AdEx Launches Open-Source API and Hackathon to Power the Future of Onchain AI
Sofia, Bulgaria, September 16th, 2025, Chainwire
AdEx, a developer of UX-focused Web3 infrastructure products, announced the launch of the AURA API, an open-source framework designed to bring autonomous AI agents on-chain. In tandem, AdEx is kicking off a month-long global hackathon on September 22nd with a $12,000 prize pool, giving developers the chance to explore new frontiers in AI-driven Web3 applications.
AURA is a Web3 AI agent framework that transforms raw blockchain data into personalized portfolio strategies. Analyzing user activity, assets, and market trends, AURA autonomously surfaces high-impact opportunities, including airdrops, DeFi yield, NFT mints, and liquidation risks, and guides users to act without requiring prompts or manual oversight.
The AURA API gives developers an open-source set of building blocks they can fork, extend, and use as a dependency to power a new wave of applications, from smarter wallets and AI-driven portfolio trackers to autonomous trading bots, real-time assistants, and entirely new protocols. By offering simple integrations as well as room for deeper innovation, the API allows builders to create products that can reason about user actions, deliver context-aware insights, and even execute strategies on-chain. With Model Context Protocol (MCP) compatibility, AURA also connects naturally to platforms like Claude and ChatGPT, opening the door to AI-native interfaces for Web3.
To showcase the possibilities, AdEx is launching the month-long hackathon running from September 22 to October 22, 2025, with $12,000 in prizes distributed across four projects:
- 1st place: $5,000
- 2nd & 3rd place: $3,000 each
- 4th place: $1,000
Launching the API and hackathon together, AdEx looks to demonstrate real-world use cases, while attracting partnerships and developer talent to build on top of the framework. The goal is to catalyze long-term ecosystem growth, where developers integrate AURA into existing platforms and contribute new SDK modules, governance strategies, and MCP connections. In doing so, AURA advances the frontier of autonomous on-chain intelligence, bringing personalized, real-time AI to the blockchain economy.
Those interested in joining the hackathon can register and start building here.
About AdEx:
AdEx was founded in 2017 with a mission to transform digital advertising through blockchain technology. Since then, it has grown into a dynamic ecosystem, expanding its product lineup with innovative tools like AdEx AURA — a personal AI agent framework designed to simplify and enhance the Web3 experience. AURA monitors the market, recommends tailored opportunities, and can even take action on the user’s behalf — all based on their onchain activity and risk profile. Whether it’s identifying the best lending protocols, maximizing DeFi yield, claiming airdrops, or minting NFTs, AURA handles the complexity so the user doesn’t have to.