Hackathon challenges, each backed by real users complaining
Challenges come straight from the developer pain-point board: a problem qualifies only when it ranks among the main complaints of at least three leading products. Teams get a bundle of evidence, not a one-line prompt.
For organisers
We match your theme and tracks to well-evidenced pain points and package them as challenge briefs — problem definition, anonymised user quotes, judging criteria — and can join judging and post-event introductions.
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- H-01 · Brands & retailDeal
Let users reach a human
18 products · 222 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“Late delivery no customer service｜Delivery courier sucks after many follow up they're not giving proper date and ■■■. Also ■■■ app doesn't h…”
“没王法了｜1. 因为餐品质量问题跟商家沟通，商家直接人身攻击，骂我“长得像猪”、“虫”、“儿电”，态度极其嚣张跋扈！ 2. 向■■■客服投诉，客服全程踢皮球，夜班客服只会复读机，白班客服让我“自行联系商家”，而商家早就“暂停服务”跑路了！ 3. 看看这29.8元的“手撕烤鸭”（看…”
Potential buyershidden - H-02 · Brands & retailDeal
Every charge explained
18 products · 190 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 新加坡 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“Subscription｜What a waste of money and ■■■. I placed my order 8am and until 2pm right haven't receive my order. They even charge another 21 …”
“Incomplete｜The app doesn’t have options for you to pay your order when your initial payment failed”
Potential buyershidden - H-03 · Short-video creationProduct
Every charge explained
15 products · 228 informative reviews · 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 菲律宾 / 中国大陆 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南“App rất lươn lẹo｜Đừng nên tải app này. Hiển thị nội dung dễ làm nhầm lẫn để mọi người bấm vào đăng ký rồi tự gia mà ko biết, yêu cầu hoàn ti…”
“Cant use subscription benefits｜Already payed and the payment went through still I cant use the benefits. Already submitted a ticket still no…”
Potential buyershidden - H-04 · Banking & fintechDeal
Accounts people can get into
12 products · 214 informative reviews · 日本 / 印尼 / 新加坡 / 泰国 / 越南 / 菲律宾“一度にまとめろ｜アプリのログインにマイナンバー、ログイン設定にマイナンバー、ワンタイム登録にマイナンバー1日で3度も読み取りをさせられた。非常に無駄な時間。”
“停止解除が遅い🔓｜送金失敗で停止😞解除🔓までに4日間かかりその間使えないのは不便。紐付きのカード💳や証券もダメ👎🙅 取引も駄目🙅♀️🙅♂️”
Potential buyershidden - H-05 · AI assistantsProduct
Every charge explained
15 products · 195 informative reviews · 日本 / 中国大陆 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“言う事聞かない｜男性って書いても何故か、少し露出度の高い女性になってしまうし､著作権に引っかかる感じでお金も請求されるから､言っちゃ悪いけど､こんなに言うこと聞かずにしっかりして無さすぎるアプリは初めて出会ってがっかりしました。”
“不充值没法用｜不充值基本没法用，问个数学题一直提示没资源，直接改成付费版吧”
Potential buyershidden - H-06 · Clinics & healthDeal
Let users reach a human
10 products · 139 informative reviews · 日本 / 印尼 / 中国大陆 / 泰国 / 菲律宾“真垃圾的APP｜嘴角张泡，自己行动又不方便，写的次日达，将近1周了都，也联系不到商家，问客服也联系不到。真服了”
“進捗管理ができてない｜過去に3時間待っても処方箋が送られず問い合わせしたらすぐ送信されたことがありました。 そして今度は夜受診次の日夕方受け取ろうとしたら送信連絡きてない。同じく問い合わせしたらすぐに送りましたと連絡きました。 連絡しないと処方箋送ってもらえないんですかね”
Potential buyershidden - H-07 · Live streamingProduct
Accounts people can get into
14 products · 200 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“Meet me｜Samething happened i cant log in why is my account disabled? Can someone fix this issue please?”
“不具合｜電話番号を何回入れてもSMS認証のメールが届かない 無料コイン貰えなくて困ってます”
Potential buyershidden - H-08 · Media & publishingDeal
The feature users keep asking for
13 products · 148 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 新加坡 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 菲律宾“Poor Performance｜Updated to 4.5.2. App froze and had to restart my iPhone after scrolling for a few minutes. The old version with black back…”
“触ってないのに広告が立ち上がる｜無理やり広告を立ち上げようとする仕様やめてほしい。改悪。そんな広告腹が立つだけで広告効果ない”
Potential buyershidden - H-09 · Banking & fintechDeal
Every charge explained
12 products · 122 informative reviews · 日本 / 印尼 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 越南 / 菲律宾“入出金通知｜通知設定をしても入出金(特に引き落とし)通知が来ない メールだけに通知があるのは不便極まりない 引き落とし側の情報が表示されるのが遅過ぎ、不正使用の場合止めるのに時間がかかってしまい被害が大きくなる”
“通常利用はやめどきかな｜家族カードの改悪で使う機会が激減。最近は■■■還元率がデフォルトで高いカードのタッチ決済してる。税金の支払いや送金用途ぐらいに残しておくぐらい”
Potential buyershidden - H-10 · Media & publishingDeal
Every charge explained
10 products · 115 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 菲律宾“New updated keep giving subscription advertisement app almost unusable now｜New updated ■■■ app giving subscription advertisement app almost …”
“不谈恋爱的书太少，几乎没有｜全是谈恋爱的有感情戏的，那我看电视剧得了呗，跟不谈恋爱会嘎一样。 还有很多小说每集结尾都有播音团队打广告求订阅，跳过片尾定时也不清晰，每集时间都不一样，根本跳不过去要不就是跳多了，就不能沉浸式听书，总有广告总有题外话。 我当时就是冲着一本小说来的，听完…”
Potential buyershidden - H-11 · AI avatarsProduct
Every charge explained
12 products · 139 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“あんまり｜①充電の減りが早い ②課金の広告が表示されて写真が保存できない ③勝手に写真を保存してないままホーム画面に戻ってしまう ④加工が5人ぐらい以上だとつかない人がでる”
“Lừa đảo｜Nạp tiền vào những không nhận được thêm jelly trong khi đã trừ tiền. Khuyến cáo ko lên dùng”
Potential buyershidden - H-12 · Consumer appsDeal
Every charge explained
9 products · 84 informative reviews · 中国大陆 / 日本 / 新加坡 / 马来西亚 / 泰国 / 印尼 / 越南 / 菲律宾“Ứng dụng như đào lửa｜Mua gói trọn đời xong, giờ vào học thì giới hạn, chỉ dùng được giới hạn các bài học, xong để dí nâng cấp tài khoản. Làm…”
“返金｜1年のプレミアム契約は月割ではなく一括なので気をつけて。 今すぐ返金してくれ”
Potential buyershidden
Hackathon-style delivery process
From problem to shipping, usually within weeks.
Hear the problem
Whatever pain has genuinely gone unsolved, we help you state it precisely
Compose from the library
We pick the right modules from four agent families and compose candidate solutions fast
Build together
Hackathon cadence, prototyping with you — two to four weeks, not months
Ship and evolve
Ship it, iterate on real feedback, and deposit the methodology back into the library
“Every time a run finishes, the methodology is deposited back into the library. The next problem of the same kind starts planning with what we learned last time.”
— DirectorAI’s built-in logic, and how the whole agent library works