about this event
Build an AI agent that can buy from almost any merchant. Most assistants stop before the transaction. Agentic Commerce Pioneers Edition II challenges builders to ship a working shopping agent that turns a real request into a confirmed, paid order, with user consent, delegated authority, and verifiable evidence. Free to enter. Open to builders of all backgrounds, solo or in teams.
WHAT YOU'LL BUILD — A shopping AI agent that: Understand — interpret the user's goal, budget and constraints; Discover — find the product, merchant and fulfilment option; Explore — read checkout and return the exact order price; Confirm — show the final order and get explicit approval; Pay + prove — place the order and return auditable evidence.
WHAT MAKES IT WORK — Acceptance layer: complete ordinary web checkouts with no merchant integration, or use structured checkout where merchants are integrated. Card checkout and crypto-native x402 in one agent journey. The merchant stays merchant of record. Safe delegation: Hosted Add Card keeps your app outside PCI scope. The agent gets an alias, never the card number. A passkey-signed mandate defines spend, scope and authority — anything outside it stops for fresh approval.
IMPORTANT DATES — Aug 15: Applications open. Aug 30: Applications close. Sep 10–20: Remote build sprint (10 days to design, build and ship). Sep 21: Hybrid Demo Day — finalists present live, in person and streamed for remote teams.
WHAT YOU GET — $2,000+ CAD prize pool (growing); free to enter; $50 in API credits per team; 6 months of free Agnic.AI platform access; a shot at one of 10 finalist demo slots.
IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED — AI shopping assistants, procurement platforms, corporate gifting, employee rewards, conversational commerce.
WHO SHOULD APPLY — Builders of all backgrounds — solo or in teams, from students to startup founders — in the same spirit as Edition I, where 7 teams shipped working agentic commerce products in 10 days.
HOW TO APPLY — Apply here on Luma by Aug 30. Full program details, FAQ and Edition I recap: https://pioneers.agnic.ai. Questions? hello@agnic.ai. Want to sponsor, mentor, or bring a challenge? sponsors@agnic.ai.
when
Agentic Commerce Pioneers Hackathon — Hybrid Demo Day
Hybrid Demo Day — finalists present live, in person at OneEleven, Toronto and streamed for remote teams.
◍ OneEleventickets
| tickets | price | Fee | Status | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Admission | Free | TBA | Available | Free entry. Apply on Luma by Aug 30. |
prizes
| # | PRIZE | price |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cash prize from the $2,000+ CAD prize pool (growing) | $2,000+ CAD prize pool (growing) |