Abstract
KM3NeT/ARCA is a deep-sea Cherenkov neutrino telescope located 100 km off the coast of the
southern tip of Sicily, Italy. When completed, the detector will instrument around one cubic
kilometre of water with photodetectors to search for energetic neutrinos of cosmic origin. On
February 13th 2023, a partial configuration of KM3NeT/ARCA detected the most energetic
neutrino ever observed, with an estimated energy of 220 PeV. This intriguing discovery raises
questions about the origin and potential sources capable of producing neutrinos of this energy.
In this contribution, we will discuss lepto-hadronic interactions in gamma-ray burst blastwaves
as possible production sites for neutrinos of this energy. Moreover, we will discuss how the
observation of the first-ever ultra-high-energy neutrino and the corresponding ultra-high-energy
diffuse neutrino flux can provide new constraints on theoretical model parameters driving the
emissivity of ultra-high-energy neutrinos from a larger population of gamma-ray bursts.