Form a team and choose a track
Build a team of 1–5. Your captain registers the team for either the enterprise or creative track.
MATRIXNEXT 2026 · AI BUILDER FESTIVALFuxing Island, Shanghai · November 14
Where AI Builders
Build AI
Build the future, with AI buildersAn AI Builder competition rooted in real problems. Turn your ideas into agents that work, can be demonstrated, and keep growing.
Co-initiators
01Competition guide
Competition Guide
Follow these six steps to take part, with requirements and links for each stage.
Form a team and choose a track
Form a team of 1–5, appoint a captain, and choose either the enterprise or creative track.
The enterprise track addresses real business challenges. The creative track starts with your own needs and observations.
Explore the tracksComplete registration
The captain signs in or creates a MOI account first, fills in the registration form, completes identity verification, and pays the ¥50 entry fee on the registration page.
The fee adds 500 base Credits plus 4,500 bonus Credits, for 5,000 Credits in total.
Register to competeGet your API key and start building
After payment, the registration page generates an API key for MOI model services (Genesis). The full key appears only once. Manage it later on the MOI platform.
Use the API key directly in your own development tools to build your project. We also recommend MOI’s data processing, knowledge bases, and agent-building features. See the information below whenever you need platform or account management help.
Explore resources and toolsPrepare three project links
Prepare links to a runnable agent, a demo video, and documentation. Keep the video within 3 minutes and explain the problem, solution, and results.
Document your tech stack, innovations, and usage instructions. Enterprise entries also need a data compliance statement. If the agent or demo video link requires an access password, include it in the documentation and ensure judges can access all three links.
View material requirementsSubmit by November 11
Go to the Project submission section on the event page. Sign in with the MOI account you used to register, then enter all three project links and submit.
Check for the submission success message. Registering for the competition and submitting a project are separate steps; registration alone does not enter your work for judging.
Find the submission entryJudging and the live showcase
Submitted projects enter the judging process. Online judging selects the Top 20 teams.
Finalists showcase their work, take part in live judging, and meet other builders on November 14 at Fuxing Island, Shanghai. Review the criteria and event schedule in advance.
View judging and event details
02About
Start with a real problem, build something that works
MatrixNEXT connects AI builders, experts, companies and investors. Teams build online; the Top 20 present their work in Shanghai.
Make a working build
Use the platforms and tools to create a runnable project, demo video and documentation.
Bring your work to the stage
The Top 20 present to experts, enterprises and investors, and meet other builders at the live event.
From an idea to the stage
Register and choose a track
Register and choose a track anytime from Oct 12 through Nov 11. Form a team of 1–5, choose the enterprise or creative track, and verify the registration account.
Submission deadline
Submit your working project, demo video and documentation.
Top 20 announced
Online judging concludes, and finalists and live showcase arrangements are announced.
Live event
Booth Show, talks, project demos and conversations with other builders.
03Incentives
¥300,000 total prize pool
Tiered incentives recognize outstanding projects, finalists and winners; awards and allocations follow the official competition rules.
¥300,000
Every real build deserves a chance at a bigger returnA ¥300,000 prize pool and tiered Credit incentives cover the journey from participation and submission through selection and final awards.
0110×5,000 Credit total
Participation reward
Pay ¥50 on the registration page: 500 Credit from the recharge, plus a 4,500 Credit event bonus
02+10×+¥500 in Credit
Project reward
Approved submissions receive an additional incentive
03100×Up to ¥5,000 in Credit
Finalist reward
Top 20 announced on Nov 12, entering the all-day project showcase
04Cash+
Top 3 bonus
Cash prizes + investor introductions + accelerator entry pathway
* Credit is linked to a verified account. Final competition terms govern the amount issued, how it can be used and its validity.
04Tracks
Choose your direction
Choose one track: solve a business problem or turn your own insights into an AI app.
Enterprise Challenge
Solve a real enterprise challenge with problem material and business context. Show your understanding of the problem, your solution’s effectiveness, feasibility and business value.
Creative Build
Choose your own problem. Start with a real need, workflow or insight and build a working application. Show originality, completeness, technical depth and a thoughtful user experience.
Customs Declaration Assistant
Trade / multiple documents / document generationParse contracts, invoices, bills of lading and packing lists at scale, clean the data and create compliant customs documents.
Smart Sourcing & Price Comparison
Procurement / supplier matching / comparisonInterpret procurement needs and combine company history with public data to produce a visual sourcing report.
RFQ Analysis & Quoting Agent
RFQ email / data capture / automated quotesParse inquiry emails and Excel or PDF attachments, analyze the request and generate a standard quote.
Multimodal Industrial Drawing Agent
Manufacturing / visual search / work instructionsFind similar drawings, extract structural and dimensional data, and generate standardized work instructions.
Meetings to Actions
Collaboration / follow-upTurn meeting discussions into tasks, owners, milestones and ongoing reminders.
Knowledge Base Explorer
Knowledge / intelligent searchTurn scattered documents into a traceable knowledge partner you can talk to.
Workflow Autopilot
Workflow / agent automationStart with a repetitive task and let an agent run the process and report back.
05Resources & tools
Learning resources and tools, ready when you register
Ecosystem partners provide platforms, tools, enterprise cases and practical guides to help teams move from learning to building.
Registered and ready to build
After registering, you can use the API key in your own development tools to call model services and build your competition entry.
We recommend using MOI’s data processing, knowledge bases and agent-building features. You can also use NEOLINK’s event tools and resource access support, along with Yakang Origin TokeUnit’s Token resources, quota tools and practical guides. Refer to the information below as needed to explore the platforms.
MatrixOne Intelligence (MOI)
Sign in with your registration account to process data, build knowledge bases and agents, and complete your competition entry.
- Genesis model services · Switch in the platform’s upper-right corner
- API key management · Profile → Access Credentials
- Credit balance · Profile → Billing Center
HAND
Enterprise digital transformation scenarios, industry cases, business knowledge and enterprise challenge support.
Yakang Origin
Token resources, event tools and development support
With a full stack of AI infrastructure, Token services and an Agent platform, it connects compute, models, data and agents to make AI capabilities more accessible and deliver lasting enterprise value.
NEOLINK
Event tools, resource access and development support
NEOLINK Token Switch unifies AI model access and service management for enterprise use. It works closely with the underlying TMaaS compute management platform, connecting GPU servers, virtual machines and other compute resources with model services in an integrated, full-stack system.
06Judging
Show its value and how it works
Online judging selects the Top 20; on-site judging selects the Top 3. Entries are scored across five dimensions.
Theme alignment
30%Focus on AI technologies and applications; make full use of AI capabilities; demonstrate AI innovation and application value.
Technical implementation
25%A working demo, sound code and a sensible architecture.
Business value
20%A real problem, measurable return and practical adoption.
Innovation
15%Creative approaches that open up new possibilities.
Presentation
10%A clear demo narrative, smooth delivery and strong Q&A.
TOP 20 → TOP 3
- Online judging selects the Top 20 finalists
- On-site judging selects the final Top 3
- Five dimensions cover theme alignment, technology, value, innovation and presentation
07Live event
Builders, experts, enterprises and investors in one room
Join us on November 14 to explore working projects, discuss technology and find your next collaboration.
Expert talks and practical insights
Talk
AI applications, agent systems and builder practice
Panel
From real problems to real deployment
Case
Enterprise AI scenarios and field experience
Booth Show and live events
All day
Finalist demos and open networking
On site
Judges, enterprises and investors visit the booths
Finale
Final demos, awards and Builder Night
08Registration
Competition and audience registration
Create and submit a project with your team, or join the talks and conversations on site.
Join the competition
Form a team of 1–5. Your captain registers the team for the enterprise or creative track.
The captain submits this form. No teammate details are needed. Please form your own team first.
- The registration account must pass identity verification.
- Competition entry requires a ¥50 fee paid on the event registration page. The payment recharges your platform account with 500 Credit, plus a 4,500 Credit event bonus, for 5,000 Credit in total (10×).
Attend the event
Register for free to join the November 14 talks, Booth Show and networking.
Attend the event09Project submission
Submit your project
Submissions close November 11. Prepare three links that reviewers can access.
Project submission11.11
Submission deadline
Working agent link *
Provide a link to a working agent that reviewers can access. Enterprise track entries must complete a real-world task.
Demo video link *
Up to 3 minutes, covering the problem, solution, how to use it and the results.
Project documentation link *
Cover the problem, solution, tech stack, innovations and usage instructions. Enterprise track entries must also explain data compliance. If the agent or demo video link requires an access password, include it in the documentation.
10CO-INITIATORS
Co-initiators
Partners bring event operations, real challenges, technical tools and industry connections.
MatrixOrigin
Event operations and intelligent application platform
HAND
Enterprise scenarios, challenges and business support
Yakang Origin
Technical resources and ecosystem support
NEOLINK
Event tools, resource access and development support
11SPECIAL SUPPORT
Special support
GEW China Organizing Committee
STEP
12INVESTOR SUPPORT
Investor support
K2VC
5Y Capital
Eastern Bell Capital
Artesian
13MEDIA SUPPORT
Media support
