Solo builder wins $500,000 Gemini XPRIZE beating 26,000 entrants with agent-built Polyfork
Scobleizer · x · 2026-09-26
Google and XPRIZE's "Build with Gemini" contest challenged builders to create a real AI business in 90 days with $2M on the line. Lucas Martinic won $500,000 among 26,000+ entrants with Polyfork, whose catalog of 1,684 live 3D assets (175 added weekly) is generated by a factory of agents and has had paying customers since day one. Finalists pitched to Palmer Luckey, Cathie Wood and Logan Kilpatrick in LA; Martinic will share his idea-to-revenue playbook in a session.
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