The security landscape is evolving rapidly—especially around AI—and traditional bug bounties are struggling to keep pace. Finding vulnerabilities is thrilling; writing long, tedious vulnerability reports with exhaustive reproduction steps and waiting months for triage? Not so much.
We believe the future of AI security testing shouldn't be buried in paperwork. It should be fast, competitive, and focused entirely on your skills.
That is why we are thrilled to announce the next chapter in our journey. We are officially evolving from a traditional bug bounty platform into the premier challenge-based competition arena for AI security research.
Welcome to the new Huntr.
The Vision: A New Arena for AI Red Teaming
The new Huntr is the ultimate AI proving ground. We have removed the administrative friction of standard bug bounties so you can focus on what you do best: breaking systems.
By moving to a gamified, challenge-based competition model, we are creating faster feedback loops, a more engaged community, and a system that rewards actual execution rather than your ability to fill out a form.
How It Works: Prompts over Paperwork
Say goodbye to the standard vulnerability report. Now, you engage directly with target environments.
Each challenge features a unique, highly realistic, sandboxed AI agent—like a stock brokerage assistant or a medical triage bot—equipped with specific tools, context, and guardrails. Your mission? Read the briefing, craft your attack, and force the AI to execute restricted actions.
Why Challenges Beat Bug Bounties
For years, the bug bounty model has been the gold standard, but it comes with inherent bottlenecks: triage delays, duplicate reports, arguments over CVSS scores, and endless documentation.
Challenges’ flips the script by replacing subjective triage with objective execution. Here is why the challenge arena is better for researchers:
- Zero Triage Purgatory: No more waiting weeks or months to find out if your exploit is valid. Our system automatically detects when your prompt bypasses a guardrail and achieves the objective. You get instant validation.
- Pure Execution, No Paperwork: Forget writing 10-page proof-of-concepts. Your prompt is your proof. If it works, you score.
- Transparent, Objective Rewards: No more haggling over bounty amounts or severity levels. Payouts are tied directly to your performance and rank on the leaderboard. It is entirely skill-based.
Hack the AI, Secure the Bag
We aren’t just playing for internet points. Huntr offers serious cash prizes for top performers.
When a new challenge goes live, the clock starts. Bypass the guardrails, outsmart the safety filters, and break into the top ranks on the leaderboard before time runs out to secure your payout and cash out your winnings.
Sunsetting the old Huntr
To build the ultimate proving ground and fully dedicate our resources to the new challenge format, we are officially sunsetting our original OSS vulnerability program.
We know this is a big shift, but it is a necessary one to relieve both researchers and OSS maintainers of the heavy, slow burden of manual triage. Moving away from the old model allows us to double down on what you actually care about: faster feedback, pure technical execution, and immediate rewards.
For full details on this transition, please read our launch FAQ.
The Hunt Begins Soon
The gates to the new Arena are opening, and the first challenges are incredibly high stakes. Are you ready to test your adversarial mindset against the community?
Join the Discord and get ready for Launch Day on June 12, 2026 at 3:00am UTC. It's time to hack the AI and secure the bag. We'll see you on the leaderboard.
— The Huntr Team
