentic AI.

Research Contributions:

• Original research in agent architectures

• Surveys of LLM agent frameworks

• Multi-agent system analyses

• Novel benchmarking approaches

• Reproducibility studies of agent papers

Implementation & Applications:

• Industry agent deployments

• LLM workflow implementations

• Tool use and integration cases

• Chain-of-thought applications

• Multi-agent coordination systems

Open Source & Independent Projects:

• Open-source agent frameworks

• Custom LLM tools and utilities

• Prompt engineering innovations

• Personal agent experiments

• Novel interaction patterns

Educational & Academic:

• Student projects and implementations

• Tutorials and technical deep dives

• Course projects in LLM agents

• Practical agent workshops

Submit Up to 10 Projects!

Each participant or team can submit up to 10 different publications into the competition. If you have multiple computer vision projects, or if your work naturally breaks into distinct components (like an open-source dataset), you can submit them as separate publications.

Each submission is evaluated independently and is eligible for different prize categories. More submissions mean more opportunities to showcase your work and gain recognition!

Prize Disbursement

• Cash prizes are awarded per team, not per individual team member.

• Teams are responsible for dividing the prize money among their members.

• All cash prizes will be disbursed through PayPal.

• Winners must have or create a PayPal account to receive the prize.

• PayPal will handle any necessary currency conversion for international participants.

Participation Rules

Submission Requirements:

• All submissions must be original work.

• You can submit projects you have worked on in the past.

• All publications must be in English.

• Each participant (or team) can submit up to 10 different publications.

Competition Entry:

• Existing publications on the Ready Tensor platform are eligible for submission as long as they align with the competition theme.

• The submission window opens on February 10th, 2025.

• Projects that have won prizes in previous Ready Tensor competitions are ineligible for prizes but may be submitted as showcase entries.

• Early submissions during the submission period are encouraged as they allow your publication to garner more reads, likes and shares, which are factors considered by the judges.

• Editing is allowed until the submission deadline.

Public Visibility:

• By participating, you agree that your publication will be visible in the public domain on the Ready Tensor platform.

Use of Submissions:

• You agree to allow Ready Tensor to feature your project with proper attribution.

Compliance:

• Participants must comply with all applicable laws and regulations.