World Artificial Intelligence Open Source Competition Concludes in Hangzhou With Focus on AI Agents and Robotics

The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Open Source Competition concluded its global finals and annual summit in Hangzhou on Sept. 23, highlighting breakthroughs in software intelligent agents, scientific research, and physical robotics. Operating under the theme of open collaboration, the competition attracted more than 14,000 developers from 91 countries and regions, culminating in 70 finalist teams competing at the Hangzhou Yungu Center across four main technology tracks. Team ExpLoop Lab earned the tournament’s 1 million yuan grand prize for its open-source de novo mirror peptide design algorithm, MirrorPeptidizer, which lowers computational barriers in biomedical research. Individual category winners included DataFlow-Agent for…