How 30+ Global Sponsors Powered WEEX AI Trading Hackathon Into a $1.88M Carnival

Following weeks of competitive preliminary rounds and an intense final showdown, AI Wars: WEEX Alpha Awakens Global AI Hackathon has reached its closing stage. The event is now undergoing final result verification, with official rankings expected to be revealed soon.

More than just a contest, the WEEX AI Trading Hackathon brought together technology leaders, Web3 innovators, and AI pioneers in a large-scale collaboration. 30+ sponsors from both Web2 and Web3 sectors contributed to the event, helping to expand WEEX’s global influence and move AI trading closer to real-market adoption.

How Global Tech and Web3 Sponsors Strengthened the WEEX AI Trading Hackathon

The success of the WEEX AI Hackathon came from strong cross-industry collaboration. Sponsors from diverse sectors joined the event, demonstrating its high professional standards.

Leading Web2 technology providers — including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Tencent Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud — provided powerful cloud infrastructure, while Web3 data and infrastructure platforms such as CoinGecko and RootData supported participants with essential market intelligence. At the same time, AI trading and AI agent innovators including Hubble AI, Cryptoracle and RGAI contributed advanced tools and technical insight, alongside prediction market leaders ForeGate and EveryX.

Beyond the aforementioned partners, the hackathon also welcomed meme projects, developer communities, and Web3 data infrastructure platforms, forming a broad and diverse ecosystem around AI trading innovation. The participation of sponsors across so many verticals not only elevated the professional level of the competition but also significantly strengthened WEEX’s brand credibility.

Together, they helped position the WEEX AI Hackathon as a high-impact industry event, expanding its global reach and reinforcing WEEX’s role as a connector between AI technology, trading innovation, and the wider crypto ecosystem.

$1.88M Prize Pool and AWS Cloud Credits: Inside the WEEX AI Trading Competition

The prize pool totaling $1.88 million, our esteemed sponsors transformed the hackathon into a real-market testing ground. Their contributions provided participants with essential resources, including cloud computing credits, API and market data access, joint social media campaigns, and offline venue support.

Among them, Amazon Web Services (AWS) exclusively contributed $1 million in AWS Activate Credits. This support gave teams the computing power needed to build, test, and scale AI trading systems under realistic market conditions.

In addition to technical support, the hackathon featured one of the most competitive reward structures in the industry. Alongside WEEX’s position airdrop incentives, the Bentley Bentayga S grand prize worth $500,000 significantly raised the stakes, attracting high-quality traders, developers, and AI strategy builders from around the world. The combination of substantial sponsorship resources and premium rewards elevated both participation standards and competitive intensity, helping make the WEEX AI Hackathon a benchmark event known for its professionalism, innovation, and dynamic competition atmosphere.

How Sponsors Expanded AI Trading Adoption Through Workshops and AMAs

Beyond infrastructure support, our partners have played an active role in community engagement. Through online AMA sessions and offline workshops, they helped introduce AI trading concepts to a wider audience and encouraged deeper user participation.

These activities strengthened trading education, promoted practical understanding of AI strategies, and significantly enhanced WEEX’s brand visibility across global communities. By sharing expertise directly with traders and developers, sponsors helped bridge the gap between technology and real user adoption.

WEEX AI Trading Hackathon Season 2: What to Expect in May

Beyond prizes and technology, this hackathon demonstrated how collaboration can accelerate ecosystem growth. Exchanges, AI companies, prediction platforms, developers, and creators worked together to push AI strategies from theory into live market validation.

The WEEX AI Hackathon marks the beginning of a long-term journey rather than a single event. WEEX looks forward to reuniting with many of the partners who supported this edition in Season 2 this May, while also welcoming new collaborators to join the growing AI trading ecosystem.

Thank you, our valued partners — you made this hackathon a true success!

About WEEX

Founded in 2018, WEEX has developed into a global crypto exchange with over 6.2 million users across more than 150 countries. The platform emphasizes security, liquidity, and usability, providing over 1,200 spot trading pairs and offering up to 400x leverage in crypto futures trading. In addition to the traditional spot and derivatives markets, WEEX is expanding rapidly in the AI era — delivering real-time AI news, empowering users with AI trading tools, and exploring innovative trade-to-earn models that make intelligent trading more accessible to everyone. Its 1,000 BTC Protection Fund further strengthens asset safety and transparency, while features such as copy trading and advanced trading tools allow users to follow professional traders and experience a more efficient, intelligent trading journey.

Follow WEEX on social media:

Instagram: @WEEX Exchange 
X: @WEEX_Official 
Tiktok: @weex_global 
Youtube: @WEEX_Official 
Discord: WEEX Community 
Telegram: WeexGlobal Group