1. BUIDL_QUESTS 2026
a. These Rules apply to BUIDL_QUESTS 2026.
b. BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 is amber.ac's global AI and AI Crypto startup competition for AI-native founders, agent builders, crypto infrastructure teams, and super individuals, run as a dedicated track on OpenArena.to. Registration opens on 6 July 2026. All project submissions run on OpenArena, and the competition culminates in the Singapore Finals.
i. Official launch and registration open on 6 July 2026. The submission window commences on 6 July 2026 and closes on 12 August 2026 at 6:00 PM SGT/GMT+8.
ii. Review and online interviews will take place from 13 August 2026 to 10 September 2026.
iii. Results will be announced as follows: Top 20 teams on 11 September 2026, and Top 10 finalists on 24 September 2026.
iv. BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 will culminate in the in-person Singapore Finals, comprising Pitch Day on 5 October 2026 (VC, Top 10 teams, and BUIDL_QUESTS Partners only) and Demo Day and the AI x Art x Sustainable Exhibition on 6 October 2026 at CHIJMES, Singapore.
v. All Top 10 finalist BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Teams are expected to attend the in-person Singapore Finals. Failure to attend may result in the forfeiture of the BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team's position as a finalist and/or relevant prizes.
c. City activations and online sessions will take place from July 2026 to August 2026 across Singapore, China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and Southeast Asia.
Age Restrictions: Participants must be at least 16 years of age. Participants below the age of 18 are required to obtain explicit consent from their legal parent or guardian to participate in BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, and must provide the parent's or guardian's details during registration.
Geographical Restrictions: By agreeing to participate in BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, you represent that you reside in a jurisdiction where BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 may legally offer its services, and that you are not on any trade or economic sanctions lists, including, without limitation, the United Nations Security Council Sanctions List, designated as a "Politically Exposed Person," subject to restrictions under the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) Terrorism Financing and Drug Trafficking sanctions lists, or placed on any lists maintained by the Singapore Police Force or the Ministry of Home Affairs. amber.ac and/or Amber Group maintains the right to select its markets and jurisdictions to operate and may restrict or deny access to BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 in certain countries at its discretion.
2. Tracks and Theme
a. The theme of BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 is "Autonomous Agents & Sovereignty." Each BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team must select one (1) primary track at the time of submission from the following: (i) Autonomous Agents; (ii) Sovereignty; (iii) Agent Commerce; (iv) AI Hardware & Applications; and (v) OPC / Super Individuals.
b. Projects that do not satisfy the selected track requirements will be skipped, and any associated prize will roll forward to the next eligible project. amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine track eligibility.
c. Projects from feeder events, including BUIDL_OPC_Hackathon_SG and other city activations, may be selected to directly enter BUIDL_QUESTS 2026. amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine which projects, if any, qualify for direct entry, and selected teams will be notified separately regarding the terms and conditions of their participation.
3. Standards for Exceptional Projects
3.1 Teams
a. Participants may form BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Teams. Both solo founders and teams are welcome to participate.
b. Each BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team shall appoint one (1) Participant as the BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team's representative.
c. The BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team's representative is to submit the list of members in their BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team to amber.ac by such date as may be required by amber.ac.
3.2 Multiple Entries
a. Any person who attempts to participate under multiple identities or uses any scheme, device, or artifice to submit multiple entries in violation of any limitation will be disqualified.
4. Participants' Code of Conduct
The Participants consist of people from countries around the world, and we expect all Participants to respect the diversity of our community. Content containing illegal or excessive obscene or foul language, excessive violence, nudity, or sexual activity will be flagged and removed. Content that is abusive or likely to be offensive to others may also be flagged and removed.
BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 involves live participation, community communications, and coordination among Participants, amber.ac, Amber Group, and event partners. Due to reasons such as time zone differences, personal commitments, work commitments, education commitments, and event operations, responses may not always be immediate. Therefore, we seek understanding from all involved parties to respect each individual's boundaries, external commitments, or circumstances. Acts of disrespect to Participants, amber.ac, Amber Group, or event partners include, but are not limited to, constant messaging within an unreasonably short period, flooding the main channel(s) without providing a reasonable amount of time for responses to be made, use of abusive and/or demanding language, and similar conduct.
We value integrity and expect you to represent who you are and your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team honestly in your submissions and in any form that we share with you during BUIDL_QUESTS 2026.
We celebrate makers, creators, and developers, and want to help each person who is part of this community grow and improve their skills. When you share feedback, please keep it constructive. Any content that is abusive, threatening, expresses hatred, or is likely to offend others is unacceptable and may result in the content being removed, the suspension or termination of your account, or disqualification from BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, at the sole discretion of amber.ac and/or Amber Group.
Do not share or post any personal or private information about yourself or any other person. This includes any photos unless you have explicit permission to do so, phone numbers, addresses, location details, personal email addresses, and social media profiles.
Our community and platforms help showcase software, participate in challenges, share your ideas and code, receive feedback, and find motivation. Do not upload anything unrelated, explicit, repeatedly post the same thing, post anything that is not relevant to the event that you are participating in, or send excessive, unsolicited messages to other users.
5. Project Rules
- Submission Window: 6 July 2026 to 12 August 2026, 6:00 PM SGT/GMT+8.
- The BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team's representative must submit the Team's Submission through OpenArena.to, via the web form or terminal-native flow, during the official Submission Window. Each Submission must include the repository, demo, description, and one (1) primary track.
- You and your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team are strictly not allowed to submit Submissions that are not created by you or that are not what you have worked on during the period of BUIDL_QUESTS 2026. If other projects could be great resources, kindly reach out to amber.ac or Amber Group in the community and request to add such projects to the resources.
- Each Submission will be judged solely on what you and your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team have worked on during the duration of BUIDL_QUESTS 2026. Each team is required to share the source code of the Submission on OpenArena.to. Each team is required to use version control for their code throughout the course of BUIDL_QUESTS 2026. Any repositories with single commits of large files without proper history will be assumed to be unqualified unless proven otherwise.
- If someone has helped you or contributed to your Submission, you must credit them in your Submission for their contribution.
- Make sure to check the license of any public repository before you use it for your Submission and give the appropriate credit to that repository and the creator in your Submission. You cannot utilize content that violates any third party's rights, including privacy, personality, moral or intellectual property rights, or that constitutes copyright infringement, unless you have acquired the necessary rights to do so or the content is subject to an open-source license.
- When making your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Submission, you must ensure that you have the right to use any existing content that forms the whole or a part of your Submission. This includes, without limitation, images, lines of code, or demonstration videos in your Submission.
- You must ensure that you have permission from all persons, venues, and/or entities who worked on, were engaged to work on, or contributed in any respect to the Submission or any part thereof. Otherwise, please do not use such material and do not upload the same in your Submission.
- The use of generative AI tools, including but not limited to tools for code completion, such as GitHub Copilot, chatbots, such as ChatGPT, image generation tools, such as Midjourney or DALL·E, and similar tools, is approved for BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 as long as no personal, confidential, or restricted information is used with the AI tool. You and/or your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team use AI technologies at your own risk. In the event that you and/or your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team expose proprietary, sensitive, confidential, or personally identifiable data to an AI tool, amber.ac reserves the right to disqualify you and/or your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team from BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, and any consequences arising thereof shall be solely borne by you and/or your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team.
- You and your BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team are responsible for ensuring that any code, datasets, or similar assets generated using generative AI tools in your Submission adhere to these Rules.
6. Judging and Selection
a. Judges will select the Top 20 teams by documented criteria during the review and online interview period from 13 August 2026 to 10 September 2026. The Top 20 will be announced on 11 September 2026.
b. The Top 20 teams will enter the online pitch, from which the Top 10 finalists will be selected and announced on 24 September 2026.
c. The Top 10 finalists will advance to the Singapore Finals for the in-person Pitch Day and Demo Day. amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserves the sole and absolute discretion to determine final placements and prize allocations.
7. Intellectual Property Rights
Save as otherwise agreed with the relevant BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team, including under these Rules and the amber.ac Terms of Service, all Intellectual Property Rights subsisting in a BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team's Submission shall remain vested in such BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team.
8. Prizes
- The committed prize pool for BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 comprises a cash prize pool of US$50,000+ and credits and resources of US$350,000+.
- Prizes are not cumulative unless otherwise determined by amber.ac and/or Amber Group at its sole discretion. Award categories and the per-winner breakdown will be announced later. Headline figures represent the committed pool; actual disbursements are recorded on-chain and tracked in the admin payout ledger.
- Top 10 Finalists: Travel support of US$2,000 per team to attend the Singapore Finals.
- All Builders: A 3-month Notion business plan for every builder who joins BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, supported by Notion.
- Winner identities and claim links will be unlocked once the results are released. Projects that do not satisfy the selected track requirements will be skipped, and the associated prize will roll forward to the next eligible project.
- To receive any prize benefit, participating teams must receive such prize benefit through a registered company entity where required. Prize recipients will be required to provide the necessary details requested by Amber Group, amber.ac, and/or relevant prize partners in a timely and accurate fashion to receive and redeem the relevant prizes. Any applicable taxes or fees associated with prize receipt and/or use shall be the sole responsibility of the prize recipients.
- Full eligibility requirements, distribution procedures, and award terms will be provided by the organizers. All BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Teams that have been shortlisted as Top 10 finalists are required to be present in person at the Singapore Finals for the announcement of results and prize distribution. Any BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 Team or individual prize recipient who fails to attend at the time of the prize announcement will be deemed to have forfeited their prize and/or placing, and amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserves the right to disqualify such team or individual and redistribute the prize at its sole discretion.
9. Data Protection and Consent
By registering for BUIDL_QUESTS 2026, participants consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of their personal data by amber.ac, Amber Group, and event partners for purposes including event registration, participant communications, event operations, judging, prize administration, post-event follow-up, and related program updates, in accordance with applicable data protection laws, including Singapore's Personal Data Protection Act 2012. Participants may also be asked to provide separate consent for marketing communications where required.
10. Removal of Content and Terms
amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserves the right to remove your content and/or block or remove your account from the platform if we believe that you have violated any of the guidelines mentioned above.
You acknowledge and agree that amber.ac and/or Amber Group may refuse registration and subsequent access to you or cancel your participation in BUIDL_QUESTS 2026 or any access if it reasonably determines that you are not eligible to take part in BUIDL_QUESTS 2026.
11. Incorporation of General Terms
In addition to these Rules, please read our terms of service, privacy policy, and code of conduct for terms that also apply to your participation in BUIDL_QUESTS 2026.
amber.ac and/or Amber Group reserve the right to modify these Rules without prior notice.