What to use for what

Editor / host

Grok Bot

The host editor for this hackathon — build with Grok Bot (Cursor works too). Claim both $20 and $50 Cursor credit referrals when you check in.

Research / web data

Firecrawl

Give the app live web pages as clean markdown or JSON, not raw HTML.

Search / web

Exa

Neural web search so the agent finds sources — not just a URL you already have.

Design / UI

Wonder

Design on a canvas that is already production React + Tailwind — not a handoff mockup.

AI sandboxes

Daytona

Isolated computers that boot in milliseconds so agents can run code off your laptop.

Backend / state

Convex

TypeScript backend with a database and live updates — skip Postgres plus sockets for the demo.

Voice input

Wispr Flow

Dictate into Grok Bot — speech becomes clean text in the editor and chat.

Generate / media

Fal.ai

Run image, video, and audio models through one API so the demo can generate media.

API / models

x.ai

SpaceXAI / x.ai API — Voice, Chat, Imagine, and Grok Build via a Console API key (not Grok Bot).

Render

Ship a public URL from Git — web apps, static sites, databases, and workers.