{"id":"XopTqhV57yw","title":"Building Useful Agents: SF Hackathon Shows the Power of Practical AI","description":"In March, NEAR brought together over 100 developers in San Francisco—the AI capital of the world—for the inaugural Useful Agents Hackathon. Co-organized by NEAR AI, SF Compute, and Electric Capital, this 24-hour sprint challenged participants to move beyond theoretical AI capabilities and meme-driven viral trends by building agents that tackle real issues with quantifiable, repeatable results. This hackathon represented a crucial step toward NEAR’s vision of an ecosystem where blockchain and AI converge to create solutions built on practical utility and measurable impact.\n\nNEAR is the Blockchain for AI\nWebsite: https://near.org/\nNEAR AI: https://near.ai/\nIntents: https://near.org/intents\nChain Abstraction: https://www.proximity.dev/\nSharding: https://nearone.org/\n\nFor the devs\nGitHub: https://github.com/near \nDev Docs: https://docs.near.org/\nDevhub: https://devhub.near.page/ @NEARDevHub\n\nConnect with socials\nTwitter:   / nearprotocol  \nBlog: https://near.org/blog/\nMedium:   / nearprotocol  \n#NEAR #nearprotocol #NEARAI","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2025-04-02T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/XopTqhV57yw/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":"And this is a hackathon that we have going on uh to build useful agents because the challenge with AI today is it's super cool. It's absolutely fundamentally changing the world. So we're building agents which are essentially AIs that can get access to certain tools. Uh go check out uh SF Compute everybody. Go check out the near AI stack. It was really awesome awesome tooling that most people are not familiar with that they should try out and thank you all for coming. Thank you and have fun. I'm Zanverter. Uh I'm I study in Minerva University. I'm an undergrad. Uh I'm doing computer science and AI. Hey everyone, I'm Zahid. My project is post. I'm Michael. and I'm Mitchell and we are team Sagent. We also have a couple other team members that are not here. Essentially the problem we want to solve is for biotech research. Hey everyone uh I'm JW and uh today uh for this hackon I made a EVM wallet analysis agent. Hi guys, we are Diligence AI and we built a multi- multi- aent uh tool that we have orchestrated to help VCs do due diligence for any startups that they are working with. For third place, we have near food for $2,000. In second place we have due diligence. First place we have post.","transcript_synced_at":"2026-11-03T04:59:08.698Z","segments":[{"start_seconds":7,"text":"And this is a hackathon that we have going on uh to build useful agents because the challenge with AI today is","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=7s"},{"start_seconds":15,"text":"it's super cool. It's absolutely fundamentally changing the world. So we're building agents which are essentially AIs that can get access to","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=15s"},{"start_seconds":22,"text":"certain tools. Uh go check out uh SF Compute everybody. Go check out the near AI stack. It was really awesome awesome","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=22s"},{"start_seconds":30,"text":"tooling that most people are not familiar with that they should try out and thank you all for coming. Thank you and have fun.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=30s"},{"start_seconds":37,"text":"I'm Zanverter. Uh I'm I study in Minerva University. I'm an undergrad. Uh I'm doing computer science and AI.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=37s"},{"start_seconds":48,"text":"Hey everyone, I'm Zahid. My project is post.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=48s"},{"start_seconds":56,"text":"I'm Michael. and I'm Mitchell and we are team Sagent. We also have a couple other team members that are not here.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=56s"},{"start_seconds":63,"text":"Essentially the problem we want to solve is for biotech research.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=63s"},{"start_seconds":70,"text":"Hey everyone uh I'm JW and uh today uh for this hackon I made a EVM wallet analysis agent.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=70s"},{"start_seconds":81,"text":"Hi guys, we are Diligence AI and we built a multi- multi- aent uh tool that","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=81s"},{"start_seconds":89,"text":"we have orchestrated to help VCs do due diligence for any startups that they are working with. For third place, we have near food for $2,000.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=89s"},{"start_seconds":107,"text":"In second place we have due","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=107s"},{"start_seconds":113,"text":"diligence. First place we have post.","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw&t=113s"}],"youtube_url":"https://youtube.com/watch?v=XopTqhV57yw","url":"https://near-pedia.xyz/videos/XopTqhV57yw"}