Challenge

Build the Operating System for Fanbases

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  • Remote
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Cash prize

$250

Equity

10%

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About this challenge

Creators with big followings have overflowing inboxes, and "pay to message me" wastes the value sitting in them. Their followers share interests and could build and act together if something coordinated them. Build that product: a link-in-bio hub with an AI representative that organizes opportunities from the network, plus a dashboard where fans pitch ideas and creators rally them around actions. The details are up to you. Turning a high-level concept into a real product is part of the challenge. Put your build in front of a real influencer, get their feedback, and ship improvements. A big creator posting about your product is the fastest way to get selected.

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What to build

  • Design and build a working MVP: a link-in-bio hub that coordinates a creator's followers
  • Build an AI representative that organizes and categorizes the creator's inbox and the opportunities in their network
  • Build a coordination dashboard where fans can pitch ideas and ventures and creators can direct fan action
  • Get at least one real influencer to use the product
  • Collect real user feedback and ship improvements based on it
  • Make your own product decisions from a high-level brief

Who should enter

  • Ability to ship a working full-stack product end to end
  • Experience building with LLMs and AI APIs
  • Founder mindset: you take ownership, work with ambiguity, and want to build a company rather than hold a job
  • Willingness to do outreach and get the product in front of real creators

How it works

  1. 1

    Enter the challenge

    Register to unlock the brief and get started.

  2. 2

    Build your solution

    Ship a working solution against the challenge brief.

  3. 3

    Get reviewed & rewarded

    Top submissions are evaluated against the scoring rubric.

Challenge task

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Operating System for Fanbases

Intermediate

Influencers and creators with large audiences receive thousands of messages, ideas, collaboration requests, and opportunities every day. Valuable ideas and people often get lost in the noise.

Build a platform that helps an influencer organize their audience into meaningful communities, surface valuable ideas and opportunities, and create a better way for the influencer and their audience to interact and collaborate.

The goal is to move from:

Followers → Organized Communities → Ideas → Collaboration → Action

What to build

Design and build a platform that helps influencers organize, understand, and activate their audience beyond traditional social media and DMs.

Expectations

Create a working product MVP that demonstrates how an influencer can: Organize followers into interest-based communities Let members share ideas and collaborate Use AI to filter, summarize, and surface valuable activity Discover promising ideas, people, and opportunities Choose and promote community-driven ideas to their wider audience

Resources

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4/4 attemptsDue Sun, Nov 29, 6:30 PM

You have 4 attempts until Sun, Nov 29, 6:30 PM. Ship a first version early so you have time to work on reviewer feedback with your remaining attempts. After the last attempt, there are no more revisions.

How we evaluate

  • Problem & UX — Clearly solves the influencer inbox/community problem with a simple experience.
  • Community & AI — Effectively organizes followers and uses AI to surface valuable ideas and opportunities.
  • Innovation — Shows a creative approach beyond existing social/community platforms.
  • Execution — Functional, polished, and demonstrates real-world potential.
  • Real Influencer Validation ⭐ — Priority will be given to products tested by a real influencer, with genuine feedback or a testimonial.

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