The Flare x Google Cloud Hackathon

The Flare x Google Cloud Hackathon, held from March 7-9 with Blockchain at Berkeley, brought together over 460 student developers and researchers from top institutions to explore AI-driven computation on blockchain. While blockchains ensure decentralized consensus, they lack native support for high-performance AI workloads. This event focused on solving that challenge without compromising verifiability.

Confidential Computing for Verifiable AI

Participants leveraged Google Cloud Confidential Space, a secure enclave powered by Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs). This technology enforces hardware-backed confidentiality and generates cryptographic attestations that are verifiable on the Flare blockchain.

Flare’s data protocols, Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO) and Flare Data Connector (FDC), played a key role in ensuring data provenance and integrity, making them ideal for AI applications requiring transparent computation.

All hackathon projects utilized AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) with virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) attestations to cryptographically prove that computations occurred in a tamper-proof environment.
“We’re thrilled to see developers using our Confidential Space secure enclaves to build trusted AI solutions. Projects like 2DeFi and the Flare AI Kit’s launch are exciting steps towards a future where AI and blockchain ensure data integrity and computational assurance.”
— Rene Kolga, Product Manager, Google Cloud

2DeFi: AI-Powered TradFi to DeFi Onboarding

One standout project, 2DeFi, was developed by Alex and Hitarth from the University of Waterloo. Their solution won 1st place in the AI x DeFi (DeFAI) track and 2nd place in the RAG Knowledge track.

2DeFi tackled the challenge of onboarding TradFi users into DeFi on Flare using Google Gemini AI. Users could upload screenshots of their Robinhood portfolios, which Gemini 2.0 analyzed to assess risk tolerance. Based on the AI-generated profile, an automated DeFi investment strategy was created, integrating staking and liquidity provision on Flare.

To simplify Web3 onboarding, 2DeFi integrated embedded wallets, allowing users to create a Flare wallet with a Google login, removing traditional complexities in crypto adoption.

The hackathon also introduced the Flare AI Kit, an open-source SDK for building verifiable AI agents on Flare using Google Cloud Confidential Space. Developers leveraged the Flare AI Kit in their projects, demonstrating its potential as a foundational framework for AI-powered blockchain applications.

By combining AI integration with verifiability, Flare AI Kit provides developers with a secure, attestable AI execution environment, ensuring provenance and AI safety.

What’s Next for Verifiable AI on Flare?

The Flare x Google Cloud Hackathon was just the beginning. As AI and blockchain continue to converge, Flare AI Kit will evolve into a production-ready framework for verifiable AI applications. Future improvements will enhance functionality, usability, and integrations, with the goal of launching Flare AI Kit on the Google Cloud Marketplace as a turnkey enterprise solution.

By bridging Confidential Space TEEs, AI, and the Flare blockchain, Flare AI Kit is set to redefine how verifiable AI applications are built, deployed, and trusted.

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