The submissions are in, the judging is done! We had builders go full production-ready, deploy live apps, and architect systems that genuinely belong in real businesses. Here's who came out on top. 🥇 1st Place: @Haris FOlas: AI-Powered Property Maintenance Dispatcher Runs a full 5-step automated lifecycle: Voice Triage, Tenant Identity Verification via Supabase, Twilio SMS + photo upload via Tally.so, GPT-4o Vision diagnosis and cost estimation, and FSM smart dispatch to the right technician. Walkthrough Video: https://www.loom.com/share/eb47280de5aa424db1a8885d9f241c45 🥈 2nd Place: @Ryan Smith: Personal AI Phone Concierge Makes calls on behalf of the user across 13 different categories. It's already a live, published app. Google Places, Retell, a Replit backend, Zapier post-call processing, SMS delivery. It even has a HIPAA-aware identity layer for doctor and pharmacy calls. Demo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia7CmwfvudY 🥉 3rd Place: @Steed Amoussou: Bilingual AI Car Negotiation Agent Scout calls car sellers on behalf of buyers, runs a legitimate negotiation framework (anchoring 8-12% below the buyer's ceiling, 3-round counteroffer ladder, fraud detection), and does it in both English and French. The backend is a fully automated pipeline: AI-powered scraping feeds an Airtable database, Relay triggers the outbound calls, and WhatsApp and email notifications fire when a deal closes. Walkthrough Video: https://www.loom.com/share/f5fcdbe169ff49a19e8366d06032f925 🏅 Honourable Mention: @Achyuth Kumar Pasnoor: Dental AI Receptionist with OpenDental PMS Integration 🏅 Honourable Mention: @Hammad Zahid: MedSpa Full AI Lead System (Inbound + Outbound)

In this video, I break down four AI Automation platforms across 5 key categories: ease of use, power & flexibility, cost, AI integration, and scalability, so by the end, you'll know exactly which one is right for you. This comparison includes n8n, Zapier, Make & Claude Code. Check it out 👇

Hey everyone, Thanks to everyone who registered interest in the hackathon. Here is the submission link: https://forms.gle/yz3AXfvtUNP66o1YA Submission close on March 4th at 2PM EST! Excited to see what everyone sends through. Good luck to all our future winners! Cheers, Brendan

We're launching a $5000 Voice AI Hackathon, in partnership with the amazing team at Retell AI! This is a 7-day sprint to build voice agents that solve real business problems. What’s the point? → Build and demo a working AI voice agent using Retell's cutting-edge tech. → Compete for a $5,000 prize pool → Get hands-on experience building the next generation of voice AI. → Showcase your build to a community of agency owners, founders, and automators. This is for AI agency owners, automation builders, SaaS founders, and anyone excited about the future of voice AI. 🥇 1st Place: $1,000 cash + $1,000 in Retell credits 🥈 2nd Place: $500 cash + $750 in Retell credits 🥉 3rd Place: $250 cash + $500 in Retell credits 🏅 2 Honorable Mentions: $500 Retell credits each Want extra build support? Launchpad members get access to our dev team, reviews, and troubleshooting during the hackathon. The official kickoff is on February 25th @ 2PM EST. Launchpad members receive a 48-hour early build window starting February 23rd, with access to setup resources and dev support. To participate: Comment 'HACKATHON' I will send you the registration link via a direct message here.

Hi everyone, I’m looking for some expert advice on an Instagram Automation I'm building with n8n and Meta's Graph API. The Issue: My n8n Webhook is successfully receiving message_reactions. For example, when I react with a ❤️ on a message, the webhook triggers, my AI Agent processes it, and sends a reply back on Instagram. However, when I send a regular text message, the Webhook receives absolutely NOTHING (the node remains in 'waiting' mode). Current Setup: - App Mode: Development. - Permissions: 'Allow access to messages' is toggled ON in the Instagram Professional account settings. - Webhooks: Subscribed to the messages field (v24.0). - Testers: Testing from an 'Instagram Tester' account added in the Meta App dashboard. - Crucial Bug: I encountered a 'There was a problem accepting tester invite' error on Instagram when trying to accept the invitation for the test account. Since reactions are passing through, the connection is alive. Why would Meta filter out text messages while letting reactions through? Could this be a ghosting issue with the instagram_manage_messages permission in Dev mode, or is it strictly tied to the tester invite bug? Has anyone encountered this specific 'partial' webhook behavior before? Thanks!