The Championship.
Online qualifies you. The brand-defining moment is in a room with cameras, commentators, and 16 operators going head-to-head on a controlled substrate. NYC first. Then SF. Then nationals. Then worlds.
Qualify
Top 16 on the public ladder at the close of the season qualify for the live bracket.
Compete
Single-elim, 10-minute matches, hidden tests, $1K winner / $500 runner-up / Anthropic credits.
Watch
2-cam Twitch broadcast. One technical commentator, one entertainment commentator.
Date TBA — late summer 2026
We're locking the venue and the qualification window. Sponsors close mid-July. If you want to back the inaugural event — Anthropic credits, infra credits, prize pool — get in touch.
Prize pool, model access for qualifiers, Anthropic-branded segment.
Venue, A/V, livestream production. Logo on every match overlay.
Cursor / Codeium / etc. Free tier for qualifiers, segment in the broadcast.