Builders Week · Oct 17–24

Build your business.Win $10,000 to scale it.

A free build weekend and a week of live sessions with the Bolt team, on us.

Free build weekend

Two days of free building

From Saturday Oct 17 at 12:00am PT to Sunday Oct 18 at 11:59pm PT, every Bolt user gets GLM 5.3 Flash free in the model picker. No plan change, no code to redeem.

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Everyone gets access

Free, personal paid and Teams accounts all get it. On Teams, every member gets their own allowance.

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A fresh block every six hours

Your allowance comes in six-hour blocks. A block starts when you open Bolt, and your first visit after it ends starts the next one.

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More on paid plans

Paid plans get five times the free allowance in every block.

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The free weekend runs from Saturday Oct 17 at 12:00am PT to Sunday Oct 18 at 11:59pm PT. GLM 5.3 Flash is the only free model during the weekend. Rate limits apply. Blocks you miss do not carry over.

How the week runs

Build, learn, then show it off

Builders Week runs Oct 17 to 24: a free build weekend, a week of sessions, and a contest.

01
Oct13

Contest Opens

Turn your business idea into a product in Bolt, or grow the one you run. Submissions are open from Oct 13 to Oct 20.

02
Oct17–18

Free Build Weekend

Free building on GLM 5.3 Flash for everyone on Bolt, free and paid, Teams included. Starts Sat Oct 17 at 12:00am PT, ends Sun Oct 18 at 11:59pm PT.

03
Oct20–23

Live Sessions

A Q&A with Bolt’s co-founders and live workshops on SEO, growth and design for your business.

04
Oct31

Winners Announced

Submissions close Oct 20 and judging runs Oct 21 to 31. Winners are announced here and on social.

Live sessions · Oct 20–23

Grow what you’ve built

A founder Q&A and live workshops on SEO, growth and design, all about growing a business on Bolt.

Oct20thTue · 10–11am PTTue, Oct 20 · 10–11am PT
Coming up

Ask Eric & Albert anything

Bolt’s co-founders take your questions live and unscripted: the turnaround, the riskiest product bets, and the advice they think is overrated. Send your questions in advance.

Eric Simons, CEO, and Albert Pai, CTO
Eric Simons & Albert Pai, Bolt’s co-founders
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The contest

Show us the business you’re building

Turn a business idea into a product, or grow the business you already run. Build it in Bolt and submit it by Oct 20. Winners are announced on or about Oct 31.

Grand prize$10,000

Paid in U.S. dollars, plus a 1:1 mentoring session with Eric Simons, Bolt’s co-founder and CEO.

Second prize$5,000

Paid in U.S. dollars.

Third prize$2,500

Paid in U.S. dollars.

Judged on use of Bolt, the idea, implementation and design, and potential impact, weighted equally. No purchase necessary. Open to individuals 18 and over, teams and organizations, subject to the eligibility rules. One entry per entrant. Read the official rules

Past Winners

Winning builds from Pi Day. Yours could be next.

01About you
02About your business
03Your demo
FAQ

Questions, answered

Anyone with a Bolt account can join the build weekend and the sessions. The contest is open to individuals 18 and over, teams and organizations, with some exclusions listed in the official rules.
Yes. From Saturday Oct 17 at 12:00am PT to Sunday Oct 18 at 11:59pm PT, GLM 5.3 Flash is free in the model picker for every account, free and paid. It is the only free model that weekend. Your free usage comes in six-hour windows, starting when you open Bolt. If you use it up before the window ends, just wait for the next one to keep building for free. Paid plans get 5x more free usage in each window, and can keep building with their regular plan tokens in the meantime. Unused free usage doesn’t roll over, and standard rate limits apply. No paid plan is needed to enter the contest either.
No. Your project doesn’t have to be new, it just has to be built in Bolt. Submit it between Oct 13 and Oct 20. Other tools can play a supporting role if you disclose them.
Submissions close on Tuesday Oct 20. Judging runs Oct 21 to 31, and winners are announced on or about Oct 31 on this page and on social.