StarkWare Industries is the leading blockchain company specializing in scaling and privacy solutions using STARK zero-knowledge proofs. Founded in 2018, it offers products like StarkEx and StarkNet. StarkWare focuses on improving blockchain efficiency, security, and scalability.

Starkware Inclusions:

1. Live deployment on Starknet mainnet with verified functionality
2. Application leverages an agent framework e.g Eliza
3. Public accessibility - project must be testable by anyone
4. Complete source code available for review
5. Projects must be original work
6. Projects must remain functional for at least 30 days post-hackathon

Guidance:

Starkware has provided their evaluation criteria for teams within this track. Projects will be ranked based on:

1. Technical Innovation
   • Novel use of agentic framework e.g Eliza
   • Innovative combination of AI and Web3 features
   • Technical complexity and execution quality
2. User Experience
   • Intuitive interface
   • Clear value proposition
   • Response time and reliability
   • Quality of error handling
3. Business/Market Potential
   • Addresses clear market need
   • Potential for user adoption
   • Scalability of solution

Awards and Grants

Total Prize Pool: 100k STRK tokens split between top projects.

Prize Distribution (Top 5 Winners):

• 1st Place: 40k STRK
• 2nd Place: 25k STRK
• 3rd Place: 20k STRK
• 4th Place: 10k STRK