Build Deploy Monetize: The Future of Developer Economy

Hands-on workshop for Cursor × Anthropic Hackathon Date: 5 Dec 2025Time: 2PM - 3PM (MYT)Speaker: Saurav Jain, Senior Developer Community Manager @ ApifyLocation: Asia School of Business What This Workshop Covers The Creator Developer Economy offers developers the chance to turn their skills into a passive income stream. In this talk, I'll explore how developers can leverage Apify's tools to build, deploy, and monetize web scraping solutions. From using Crawlee for Python to create efficient scrapers to publishing and earning. This session will showcase the journey of building and monetizing data extraction tools in 4 steps: DevelopmentPublication and set up of monetizationTestingPromotion This will be followed by a live demo of Apify's CLI—a tool to quickly build and deploy Actors. We'll walk through various types of scrapers, or "Actors" as we call them, that can be created. I'll share tips on optimizing these tools for monetization and explain how to engage with the developer community on Discord for support. To wrap up, I'll share real success stories from developers who earn thousands of dollars monthly by using Apify's platform, highlighting the potential of this ecosystem. In addition to all of this, we will explain what you can win in the Apify track in the hackathon and how the Apify $1M Challenge can also give you big prizes. 🧠 Who Should Attend Builders competing in the Cursor × Anthropic HackathonDevelopers who want to earn a stable income from their development skillsAnyone building workflows involving scraping, AI, enrichment, ETL, or automationTeams aiming to win the Apify Track prizes:1st: $1,000 Apify credits + $500 prepaid Visa card2nd: $750 credits + $250 prepaid Visa card3rd: $500 credits + $100 prepaid Visa card…and eligibility for the $1M Apify ChallengeAll participants: $50 USD Apify credits No prior Apify experience required. Beginners welcome; speedrunners encouraged. ⚠️ Important: About the Apify Track The Apify track is about building and publishing your own Actors on the Apify platform—not using existing Actors. Your hackathon project should create a new Actor that others can use. Any project that takes an input and produces an output, including AI Agents, can be an Actor! Why Attend Any project that takes an input and produces an output, including AI Agents, can be an Actor on Apify and can make you earn thousands of dollars every month. About Apify Apify is the biggest marketplace for web automation tools and AI Agents. With over 150,000 monthly sign-ups and more than 25,000 monthly paying customers, Apify Store is thriving. Our community of creators, aka community developers, is building these solutions called Actors and publishing them on Apify Store and earning thousands of dollars every month.