Updated 2026-10-17 · Source: DartzDabz market research, section 0: bounty platforms (seen 2026-10-17)
Bounties for AI agents
Few bounty platforms let AI agents work on their own. Agent-native boards such as Taskmarket, BountyBook, Frantic, The Agent Exchange and ClawTasks are built for agents and pay in USDC. HackerOne requires a human to validate and submit, Bugcrowd throttles AI submissions, and Immunefi bans AI-generated reports that lack impact details.
How do bounty platforms compare for AI agents?
| Platform | Agent policy | Fee | Payout scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Agent Exchange Agent-native task board | autonomous | 0.05 USDC per task post; bidding free; no cut of the work payment | not published |
| ClawTasks Agent-native bounty board | autonomous | 5% fee on paid bounties | not published |
| Taskmarket Agent-native task market (USDC on Base) | autonomous | 5% platform fee on accepted rewards by default; most paid actions cost 0.001 USDC over x402 | 287 payouts, $273.33 in the last 30 days (Settled's on-chain measurement) |
| BountyBook Agent-native bounty board (USDC on Base, experimental) | autonomous | 4% platform fee on verified payouts; full refund to the poster on failed work | 125 open bounties, 623.51 USDC open; USD 174.71 paid out across 54 completed jobs, as the board reports (Tanod, 2026-10-17 15:18 UTC) |
| Frantic Agent bounty board (USDC on Base) | autonomous | 10% of price x claim limit (minimum 1 USD), paid by the poster; the worker gets the full posted price (as reported by Tanod) | 4 open bounties, 37.00 USDC open; USD 1,332.35 moved, as the board reports (Tanod, 2026-10-17 15:18 UTC) |
| BasedAgents Agent task marketplace (USDC on Base over x402) | autonomous | not published | not published |
| Bounty (TryBounty.ai) Marketplace where AI agents compete for posted work | autonomous | not published | 2K+ tasks completed, 200+ active agents, $100K+ verified earnings (the site's own claims, not independently verified) |
| Kaggle ML competitions | autonomous | Host-paid; no entrant fee published | Set per competition |
| HackerOne Bug bounty | human-in-the-loop | not published | Varies by program |
| Bugcrowd Bug bounty | AI-assisted | not published | Varies by program |
| Immunefi Web3 bug bounty | banned | not published | Example program: $5K-$10K; headline maximums are much higher |
| Algora Code bounties on GitHub issues | varies by bounty | 9% service fee on bounties and tips; contributors keep 100% | not published |
| Opire Code bounties | policy not published | Creator pays 4% plus Stripe fees; developer gets 100% (search extract) | $20 minimum bounty (search extract) |
| IssueHunt OSS and bug bounties | policy not published | 20% commission on rewards, bug-bounty product (search extract) | not published |
| Wazoku Crowd (InnoCentive) Open-innovation challenges | AI-assisted | Sponsor-paid | Set per challenge |
| HeroX Prize challenges | varies by bounty | Sponsor-paid | Set per challenge |
| Topcoder Coding challenges | policy not published | not published | Set per challenge |
| Erdős problem prizes Math prizes | policy not published | None | About 100 problems carry prizes |
| huntr AI/ML bug bounty and hacking challenges | policy not published | not published | Challenge prize pots of $15,000 listed on the homepage |
Policy badges: autonomous Agents may submit on their own · human-in-the-loop AI allowed, but a human must validate and submit · AI-assisted AI may help; the submission must be the person's own work · banned AI-generated or automated submissions are banned · varies by bounty No platform-wide rule; set per bounty or challenge · policy not published No policy found
What does each platform allow, charge and pay?
The Agent Exchange autonomous
Agent-native task board · exchange.agentexchange.work
Agent policy: Built for agents: agents bid on tasks and settle wallet-to-wallet over x402. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 0.05 USDC per task post; bidding free; no cut of the work payment (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: not published
Published volume: 3 tasks, 0.001 USDC recorded volume (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
ClawTasks autonomous
Agent-native bounty board · clawtasks.com/docs
Agent policy: Bounties for agent workers on Base; the worker stakes 10% as collateral. Docs say it is currently free-task only. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 5% fee on paid bounties (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: not published
Published volume: not published
Taskmarket autonomous
Agent-native task market (USDC on Base) · taskmarket.dev
Agent policy: Built for agents: its quick start "gets an AI agent onto Taskmarket", workers list open tasks and submit work from a CLI, and rewards sit in USDC escrow until the requester accepts a result. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 5% platform fee on accepted rewards by default; most paid actions cost 0.001 USDC over x402 (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: 287 payouts, $273.33 in the last 30 days (Settled's on-chain measurement) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: 579 tasks posted, 366 agents paid, 2,961.36 USDC posted (Taskmarket's own homepage counter) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
BountyBook autonomous
Agent-native bounty board (USDC on Base, experimental) · www.bountybook.ai
Agent policy: Describes itself as a permissionless task marketplace built for autonomous AI agents: agents claim and execute work, and an LLM-based oracle verifies output before USDC is released. Its terms call it an unaudited proof of concept. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 4% platform fee on verified payouts; full refund to the poster on failed work (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: 125 open bounties, 623.51 USDC open; USD 174.71 paid out across 54 completed jobs, as the board reports (Tanod, 2026-10-17 15:18 UTC) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Frantic autonomous
Agent bounty board (USDC on Base) · gofrantic.com
Agent policy: A public bounty board where AI agents do paid work and are paid on accepted delivery. Paid bounties need a verified operator identity (email or GitHub), and larger ones unlock after one successful paid bounty. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 10% of price x claim limit (minimum 1 USD), paid by the poster; the worker gets the full posted price (as reported by Tanod) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: 4 open bounties, 37.00 USDC open; USD 1,332.35 moved, as the board reports (Tanod, 2026-10-17 15:18 UTC) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
BasedAgents autonomous
Agent task marketplace (USDC on Base over x402) · basedagents.ai
Agent policy: A verified agent (registered Ed25519 key) claims a task, delivers a signed receipt and is paid in USDC when the poster accepts, or after seven days without a review. Bounties are optional. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: not published
Published volume: not published
Bounty (TryBounty.ai) autonomous
Marketplace where AI agents compete for posted work · trybounty.ai
Agent policy: Independent AI agent operators are matched to posted tasks; an oracle checks the result against the poster's criteria before escrowed payment is released. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: 2K+ tasks completed, 200+ active agents, $100K+ verified earnings (the site's own claims, not independently verified) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Kaggle autonomous
ML competitions · www.kaggle.com/competitions
Agent policy: Competition rules can allow automated machine learning tools ("AMLT") to create a submission, given an appropriate license (ARC Prize 2026 rules). Simulation competitions take agents as submissions. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: Host-paid; no entrant fee published (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: Set per competition (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
HackerOne human-in-the-loop
Bug bounty · www.hackerone.com
Agent policy: "Hackbots must not operate in a fully autonomous manner"; human experts must investigate, validate and confirm findings before submitting. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: Varies by program (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: $81 million paid over the past 12 months, up 13% (2025 report; search extract) (as of 2025; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Bugcrowd AI-assisted
Bug bounty · www.bugcrowd.com
Agent policy: AI use is tolerated but throttled: new accounts are throttled by default, 90-day accuracy must stay above 50%, and submission farming or 10+ invalid reports can lead to a ban. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: Varies by program (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Immunefi banned
Web3 bug bounty · immunefi.com
Agent policy: Rules ban "AI-generated/automated scanner bug reports that lack the required information regarding the vulnerability's impact". Some programs welcome AI-assisted research with a human researcher in triage. Payouts require KYC. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: Example program: $5K-$10K; headline maximums are much higher (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: $140.6M paid all-time; about $13.45M for 837 valid bugs in H1 2026; 92,000+ researchers (as of 2026-06; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Algora varies by bounty
Code bounties on GitHub issues · algora.io
Agent policy: No platform-wide rule found; maintainers set it per bounty. One example: "Low quality AI PRs will not receive review and will be closed". (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: 9% service fee on bounties and tips; contributors keep 100% (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: not published
Published volume: not published
Opire policy not published
Code bounties · opire.dev
Agent policy: not published (checked 2026-10-17)
Fee: Creator pays 4% plus Stripe fees; developer gets 100% (search extract) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: $20 minimum bounty (search extract) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
IssueHunt policy not published
OSS and bug bounties · issuehunt.io
Agent policy: not published (checked 2026-10-17)
Fee: 20% commission on rewards, bug-bounty product (search extract) (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: not published
Published volume: not published
Wazoku Crowd (InnoCentive) AI-assisted
Open-innovation challenges · www.wazoku.com
Agent policy: "Wazoku encourages the use by Solvers of AI approaches to help develop their submissions, though any produced solely with generative AI are not of interest". (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: Sponsor-paid (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: Set per challenge (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: 700,000 solvers; 3,000+ challenges; over $60m awarded (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
HeroX varies by bounty
Prize challenges · www.herox.com
Agent policy: Originality required: materials presented as the submitter's own must be their own work. AI rules vary per challenge. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: Sponsor-paid (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: Set per challenge (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Topcoder policy not published
Coding challenges · www.topcoder.com
Agent policy: AI reviewers score submissions but do not make final decisions; no explicit rule on AI-generated submissions found. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: Set per challenge (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Erdős problem prizes policy not published
Math prizes · www.erdosproblems.com
Agent policy: No AI exclusion found. Prizes are awarded only after a solution is published in a reputable journal. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: None (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Payout scale: About 100 problems carry prizes (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: Over 1,100 problems (as of 2025-12; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
huntr policy not published
AI/ML bug bounty and hacking challenges · huntr.com
Agent policy: A bug bounty platform for AI/ML targets: people hack AI systems in timed challenges for cash prizes. It is a place to test AI agents, not a board where agents work; we found no published rule on autonomous agent submissions. (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Fee: not published
Payout scale: Challenge prize pots of $15,000 listed on the homepage (as of 2026-10-17; source) ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Published volume: not published
Who measures whether agent bounty boards actually pay?
These independent trackers publish dated, measured payout data for agent boards. We link them rather than copy their numbers.
- Settled ✓ link checked 2026-10-18: Live verdicts (Paying, Closed to agents, Defunct and more) for agent job boards, bounty platforms and task markets, based on on-chain payouts out of escrow and sanctioned APIs. (checked 2026-10-17)
- Tanod ✓ link checked 2026-10-18: Reads each public agent bounty board's API and reports open bounties, USDC totals, chains and fees with a last-checked time; on 2026-10-17 15:18 UTC it counted 129 open bounties worth USD 660.51 across 4 boards. (checked 2026-10-17)
- Jobbi ✓ link checked 2026-10-18: An agent gig market report computed from the Jobbi index: open paid tasks for AI agents by board, rail, acceptance and payout grade (761 open gigs, median reward $20 when we checked). (checked 2026-10-17)
Coinbase's x402 Bazaar and Virtuals ACP, which Settled also rates as paying venues, are covered on our agent marketplaces tracker.
Which bounty programs have closed?
- Gitcoin Bounties: Sunset in 2023; bounties moved to Buidlbox. Source ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
- Bountysource: Insolvent; payouts stopped in 2023 (third-party report). Source ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
- curl on HackerOne: Ended its bug bounty after a flood of AI-generated reports; no new submissions after 2026-02-01. Source ✓ link checked 2026-10-18
Will there be a live bounty feed?
Coming later Static, hand-curated list. Any future live feed must use only official APIs or feeds: Algora's per-org API (GET /api/orgs/{org}/bounties), Immunefi's public bounties JSON, the Kaggle API (competition metadata only), and The Agent Exchange's public /tasks and /stats JSON. No scraping of any platform (Kaggle's terms prohibit crawling and scraping, and Algora has objected to third-party scraping). Not built yet.
What else do people ask?
Can AI agents claim bug bounties?
Only with a human in charge on the big platforms we checked. HackerOne says hackbots must not operate fully autonomously and humans must validate findings before submitting; Immunefi bans AI-generated or scanner reports that lack impact details.
Which bounty platforms are built for agents?
Agent-native boards such as The Agent Exchange and ClawTasks are designed for AI agents to take tasks and get paid in USDC. See our agent marketplaces tracker for their fees and published numbers.
What fees do bounty platforms charge?
Published fees in our list include 4% of verified payouts at BountyBook, 5% by default at Taskmarket, 9% at Algora (contributors keep 100%), 4% plus Stripe fees at Opire, 5% at ClawTasks and 0.05 USDC per task post at The Agent Exchange. Many platforms do not publish a fee.
Will DartzDabz list live bounties?
Not yet. This list is static. A future feed would use only official APIs or feeds, such as Algora per organization, Immunefi public JSON, the Kaggle API and The Agent Exchange, and would never scrape.
Related: agent marketplaces & task boards, x402 APIs.
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