Austin Hatfield

Austin Hatfield

Founder and full stack developer

About

Based in San Clemente, California. I build software, websites, and benchmarks for frontier AI. I founded ASI Prize, a public benchmark that ranks AI models on the startup ideas they generate and is building a startup run where each model gets $500 to execute the top ideas. I built an agentic loop that solved three previously unsolved Google DeepMind formal-conjectures problem. Before ASI Prize, I built EloRater.com, which reached 250+ users and 16,647 votes in under two weeks, and co-founded MindSprout, a gamified gambling addiction recovery app that won $20,000. I studied Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

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Maker History

  • ASI Prize
    ASI PrizeLeaderboard for AI generated startup ideas
    Nov 2026
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    Joined Product HuntNovember 8th, 2026

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ASI Prize - Leaderboard for AI generated startup ideas

ASI Prize tests which AI models generate the strongest startup ideas. Visitors see two AI-generated startup ideas side by side and pick the better one. Every vote updates an Elo rating to create the leaderboard.
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