MongoDB Hackathon wrap-up and Daemo AI Fellowship discussion

Following their collaboration on a project for a MongoDB Hackathon on January 10, 2026, the group discussed the aftermath of the event. Anish Kamtam shared a screenshot of an email he received from Jimmy at Daemo AI regarding a 'Yale Startup Winter Dev/AI Fellowship,' expressing confusion about why he was contacted. Sohan Dillikar clarified that Anish likely provided his email to the founders of a startup who were sitting near them at the event when they mentioned the fellowship. During the conversation, Sohan tried to recall the name of a contact from Visa they had spoken with, which Anish suggested might be 'Murch.' Anish later shared a link to Standard Kernel, noting that the site presented a highly advanced version of the project idea the group had brainstormed the previous day. Looking back on the hackathon experience, Sohan expressed regret that the group forgot to take a photo together and suggested they should organize another group project or outing soon to 'run something back.' The earlier part of the conversation on January 10 focused on the technical execution of their hackathon entry, dubbed 'Vibe,' which involved sharing email addresses for collaborator access, deploying the project to Vercel, and Sohan requesting a frontend update to change a contact phone number to (563) 294-1618.