PayPal AI Hackathon 2026 · AG Studio 3.0 · PayPal Sandbox
CreditRoll Live turns a film’s end credits into an auditable payout map inside AG Studio. When the director’s cut drops a scene, the name leaves the roll — the contract fee stays on the books, and PayPal Sandbox settles it.
Gallery 1 — The problem
Independent productions run credits, contracts, cut changes and payouts in separate spreadsheets. These are the gaps CreditRoll Live closes, shown with the Neon Nocturne records the app ships with.
Exhibit A · CUE-02, CUE-03
Moth and Nyx Frame worked scenes the director trimmed between the rough cut and the director’s cut. Their names leave the v2 roll; their approved fixed fees do not. The reconciler keeps them on the books as UNPAID_GHOST credits.
MediumCTR-2026-102 $1,400.00 · CTR-2026-103 $2,200.00
Exhibit B · CUE-05
“DJ Owl” resolves to one verified contract. “Alex Rivera” matches 2 — Dialogue Editor (Unit A) and Key Rigging Gaffer (Unit B) — so the reconciler refuses to guess and places the credit on a NEEDS_REVIEW hold. Nothing is paid to an unverified name.
MediumCTR-2026-201 Alexander Rivera · CTR-2026-202 Alexis Rivera
Exhibit C · Payouts v1
A batch PayPal accepts can still hold items that come back PENDING, UNCLAIMED or FAILED. Every write is read back with GET, and a credit turns PAID only when its own payout item returns SUCCESS.
MediumPOST /v1/payments/payouts · GET /v1/payments/payouts/{batch_id}
Gallery 2 — The evidence
Each row is a signed contract; each column is a cut. Fees come from the locked roster in integer cents — an AI-proposed amount is never used — and every figure on this page comes from the same reconciler that drives the dashboard.
Music, effects & picture cue sheet · contract roster
Neon Nocturne: Director CutCut ≠ waived
| Credited as | Legal name | Role | Contract | Fixed fee | Rough cut v1 | Director’s cut v2 | Reconciler |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DJ Owl | Aria Chen | Lead Synth & Cue Composer | CTR-2026-101 | $1,850.00 | 00:04:12 | 00:04:12 | Verified“DJ Owl” verified as Aria Chen |
| Moth | Marcus Vance | Foley & Creature Sound Designer | CTR-2026-102 | $1,400.00 | 00:19:44 | ✕ Cut | Ghost cutCut from v2 · fixed fee still owed |
| Nyx Frame | Elena Rostova | VFX Compositor — Subway Collapse | CTR-2026-103 | $2,200.00 | 00:31:08 | ✕ Cut | Ghost cutCut from v2 · fixed fee still owed |
| Hana Sato | Hana Sato | DI Colorist & Finishing Artist | CTR-2026-104 | $1,600.00 | 00:48:00 | 00:48:00 | VerifiedCredited under legal name · verified |
| Alex Rivera | Alexander Rivera | Dialogue Editor (Unit A) | CTR-2026-201 | $950.00 | ? CUE-05 | ? CUE-05 | Needs review“Alex Rivera” matches 2 contracts · held, not paid |
| Alex Rivera | Alexis Rivera | Key Rigging Gaffer (Unit B) | CTR-2026-202 | $950.00 | ? CUE-05 | ? CUE-05 | Needs review“Alex Rivera” matches 2 contracts · held, not paid |
Proposal hashCRLIVE-NEON-NOCTURNE-2026-V2-REV1-CREW-DJ-OWL:185000_CREW-ELENA-ROSTOVA:220000_CREW-HANA-SATO:160000_CREW-MOTH:140000-TOTAL705000
Gallery 3 — The money
Credentials never leave the server. Every write carries a PayPal-Request-Id and the payout batch is keyed to the proposal version, so a double click returns the batch that already exists instead of paying anyone twice — and crew payouts stay locked until a producer flips the approval switch in the Patchbay.
Orders v2 · capture
A supporter funds the production from the credit roll; the order is captured, then read back.
Invoicing v2 · QR
An executive producer receives a scannable invoice for a fee the cut left behind.
Payouts v1 · batch
One idempotent batch for every verified contract; each item is stamped from its own read-back.
Gallery 4 — The vault
One AG Grid per PayPal REST endpoint the demo reads, straight from the sandbox account — the source footage behind the AG Studio reports.
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