Build with AI. Compete. Get discovered.
Sponsored contests for developers who build with AI. Ship a game, a site, an API or an agent; real judges and hidden tests score it; the best builders get paid and get found.
How it works
[ 3 steps ]- [01]
Pick a contest
Sponsors post real briefs with real prize pools: games, websites, APIs, algorithms, agents and demos. Solo or with your crew.
$1337 contests - [02]
Build with any AI
Claude, Cursor, Codex, your own agents. Declare what you used, ship a live URL or an artifact from the Mac app or the CLI.
$1337 submit --url https://… - [03]
Get judged. Get discovered.
Hidden tests, benchmarks, head-to-head arena votes and expert panels score every entry in the open. Winners get paid and scouted.
$1337 status
Live contests
All contests →Or stay in the terminal
The 1337 CLI (also leet) logs in with GitHub, enters contests and submits builds from wherever
you're working. Same API as the Mac app.
$ 1337 enter creature-catcher contest .......... Creature-catcher game entry ............ .1337/entry.json $ 1337 submit --url https://tidepool.dev submitted ........ build #11 checks ........... 5 / 5 passed $ 1337 status rank ............. #2 of 184
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