Hack Meridian finals: Six finalists pitched new Stellar ecosystem projects across Genesis and Scale tracks, including Forward (currency hedging), Nest (DeFi with AI), and BookerBob (travel).
Hack Meridian hackathon finals featured six finalists pitching across two tracks: Genesis (brand-new projects built in 24 hours) and Scale (existing ecosystem projects). Genesis finalists included Forward, a currency hedging protocol for small companies targeting USD/peso corridors; Nest, an agentic DeFi harness built on Stellar's Raven MCP for aggregating trading, lending, and yield opportunities; and BookerBob, a travel booking application. The Scale track included more mature projects seeking major milestones. VC judges evaluated pitches on business model, team quality, and market fit, ultimately awarding prizes to advance winning projects into the Stellar ecosystem funding pipeline.
