For teams with an AI problem

Crowdsource AI solutions. Pay for verified outcomes.

You bring one business problem and a bounty. We turn it into a test you approve, recruit builders, and run every solution on the same inputs. Only work that clears the agreed qualifying bar can win.

Send your problem →

We reply within 24 hours with a first cut of the outcome, test, and qualifying bar.

Who posts? A team with a repeatable problem and a result it can describe. You do not write code. You define what useful looks like; we turn that into a test and builders compete to clear it.

Problems that become challenges

Three are live now → local dictation, kitchen CCTV, and trading agents Round 2. If you can say what a good answer looks like, it can be a challenge.

90 seconds: why a challenge beats your other options — and how a real one is already running.
What you get

Ranked, working solutions and an evaluation report. Deliverables and IP terms are agreed before launch.

What it costs

You set the bounty. It is paid only if a solution clears the agreed bar. Current challenges have no platform fee.

What happens next

Send a short brief. We reply within 24 hours with a first cut of the test, qualifying bar, and timeline.

One ask: keep private or customer data out of that first email — synthetic or public examples are plenty until we agree on handling.

Already into Trading Round 2? You can back it instead — grow its bounty and pull in a stronger field, no new challenge needed.

How it works

  1. You describe the problem. What goes in, what good output looks like, a couple of examples. The 2-minute brief above is enough to start.
  2. We design the test. Fixed scoring rules you sign off on, a hidden test set, and a cost cap so nobody wins by spending more. Where there's no clean dataset (think video or session logs), we build and anonymize the test data with you. Turning a fuzzy problem into an objective test is the hard part — and it's the value we add.
  3. Builders compete in the open. Anyone can submit; we run every entry on identical inputs and the same scoring.
  4. You pay for a verified outcome. You get ranked, working solutions and a short evaluation report. If nothing clears the agreed bar, there is no forced winner.

What it costs

Current challenges have no platform fee. The bounty is paid only when a solution clears the qualifying bar. Any evaluation costs are agreed before launch.

How big should the bounty be? Size it to the problem. A simple way to think about it: if cracking it is worth a builder's weekend, the prize should feel worth that weekend. Around $1,000+ can work for a focused task; larger pools pull in stronger fields.

A sample brief (what you'd send us)

ProblemTell if a hotel room was cleaned to standard from a single photo.
Who I amOps lead at a 40-property hospitality group.
Input the agent getsOne room photo (JPG) + the property's checklist.
Output{"pass": true/false, "issues": ["unmade bed", "trash visible"]}
Example pairs3–5 labeled photos (pass / fail) where we agree on the correct answer.
What good looks like≥90% agreement with our human inspector on a hidden set.
Sensitive dataFaces blurred; no guest info in frame.
Bounty$1,000
TimelineLive within ~2 weeks.

You don't need it this tidy — send what you have and we'll shape it with you.

A sample scoring rubric (how we'd judge it)

  • Hidden test set. Entries are scored on photos they never saw — no memorizing the examples.
  • Fixed answer key. Each photo has one agreed answer; we score how often it matches the human inspector's pass/fail call and issue tags.
  • Cost cap. A fixed compute budget per run, so the winner is the best idea, not the biggest bill.
  • Fresh-batch re-run. Top entries are re-checked on new hidden photos, so nobody wins by memorizing the sample set.

The rubric is written up front and you sign off before it goes live — no moving goalposts.

Your data & privacy

  • Don't send private or customer data in that first email. Use synthetic or public examples until we've agreed how the real data will be handled.
  • We only use what you give us to build and run the test — nothing else.
  • If the problem touches sensitive data, we work out together what can be shared and how to anonymize it before anything is exposed.
  • Your challenge, your test set, and submissions can stay private. We don't resell your data or reuse builders' solutions.

What if no one wins?

Then we don't crown one. The bounty is never forced onto a solution that didn't earn it — if nothing clearly beats a sensible baseline and survives the re-run, the prize rolls to the next round or comes straight back to you. We'd rather award nothing than reward noise.

Why trust us with a real problem

  • We put our own money on it. The live trading challenge runs the winner's code on a real $100k Nasdaq book with weekly P&L posted publicly on a live ticker — we eat our own cooking in the open.
  • Everything is published. The scoring rubric, the fairness tests, and the results are public. Read the rules & how it's kept fair →
  • Terms are agreed before launch. The challenge states the deliverables, license or IP transfer, and payment conditions before builders enter.
  • We reply within 24 hours. Real humans, fast.
Send your problem →

Prefer to talk first? Email inquiries@builderr.ai.