Zetaris Demo Challenge Official Rules

Overview

The Zetaris Demo Challenge (the "Challenge") rewards Open Agent Hackathon 2026 builders who show, in a short video, how they used Zetaris in their build. The prize pool is $10,000 [USD], shared across three winners.

Promoter: [Zetaris legal entity name, ABN/company number and registered address] ("Zetaris", "we", "us")
Entry period: opens 29 October 2026 and closes Tue 2 Nov, 23:45 UTC (the "Entry Period"). Entries received after the Entry Period closes will not be judged.
Type of competition: a game of skill. Chance plays no part in choosing the winners.

The Challenge is separate from the Open Agent Hackathon 2026. Entering, or not entering, has no effect on hackathon judging or results.

By entering, you agree to these rules.

2. Who can enter

To enter, you must:

be registered for the Open Agent Hackathon 2026
be at least [18] years old, or the age of majority where you live if that is higher
not live in a country or region where this Challenge is prohibited or restricted by law

You can enter as an individual or as a team. A team nominates one member to submit the entry and receive any prize on the team's behalf. That member must have every team member's consent to enter.

Each individual or team may submit [one] entry. [Confirm: can someone who was on a hackathon team also enter alone?]

Employees of Zetaris, [SpaceXSI and GenAI Works], their immediate families, and anyone involved in running or judging the Challenge cannot enter.

3. How to enter

Record a demo video of a build that uses Zetaris, with Zetaris shown working live. You may use the build you made for the Open Agent Hackathon 2026.
Include a 40–60 second segment in which you or your team explain, on camera or in voiceover, why you thought Zetaris was amazing: the moment it clicked, what surprised you, or what it let you do. Entries without this segment will not be judged.
Answer one question in your write-up: "In one sentence, why did you think it was amazing?"
Name your file TEAM-NAME_DDMMYY, using the date you submit. For example: ORBIT-LABS_281026.
Upload your entry before the Entry Period closes: Submit your video

Video requirements

Maximum length: [X] minutes
Accepted formats: [MP4 or MOV]
Language: [English, or with English subtitles]
The video must be your own original work and must not include confidential, personal or third-party data you don't have the right to share. Use synthetic or public data where possible.

We are not responsible for entries that are late, lost, corrupted or incomplete, or that fail to upload.

4. Judging

A panel of judges will score every eligible entry out of 100 points against the criteria below.

Criterion	Points	What judges look for
Meaningful use of Zetaris	25	Zetaris is central to the solution, not a cameo, and is shown working live in the demo.
How it helped you	15	You explain in your own words what impressed you. Specific, genuine moments (what surprised you, what it let you do that wasn't possible before, time saved) score higher than general praise.
Problem and impact	15	A clear, real-world problem with credible value for a business or user.
Technical execution	15	The build actually works. Judges reward depth and quality.
Working with SpaceXSI	15	Zetaris is combined well with SpaceXSI's coding agents.
Creativity and originality	10	A fresh idea or an unexpected use case.
Video quality and storytelling	5	A clear narrative that is easy to follow and shareable.

If two or more entries tie for a prize position, the entry with the higher score for "Meaningful use of Zetaris" ranks higher. If they are still tied, the judges will decide by majority vote.

The judges' decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

5. Prizes and winners

Place	Prize [USD]
1st	$5,000
2nd	$3,000
3rd	$2,000

Prizes are paid by [bank transfer or other method] within [30] days of the winner providing their payment details and any information we need to verify them.
Prizes cannot be transferred or exchanged. For team entries, the prize is paid to the nominated team member, who is responsible for sharing it with the team.
Winners are responsible for any taxes, fees or bank charges on their prize.
We will announce winners on [date] and contact them by the email address they registered with. If a winner doesn't respond within [7] days, we may award that prize to the next-highest-scoring entry.

6. Your content and how we may use it

You keep ownership of your build, your video and everything you submit.

By entering, you give Zetaris a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to:

use, copy, edit (for length and format), display and share your video and write-up in connection with the Challenge, in Zetaris marketing materials and on Zetaris social channels
quote your "why it was amazing" statement, with attribution to you or your team, in Zetaris marketing materials and on Zetaris social channels
use your name, team name and project name alongside that content

When we quote your statement, we will note that it was submitted as part of the Zetaris Demo Challenge.

You confirm that:

your entry is your own original work
you have permission from everyone who appears in the video, and from your team, to submit it and grant this licence
your entry doesn't infringe anyone's intellectual property, privacy or other rights

You can ask us to stop using your content at any time by emailing [contact email]. We'll stop using it in new materials, but we can't recall materials already published.

7. General conditions

We may disqualify any entry that breaks these rules, is offensive or unlawful, or that we reasonably believe was submitted fraudulently.
If something outside our control affects the Challenge (for example, technical failure or fraud), we may change, suspend or end it, subject to any applicable law.
To the extent permitted by law, Zetaris is not liable for any loss or damage arising from the Challenge or any prize, except where that liability cannot be excluded.
We collect and use your personal information to run the Challenge, contact winners and use content as described in section 6, in line with our privacy policy: [privacy policy link].
These rules are governed by the laws of [Victoria, Australia].

Zetaris Demo Challenge: Official Rules