11.97 million requests on an agent marketplace, and 24,533 dollars in fees
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A marketplace where AI agents buy tool calls from each other handled 11.97 million requests for 24,533 dollars in fees. 74 percent came from one group of trading agents.
Olasplatform Runs a public agent marketplace whose request counts and fees are recorded on-chain. Source: Olas mech marketplace on-chain records, read late October 2026
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A bug-bounty platform that paid 14.3 million dollars, 21 percent to five people
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One security-contest platform has paid out 14.3 million dollars in total. The top five contestants hold 21 percent, each with 408 to 933 thousand dollars.
Cantinaplatform Publishes a public leaderboard of security-contest payouts. Source: Cantina public leaderboard, read late October 2026
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One author's licensed AI clone costs 29 USD a month and draws on 14 books. Only one live example turned up, so treat it as a single find.
Stripevendor The clone's 29 USD price appears as a Stripe price in the page's own public configuration. Source: The seller's public page configuration endpoint
Delphiplatform The research describes it as the main platform for expert AI clones and found 22 expert sites embedding it; its chat sits behind Vercel's BotID check. Source: Public scans of the expert sites that embed it
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Small sponsors pay big prizes for developers' attention
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Niche sponsors put up prize pools of 5k-1M to attract developers, and few people enter. A prize can be large per entrant, but it is top-heavy: most entries win nothing.
Devpostplatform Devpost hosts public hackathon pages with rules, prize pools, sign-up counts and a gallery of submitted projects. Source: Devpost public hackathon pages (devpost.com)
UGREENvendor UGREEN, a maker of network-storage hardware, is the sponsor of an AI NAS hackathon listed on Devpost whose rules state a 46k USD prize pool. Source: The hackathon's public Devpost page and rules
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