Meet the WB2 Hackathon Winners

The World Build 2 hackathon kicked off in person at Tools for Humanity SF HQ on Thursday. 30 builders joined in person, alongside over 200 teams in 30+ cities hacking remotely around the globe. 80 people attended 5 virtual office hour sessions with members of the World Ecosystem and Dev Relations teams, and FWB members. 

Out of 69 exceptional submissions, the top 3 projects uniquely leveraged World App’s distribution to 36M+ global users, proof of human verification, and integrated wallet. Thank you to our WB2 hackathon judges: Anay Simunovic, Investor at Blockchain Capital; Chirag Narang, Head of Growth at Uniswap Foundation; Debbie Soon, CMO at Privy; Greg Bresnitz, CEO at FWB; Leighton Cusack, Head of Ecosystem at Tools for Humanity; Parth Chopra, Principal at Bain Capital Crypto. 

The winning builders demonstrated top potential to produce the next breakout real world applications within the World mini app ecosystem. Congratulations to the WB2 hackathon winners, and welcome to the cohort! Thank you to every team that hacked this weekend: welcome to the World ecosystem.  

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WB2 Hackathon by the Numbers 
✔ 200+ applications from 30+ cities 
✔ 30+ hacking IRL at TFH SF 
✔ 69 teams submitted w/ 70% of submissions built during the hack

Thank You to Our WB2 Hackathon Judges 
Anay Simunovic, Investor at Blockchain Capital 
Chirag Narang, Head of Growth at Uniswap Foundation 
Debbie Soon, CMO at Privy
Greg Bresnitz, CEO at FWB
Leighton Cusack, Head of Ecosystem at Tools for Humanity 
Parth Chopra, Principal at Bain Capital Crypto 

What is World Build?

World Build is an immersive incubator program for bold founders to build breakthrough applications for World App’s 36M+ global users. The program opens with a hybrid hackathon, followed by a week-long build retreat in Buenos Aires and ongoing virtual cohort programming.  

Builders get hands-on support from World’s ecosystem and product teams, and mentorship sessions from domain experts and seasoned entrepreneurs. The cohort culminates with a live Demo Day in San Francisco to a curated audience of top tier VCs. Successful projects are eligible for grant funding from World Foundation. The timeline:

Stage 1: Sept Hack – ✅
Stage 2 & 3: Oct-Nov Build – fully funded trip to Buenos Aires for hackathon winners & top projects + ongoing virtual programming. 
Stage 4: Dec Demo – fully funded trip to SF for Demo Day.  

World Build is a joint program between World & FWB

World Build is a joint program between World and FWB to build the next generation of breakout Mini Apps for World App’s 36M+ users. With generous support from Alchemy, Bain Capital Crypto, Blockchain Builders Fund, Blockchain Capital, Circle, Coinfund, Crecimiento, Dragonfly, Hashed VC, Nascent, Ohara, Privy, Uniswap, Variant, Volt.

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