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Agentbench Weekend · Bali

48 hours, in-person and remote, building novel evaluations or agent harnesses on the open agent stack. Travel stipends for 12 selected attendees — mostly from regions with no in-person AI events nearby.

When
22–24 Sep 2026
Where
Ubud + online
Pool
$15,000
Travel stipends
12 spots
Status
Coming up

Format

  • Friday 5pm WITA · in-person kickoff, online stream live
  • Saturday + Sunday · 48 hours of build
  • Sunday 6pm WITA · 5-minute demos and judging
  • Teams up to four; online or hybrid

Tracks

  • Evaluation — a new eval that surfaces a real agent failure mode
  • Tooling — open-source agent harness or scaffolding library
  • Replication — a high-quality replication of a recent agent paper
  • Wildcard — surprise the judges

Prize pool · $15,000

  • Best in each track: $2,500
  • Community vote: $1,500
  • Best newcomer (first hack): $1,000
  • Best replication: $1,000
  • Pooled honourable mentions: $1,000 total

Travel stipends

Twelve attendees get up to $1,200 toward travel and lodging. Stipends are prioritised for members from countries without major AI events, members under 25, members not affiliated with frontier labs, and teams with at least one woman or under-represented founder.

Register a team