Season 2
Career

TripWeaver at Locus Agentic Payments Hackathon

Surya Pugazhenthi competed at the Locus Agentic Payments Hackathon, run by Locus (Y Combinator FW25), in Nov 2025 as an agent systems builder, shipping TripWeaver. Result: 2nd place overall + Stripe Prize Track.

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Locus (Y Combinator FW25)

Track
Locus (Y Combinator FW25)
Team
Agent systems builder
Stint
Nov 2025
Result
2nd place overall + Stripe Prize Track

Briefing

Business travel booking is a multi-step, multi-vendor workflow — a natural fit for an autonomous agent with real payment rails.

On track

  • Built an autonomous business-travel agent handling end-to-end trip booking with cross-border micropayments via Stripe and x402-protocol stablecoins.
  • Composed the stack from the Claude Agent SDK, Stripe API, Vercel/Next.js, Kiwi Travel MCP, Coinbase, and Locus Crypto Wallet.

Result

Won 2nd place and the Stripe Prize Track — the race that pulled the venture world and agent engineering onto the same track.

Music: elevchyt — CC BY 4.0

Penalty

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STEWARDS' NOTICE: illegal modification attempt detected in scrutineering. Serve your time penalty.

Psst — the paddock is open source. No need to break in.

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