Your AI Cofounder,
In The Terminal.
AgentCofounder takes a raw startup idea and ships a real proof-of-concept. Join hundreds of founders & builders across the Nordics.
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Build the Solution Together
Ever needed a co-founder who never sleeps, never runs out of ideas, brings ideas to code, turns it into a product, markets it, sells it, supports it, and does bookkeeping while you sleep?
No more "I have a great idea but no one to build it with."
This is your shot to build the solution together with founders, engineers, and AI enthusiasts across the Nordics. The first milestone is an open-source hackathon where you build the coding module of AgentCofounder, backed by compute from Svenska AI Fabriken (RISE & NAISS).
What's At Stake
Compete for pitch spots in front of European tech royalty, massive compute credits, and 1:1 venture mentorship.
Investor Day Tickets
Finalists get exclusive tickets to Nordic Tech Week's Investor Day, bringing together 200 top investors from across Europe.
Pitch Live Sept 10th
Finalists pitch live on Nordic Tech Week's main stage on September 10 in front of thousands of tech leaders, founders, and visitors.
Mimer Credits & Wellstreet Mentor
The winner walks away with Mimer AI compute credits, a 1:1 fundraising mentorship from Wellstreet, and bragging rights that never expire.
Key Dates & Milestones
Mark your calendar — from physical kickoff in Stockholm to pitching on the main stage.
Kickoff Event
Physical launch event at Epicenter Stockholm. Meet fellow builders, form teams, and receive model access keys.
Submission Deadline
Submit your multi-agent repository, verification run output, and trace.jsonl logs before midnight CET.
Finalists Announced
The committee announces the top finalist teams selected to advance to the live main stage presentation.
Live Main Stage Pitch
Finalists present live at Nordic Tech Week in front of 200 European investors and thousands of visitors.
What AgentCofounder Does
One raw idea in, one runnable proof-of-concept out — complete with spec, summary, and transparent execution traces.
Clarifies your idea
Interrogates a raw idea.json, resolves ambiguity, and makes scope calls a real cofounder would make — payments mocked, auth stubbed, core loop prioritized.
Writes the spec
Produces a structured idea_spec.json: target user, core features, what’s in, and — just as deliberately — what’s out.
Ships the POC
Generates a runnable landing page, web app, prototype, or mock dashboard. One command launches it locally.
Reviews its own work
A reviewer agent checks the output, sends broken work back, and repairs before shipping — the self-check loop is part of the contract.
Shows its reasoning
Every decision lands in trace.jsonl. Replay any run, audit any choice, debug any failure.
Proves it works
The verifier CLI runs the same pass/fail gate used at judging: one command, runnable output, valid trace, pinned dependencies.
Test the Harness Engine
Type a startup prompt to dynamically run the agent loop and inspect real-time generated artifacts.
{
"spec_version": "1.0.0",
"title": "AI Agent for automated code refactoring & security patching",
"architecture": "PI Framework ReAct Loop",
"verifier_status": "VERIFIED_PASS"
}
{"step": 1, "agent": "planner", "action": "parse_prompt", "status": "SUCCESS"}
{"step": 2, "agent": "coder", "action": "generate_refactoring_patch", "files": 4}
{"step": 3, "agent": "verifier", "action": "run_sandbox_tests", "passed": true}
# Execution Summary
- **Concept**: AI Agent for automated code refactoring & security patching
- **Execution Time**: 1.4 seconds
- **Pass/Fail Gate**: PASSED (Score: 98.6 / 100)
Build Tracks Overview
The harness is a contract, not a framework. Pick the track that fits your team — if your entry consumes idea.json and emits the output package, it plugs in.
Starter Repo Track
Clone the official committee starter repository pre-loaded with Pi framework contracts, verifiers, and seed specs. Ideal for getting up and running instantly.
Contracts Track
Build custom multi-agent chains directly against raw contract specs to maximize evaluation scores and token efficiency.
BYO Framework Track
Bring LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom agent systems with single-command local execution complying with output schemas.
Key Resources & Infrastructure
Everything powering the AgentCofounder ecosystem — from terminal harness runtimes to sovereign AI compute.
Framework — Pi
Pi Coding Agent (by Mario Zechner) is a terminal-based agent framework built on Node.js. Deliberately unopinionated, Pi gives you a runtime with read, edit, write, and bash tools while leaving complete freedom for custom workflow extensions and skills.
LLM — Qwen
Alibaba Cloud's general-purpose open-weight AI model family. High-reasoning and code synthesis models optimized for agentic function calling, tool usage, and fast inference execution.
Compute — Berget AI
Sovereign EU-compliant inference service and AI infrastructure built by developers for developers. Championing European AI sovereignty and powering fast local model execution for hackathon entries.
Event — Nordic Tech Week
Stockholm becomes a global tech capital for one week. Finalists pitch live on the main stage on September 10th in front of 200 European investors and thousands of tech leaders.
Official Stockholm AI Starter Repository
Clone the official starter template with pre-configured Pi contracts, evaluation CLI verifiers, and seed test prompts ready for development.
Technical Architecture & Evaluation
Phase 1: From raw unstructured human idea to a fully working, token-efficient micro-application.
Autonomous Execution Loop
The extended Pi harness must operate 100% autonomously without human intervention or manual post-processing across 6 key execution steps:
Understand Intent
Parse non-technical, informal descriptions to extract target audience and core product utility.
Translate Requirements
Convert raw conversational ideas into explicit product and engineering specs.
Scope Prioritization
Decide essential features for a minimal, functional MVP while avoiding bloat.
Application Generation
Synthesize and compile application code inside starter project layout.
Automated Testing
Self-verify critical user journeys using automated test scripts before submission.
Zero-Friction Delivery
Deliver a runnable application at http://localhost:3000 via single command npm run dev.
Primary Evaluation Metric: Token Efficiency
Qualifying entries that pass baseline functional user journeys are ranked strictly by total weighted token expenditure during official evaluation.
Efficiency Score = Input Tokens + (Output Tokens × 3) + (Cache Read Tokens × 0.1)
Cache Read 0.1x Encourages prompt caching via Pi telemetry contracts.
Application Readiness Evaluation (100 Points)
Assesses whether the harness makes sensible product & engineering decisions for real-world usability:
Usability & UX
Clear navigation, responsive layout, intuitive user actions, validation feedback, and clean error messages.
Data & State Persistence
Reliable state handling across page refreshes and clean data structure design.
Robustness
Graceful handling of invalid inputs, edge cases, repeated operations, and runtime failure recovery.
API & Integration Readiness
Decoupled component boundaries allowing future database or external service integration.
Maintainability & Extensibility
Clean project layout, clear separation of concerns, and legible code that another developer or agent can extend.
Required Telemetry Artifact: result.json
At the conclusion of an execution run, the harness must write a machine-readable result.json file at the root directory reconciling with Pi session telemetry.
{
"status": "success",
"app_url": "http://localhost:3000",
"start_command": "npm run dev",
"summary": "A short description of the application that was built",
"implemented_features": [
"Feature one",
"Feature two"
],
"assumptions": [
"Important assumptions made while interpreting the user's idea"
],
"tests_run": [
{
"command": "npm test",
"journey": "User can create and save a new entry",
"result": "passed"
}
],
"model_calls": 8,
"input_tokens": 12000,
"output_tokens": 3500,
"cache_read_tokens": 0,
"cache_write_tokens": 0,
"total_tokens": 15500,
"call_log": [
{
"index": 1,
"model": "qwen-2.5-coder-32b",
"input_tokens": 1500,
"output_tokens": 400,
"cache_read_tokens": 0,
"cache_write_tokens": 0
}
]
}
Scope Contract & Test Benchmark Prompts
Both prompts test the same core skeleton (1 entity, 4 attributes, filter by category, 1 derived value, page refresh state, single user) with a deliberate ambiguity.
Book Lending Tracker
"My family is always borrowing books off my shelves and I never remember who has what. I'd like something simple where I can put in each book, the title, who wrote it, and roughly what kind of book it is, like a novel or a cookbook or a reference thing. When someone borrows one I want to note down their name, and when it comes back I want to clear that off. Mostly I just want to open it up and see everything I own in one list, and be able to pick out just the ones that are currently out with someone..."
Pottery Studio Supply Tracker
"I run a small pottery studio and I keep running out of glazes and clay at the worst possible moment. I want to keep track of what supplies I've got, what it's called, which supplier I get it from, what type of thing it is, glaze or clay or tools, that sort of thing, and how many I've got left. I want to see the whole lot in one list, and be able to look at just one type at a time. The main thing is I want to spot what I'm running low on before it actually runs out. Anything with only a couple left should jump out at me..."
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Project Leadership
The team behind AgentCofounder, Stockholm AI, and Nordic Tech Week 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
The hackathon is open to everyone—developers, AI researchers, solo builders, founders, and students across the Nordics and globally. You can join solo or as a team.
All participants receive free compute and model access to open-source LLMs powered by Svenska AI Fabriken (run by RISE and NAISS) and Mimer AI Factory.
Kickoff is on 17 August at Epicenter Stockholm. Submission deadline is 4 September. Finalists are announced on 6 September and pitch live on Nordic Tech Week's main stage on 10 September.
You can bring any framework (PI Framework, LangChain, AutoGen, CrewAI, or custom Python/TypeScript scripts) as long as your output package complies with the JSON schemas and runs via single CLI command.
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