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The AgentWorks Hackathon

Official Rules

These Official Rules govern the AgentWorks Hackathon (the "AgentWorks Hackathon") administered by CrowdStrike, Inc. ("CrowdStrike," "we," "us," or "our"). By registering for or submitting an entry to the Hackathon, each participant ("you" or "Participant") agrees to (a) be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of CrowdStrike, which are final and binding in all matters relating to the Hackathon and (b) that you are an authorized agent of their company with authority to grant the rights provided herein.

 

1. Description of the AgentWorks Hackathon

This hackathon is a virtual competition in which eligible participants design and build custom artificial intelligence agents using CrowdStrike Charlotte AI AgentWorks ("AgentWorks") and submit those agents for evaluation. The hackathon challenge is open-ended: there are no assigned problem statements or structured challenges. Participants select the problem their agent addresses and design the agent accordingly. As this requires access to Charlotte AI, this is limited to existing Crowdstrike customers only. 

 

The Hackathon is conducted virtually. Attendance at Fal.Con EU 2026 or any other CrowdStrike event is not required to enter, participate, or be selected as a winner.


2. Duration of the AgentWorks Hackathon

All dates and times are subject to change at CrowdStrike's discretion. Entries submitted before the opening or after the closing of the Submission Period will not be eligible.

  • Submission Period Opens: September 17, 2026 at 12:00am PT

  • Submission Period Closes: October 20, 2026 at 12:00am PT

  • Judging and Review: On or during October 20–30, 2026

  • Winner Notification and Announcement: If selected as first-place winners or runner-up winners, direct email communications will be delivered using contact details provided during registration. Winners will also be announced during Fal.Con EU 2026 on-site and virtual programming.

3. Eligibility

The Hackathon is open only to individuals who meet all of the following requirements:

a. Existing CrowdStrike Customer. Participants must be active employees of an organization that is an existing CrowdStrike customer. Charlotte AI access is required to participate, and such access is available only to existing CrowdStrike customers.


b. Charlotte AI Access. Participants must have access to Charlotte AI, obtained either through: an existing Charlotte AI license; or activation of complimentary Charlotte AI access through the Charlotte AI free-credit promotion (described in Section 4).


c. Agent Builder Role. To build agents in AgentWorks, Participants must have the Charlotte AI Agent Builder role assigned within their organization's Falcon environment. This must be granted by users with the Falcon administrator role. 

 

d. Age and Authority. Participants must be of the age of majority in their jurisdiction of residence and authorized by their employer to participate.

 

e. Additional. By participating in the Contest, you confirm that you can accept the prize and agree that it in no way represents an inducement or a bribe. Employees of CrowdStrike, its affiliates, and the Hackathon judges' organizations, and their immediate family members, are not eligible to win prizes. 

 

4. Charlotte AI Access and Credits

a. Free Access Promotion. Customers who have not licensed Charlotte AI may activate complimentary access through the Falcon console. To activate, a user with the Falcon Administrator role must navigate to Falcon menu > Charlotte AI > Charlotte AI Credits opt-in and select "Get AI Credits."

 

b. Promotion Eligibility. The Charlotte AI free-credit promotion (“Charlotte Agentic SOAR Essentials”) is available only to customers that have licensed at least one of the following modules: Falcon Insight XDR, Falcon Cloud Security, Falcon Exposure Management, Falcon Next-Gen SIEM, Falcon Adversary Intelligence Premium, or Falcon for IT.

 

c. Credit Allotment. Activation of the promotion provides 50 Charlotte AI credits, which renew monthly, subject to the terms of the promotion.

 

d. Requesting Additional Credits. Participants who require credits beyond their existing licensed or promotional allotment may request a one-time complimentary credit grant of 500 credits for the AgentWorks Hackathon by contacting their CrowdStrike account team. Additional credit grants are provided at CrowdStrike's discretion and are subject to availability and applicable terms.

 

e. Use of Credits. Participants may use existing paid credits, promotional credits, or approved one-time grants. Credits are governed by the applicable Charlotte AI terms and are subject to normal consumption during agent building and testing.

 

5. Registration and Submission Process

a. Registration. To participate, a Participant must complete the AgentWorks Hackathon registration form and provide the required information (first name, last name, work email, and company name). Registration information is used solely to communicate hackathon updates, generate a profile in the submission portal, and coordinate resources, winner announcement and notification and coordinate prize delivery.

By entering, you grant CrowdStrike the right to use, reproduce, and publicize your submission — including your name, your organization's name, and any details it contains — in connection with the hackathon and related promotion as detailed in Section 11.b. Only submit information you have the right to share and are comfortable seeing used publicly. Do not include confidential or proprietary information, personal data (PII), credentials or secrets, or real customer/environment data. Sanitize or use representative examples where needed.

 

b. Building an Agent. Participants build one or more agents in Charlotte AI AgentWorks. Participants may build as many agents, and iterate through as many versions, as they choose.

 

c. Submitting an Agent. Participants submit agents through the submission portal by completing the agent submission form (one per agent). Each submission requires responses describing the agent, including its name, function, output type, autonomy level, problem addressed, design and operation, data sources, tools, novelty, and development process. Participants may optionally provide supporting screenshots or brief demos.

 

d. Multiple Submissions. There is no limit on the number of agents a Participant may submit. Each agent must be submitted as a separate entry and will be evaluated independently.

 

e. Editing Submissions. Participants may edit any submission at any time until the Submission Period closes on October 20, 2026. No changes may be made after that date.

 

f. Confirmation. Upon submission, Participants will receive a confirmation email containing their submission details. Participants who do not receive a confirmation email should check their spam folder.

 

g. Previously Built Agents. Agents previously built on AgentWorks are eligible for submission, provided all other requirements are met.

 

6. Submission Content Requirements and Restrictions 

a. Sensitive Content. Participants must not disclose sensitive environment details, customer data, proprietary information, personally identifiable information, internal system names, credentials, or any confidential data in any part of a submission, including written responses, screenshots, or other uploaded materials. Participants are solely responsible for ensuring their submissions contain no such information, and CrowdStrike bears no responsibility for content Participants choose to include.

 

b. Original Work. Submissions must be the Participant's own work and must not infringe the intellectual property or other rights of any third party.

 

c. Compliance. Submissions must comply with all applicable laws, the Falcon platform terms of use, and any applicable CrowdStrike agreements governing the Participant's organization.

 

d. Responsibility. Participants are solely responsible for the content of their submissions and for ensuring that their participation complies with their organization's internal policies.

 

CrowdStrike reserves the right to disqualify any submission that violates these Official Rules, contains prohibited content, or is otherwise deemed inappropriate, in CrowdStrike's sole discretion

 

7. Judging and Evaluation

a. Judging Panel.

  • Initial Screening. All eligible submissions will first be reviewed by a screening team composed of CrowdStrike technical marketing, product marketing, product management, and sales engineering representatives. This screening team evaluates submissions against the criteria described in Section 7(b) to identify a group of finalists to advance to final judging.

  • Final Judging Panel. Finalist submissions will be reviewed by a panel of judges composed of representatives from CrowdStrike and NVIDIA, who will select the first-place and runner-up winners. To facilitate review, judges will evaluate a summarized version of each finalist submission prepared by CrowdStrike.

 

b. Evaluation Criteria. At each stage, submissions will be evaluated against the following four criteria:

 

  • Problem-solving capability – whether the agent solves a real, meaningful problem;

  • Agent design and scope – whether the agent is thoughtfully built and appropriately scoped for its task;

  • Creativity and innovation – whether the agent does something new, innovative, or unexpected; and

  • Outcomes and workflow integration – whether the agent produces meaningful results and integrates into the Participant's workflows.

 

c. Discretion of Judges. The screening team judges will apply the criteria in their reasonable discretion. All judging decisions are final and binding. In the event of a tie or other circumstance requiring resolution, CrowdStrike reserves the right to determine the outcome in its sole discretion.

 

8. Winner Notification and Announcement 

a. Notification. After the Submission Period closes and judging is complete, selected winners will be notified directly by email at the address provided during registration, in early November 2026.

 

b. Public Announcement. Winners will be recognized during Fal.Con 2026 programming and may be recognized across CrowdStrike community channels.

 

c. Verification. CrowdStrike may contact winners to verify their submissions and confirm eligibility prior to any recognition or prize delivery. A Participant who cannot be verified, does not respond within a reasonable period, or is found ineligible may be disqualified.

 

9. Prizes

a. Recognition. All winning Participants may be eligible for recognition during Fal.Con EU 2026 digital and on-site programming and across the CrowdStrike community.

 

b. Prize Tiers. Prizes will be awarded across two tiers, as follows:

 

First Prize (approximate total value: $200 USD per winner)

  • A digital winner certificate for self-promotion

  • A limited-edition adversary figurine 

  • CrowdStrike swag 

  • A signed copy of Hacking Exposed 

Second Prize (Runner-Up) (approximate total value: $75 USD per winner) 

  • A digital winner certificate for self-promotion

  • CrowdStrike swag 

  • A copy of Hacking Exposed 

 

c. Number of Winners. CrowdStrike will select 3 First Prize winner(s) and 10 Second Prize (Runner-Up) winner(s). 

 

d. General Prize Terms. Prizes are non-transferable and may not be substituted or exchanged. CrowdStrike reserves the right to substitute a prize of comparable or greater value if any advertised prize becomes unavailable. Approximate values are provided for reference only and may vary. Any prize opportunity involving travel or event participation is subject to separate terms and does not include travel or related expenses unless expressly stated by CrowdStrike in writing.




10. Privacy, Consent, and Use of Information 

a. Registration Information. Registration details are used only for hackathon-related communications, participant profile creation, and prize coordination. This provision applies to registration information only and does not limit CrowdStrike's use of submission content under Sections 6, 10c, and 11.

 

b. Use of Submissions. By submitting an entry, the Participant grants CrowdStrike to reproduce, publish and otherwise publicly disclose all information submitted. Participants should not include any information in a submission that they or their organization would not want used, reproduced, or publicly disclosed. See Section 6.

 

c. Consent to Recognition and Use. By registering for and submitting an entry, each Participant grants CrowdStrike the right to use, reproduce, publish, and publicly display the submission and the Participant's name, likeness, organization name, and role in connection with the Hackathon and CrowdStrike's related marketing and communications, without further notice, compensation, or approval. Participants who do not wish to have such information used publicly should not include it in their submission.

 

d. Consent to Contact. By submitting an entry, Participants consent to CrowdStrike contacting them to verify their submission and coordinate recognition and prize delivery if selected.

 

e. Data Handling. All personal information collected is handled in accordance with CrowdStrike's applicable privacy notice.

 

11. Intellectual Property 

a. Use of AgentWorks.   Your development and/or use of Charlotte AI AgentWorks is optional and not required in connection with your use of any CrowdStrike Offerings. You acknowledge and agree that development and use of AgentWorks agents is at your own risk and that CrowdStrike will not be liable for any loss or damage caused by the development or use of such agents.  No IP or other rights are transferred or developed in connection with the development of an agent and CrowdStrike expressly reserves the right to develop or have developed its own agents, applications, processes and techniques that are similar to or compete with any AgentWorks agent. To the extent an agent  involves the transfer of data into or out of the Falcon Platform you represent and warrant that you have the rights necessary to permit such transfer and you expressly consent to such transfer.

 

b. Limited License. By submitting an entry, the Participant grants CrowdStrike a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, display, publish, and create derivative works of the submission and the Participant's designated identifying information for purposes of administering and promoting the AgentWorks Hackathon, evaluating submissions, and recognizing participants and winners. The Participant represents that they have all rights and authorizations necessary to grant this license and to share the submission content.

 

12. General Conditions

a. Modification or Cancellation. CrowdStrike reserves the right to modify, suspend, or cancel the Hackathon, or to amend these Official Rules, at any time and for any reason, including if the Hackathon cannot be conducted as planned.

 

b. Disqualification. CrowdStrike reserves the right to disqualify any Participant who violates these Official Rules, tampers with the entry process, or acts in a manner that is disruptive or unfair to other Participants.

 

c. Disclaimer. The AgentWorks Hackathon, AgentWorks, and all related materials are provided "as is." References to unreleased services or features are subject to change, and Participants should not rely on them. To the fullest extent permitted by law, CrowdStrike disclaims all warranties in connection with the Hackathon.

 

d. Limitation of Liability and Release of Claims .  By participating in this Hackathon, Entrants release and agree to hold harmless CrowdStrike, Inc and their subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees and agents (the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action and any and all liability with respect to or in any way arising from, this Hackathon or acceptance, possession, receipt or use/misuse of the Prize.  As a condition to entering the Hackathon, each Participant agrees that: under no circumstances will the Participants or Winners be permitted to obtain any award for, and the Participants and Winners hereby waive all rights to any claim(s), punitive, incidental or consequential damages, or any other damages whatsoever, including attorneys’ fees.  All causes of action will be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action.  In no event will any Participants or Winners be entitled to rescind this agreement or seek injunctive or any other equitable remedy.  

 

The Released Parties assume no responsibility for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries, or for any error, human, technical or otherwise, which may occur in the processing of Hackathon entries, administration of the Hackathon or the announcement of the Prize/Winner including, without limitation, any technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any e-mail or entry received by CrowdStrike on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, any combination thereof, or otherwise, including any injury or damage to Participant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the Hackathon. 

The Released Parties shall not be responsible for Acts of God, government or government agency action or inaction, acts of terrorism, civil unrest or disturbances, riots, work stoppage delays, postponements, inclement weather, rescheduling or any other natural disasters outside its respective control.

Disputes.  Participants and Winners agree that any and all disputes and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Hackathon and the Prizes awarded shall be resolved solely by CrowdStrike, shall be final and binding, and without resort to any form of class action.  

 

e. Relationship to Other Agreements. Nothing in these Official Rules modifies the terms of any existing agreement between a Participant's organization and CrowdStrike governing the use of Charlotte AI, AgentWorks, or the Falcon platform.

 

13. Questions

Questions regarding the Hackathon or these Official Rules may be directed to your CrowdStrike account team or directed to “hackathon@crowdstrike.com”.

 

14. Sponsor

This Hackathon is sponsored by CrowdStrike, Inc 150 Mathilda Place, Suite 300, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.