The result

On 26 June 2026, 0G Labs announced the winners of the 0G APAC Hackathon. Ghast AI took first place. NeoSoul, a trust layer for the agent economy, placed second, and Anima, a CLI-native agent framework, placed third. Alsphere0G, Hash_PayLink, railbeam_ai, and stealth_pay received excellence awards.

The hackathon was run by 0G Labs with HackQuest, with a US$150,000 prize pool and five tracks. Its official recap records 293 valid submissions and 1,145 registered builders. Open days were held across the APAC region during the programme.

What we submitted

The winning entry was a browser-native AI assistant. The organiser's April 2026 product profile described its Chrome extension, optional local Companion service and integration with the 0G stack.

  • 0G Compute. The profile described model inference through the decentralised Compute Network.
  • 0G Storage. It described encrypted memory checkpoints stored through 0G Storage.
  • 0G Agentic ID. It presented portable agent identity and a roadmap for minting and trading AI memory assets.

The hackathon entry and today's desktop client have different feature sets. For current desktop workflows and setup requirements, see Ghast AI Docs.

What comes next

The desktop edition of Ghast Workbench is available for Mac and Windows, with Chat, Coding and Team workflows. The Chrome extension has a separate feature set. The next layer, Ghast Protocol, is in development: a commerce layer that lets private AI work be published, purchased, verified, settled, and distributed as Capabilities.

Thank you to 0G Labs, HackQuest, and the judges, and to everyone who tried Ghast during the programme.

Download Ghast WorkbenchAll updates

Desktop guides: install and requirements, Chat, Coding, Team, and models. The whitepaper records the same first-place result in Recognition and Traction.

Sources and community mentions