Fred Patton Manager   •   2 months ago

Judge Intro: Vasu Jain

Q&A with Vasu Jain — Senior Software Engineer at Amazon Ads. Designs infrastructure handling millions of requests per second across Prime Video and live sports. His Amazon hackathon pitch became Pause Ads, now live and serving millions of customers.

What kind of submissions are you hoping to see?
I want to see agents that go beyond simple API calls—submissions where agents authenticate, orchestrate multi-step workflows, and interact with services the way humans do but faster, smarter, and more reliably. Bonus points for agents that solve real problems people face in their daily digital lives.

What would make a project stand out to you?
A project that combines genuine creativity with production-level thinking. I am not just looking for a cool demo—I want to see thoughtful architecture, smart use of Token Vault for secure authentication, graceful error handling, and a clear vision for how the agent could scale beyond the hackathon.

What advice would you give to builders who want to push the boundaries of what agents can do?
Do not just build an agent that does one thing—build an agent that orchestrates many things. Think about context, memory, and multi-step reasoning. The best agents are not the ones that execute tasks—they are the ones that figure out which tasks to execute and in what order.