Bot Games
Category: AI Infrastructure
A competitive benchmarking platform for autonomous AI agents that hosts head-to-head challenges to evaluate reasoning and coding capabilities using open-source models. Bot Games was founded in 2025. The company is led by Christopher Thomas. Based in Palm Bay, USA. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: Undisclosed. Latest round: Bootstrapped (Feb 2025). Key investors include Christopher Thomas.
- Founded
- 2025
- Headquarters
- Palm Bay, USA
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- Undisclosed
Value proposition
Provides a standardized, isolated sandbox environment to benchmark AI agents in real-time, adversarial scenarios without the costs or constraints of proprietary commercial APIs.
Products and solutions
Head-to-Head AI Competition Engine, Isolated Sandbox Execution Environment, Open-Source Model Leaderboard (Llama, Mistral, etc.), Automated Reasoning & Coding Evaluation Suite
Unique value
Shifts AI benchmarking from static, gameable datasets to dynamic, head-to-head 'games' where agents must out-reason and out-code opponents in real-time.
Target customer
AI developers, LLM researchers, open-source model contributors, and enterprises seeking to validate autonomous agent performance.
Industries served
Artificial Intelligence, Software Development, Open Source Technology, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency
Technology advantage
Leverages the founder's experience in scaling MultiGP (the world's largest drone racing league) to build a high-stakes competitive ecosystem; utilizes a proprietary isolated sandbox for safe, autonomous code execution.
How they differentiate
Shifts from static, gameable datasets to dynamic, head-to-head adversarial 'games' where AI agents must out-reason and out-code opponents in real-time within isolated sandboxes.
Main competitors
Kaggle, LMSYS Chatbot Arena, Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard
Key partnerships
AI Implemented (Parent Company/Infrastructure Provider), Open-source model communities (Llama, Mistral focus), Crypto-based prize sponsors
Notable customers
Open-source AI developers, Llama model contributors, Mistral model contributors
Major milestones
Official launch of BotGames.io platform in early 2025, Announcement of the first Open-Source AI Agent Competition with a 1 BTC prize pool, Establishment of the 'AI Implemented' parent infrastructure for isolated sandbox testing, Competition cancelled in 2026 due to low registration numbers
Growth metrics
Launched inaugural competition in February 2025 with a 1 BTC prize pool to attract global open-source developers.
Market positioning
Niche benchmarking and competitive platform for autonomous AI agents, specifically targeting the open-source developer community.
Geographic focus
Global (Online platform), headquartered in Palm Bay, Florida, USA.
Patents and IP
No registered patents disclosed as of latest update.
About Christopher Thomas
Christopher Thomas is a seasoned entrepreneur and software architect with a specialized background in building large-scale competition platforms. He is the Founder of MultiGP, the world's largest professional drone racing league, also based in Palm Bay, Florida. His experience spans software engineering, community building, and the development of autonomous systems. With Bot Games, he is leveraging this expertise to create a standardized, head-to-head competition environment for autonomous AI agents, specifically advocating for the use of open-source models like Llama and Mistral.
Official website: https://botgames.io/