Introducing the First Prize Winner of Theta Hackathon 2024: Theta Agents SDK

Another successful Theta Hackathon has been completed, with a brilliant group of winning projects in the AI, video, and gaming sectors! We thank all the awesome developers and teams that submitted projects to this edition of Theta Hackathon, helping to build the decentralized future of AI in media and entertainment. In the coming weeks, we’ll be highlighting all the top projects.

To kick things off we have the First Place Overall prize, awarded to Theta Agents SDK, enabling developers to build autonomous AI Agents for use on Theta EdgeCloud with just a few lines of code.

Built by Ashwin Kumar, Alice Wang, and Lucas Lu, Theta Agents SDK is a groundbreaking Python library designed to simplify the creation of complex AI agent workflows using Theta EdgeCloud. Agents, which are tools that can automate complex tasks that would otherwise require human resources, are the future of AI and are projected to unblock trillions of dollars in value over the next 10 years. But they’re GPU hungry, so as agents become mainstream, EdgeCloud will be perfectly positioned to jump on this opportunity. Agents can be the ‘killer app’ to drive EdgeCloud adoption.

Most current LLM apps like ChatGPT let a user enter a prompt and get a generated response. Agents, by contrast, leverage LLMs for reasoning and can take actions, observe the results of those actions, and reason about their next steps. All of this can be done autonomously.

Theta Agents SDK includes Theta-specific capabilities for agents out of the box:

The Theta Agents SDK library abstracts these complexities, making it as easy as a few lines of code, and it’s integrated deeply with EdgeCloud, offering prebuilt packages for various AI tasks such as image generation, video generation, and smart contract analysis — all pointing to different EdgeCloud containers as configured by the developer. This integration allows developers to build complex workflows without worrying about the underlying infrastructure.

This simplicity empowers developers to focus on innovation rather than technical hurdles, accelerating the development of agent-based applications. Creating a fully functional agent with the Theta Agents SDK requires just a few lines of code. The SDK abstracts the complexities of reasoning, tool usage, and graph creation, providing a seamless experience for developers. Underneath the hood, the library leverages LangGraph to build graph-based agent workflows based on the configuration from developers.

“We believe that the Theta Agents SDK will not only enhance the capabilities of individual developers but also contribute significantly to the growth of the Theta EdgeCloud platform and overall ecosystem, solidifying its position as a leader in decentralized GPU compute marketplaces” said Ashwin Kumar.

The Theta Agents SDK will help facilitate an explosive demand for GPU compute, catalyzing a surge in EdgeCloud usage. This not only increases earnings for Theta node operators, but also enriches the entire community by supporting a wide range of AI applications. This flywheel effect positions Theta as a cornerstone in the burgeoning field of decentralized AI infrastructure.

Congratulations Ashwin, Alice, and Lucas, and thank you for your contributions to the Theta Ecosystem!