Nikhil (Davis)
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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.
VIBE — Mongo DB Hackathon implementation
The group continued intense development of their hackathon project, now titled "VIBE," as they arrived and settled into the competition venue on January 10, 2026. Despite Anish's initial hesitation about building a corporate event planner, the team successfully pivoted or refined the concept into a highly technical tool. Sohan and Nikhil shared critical infrastructure details, including MongoDB connection strings, database schemas, and API keys for VAPI, Tavily, OpenAI, and Google Maps. The team is utilizing a MongoDB Atlas cluster (Cluster0 and Cluster1) with specific collections for event data. Sohan worked on a backend function to automate venue recommendations via SMS based on specific user requirements stored in the database, such as budget, location, and attendee count. Anish shared early deployments of the web application and a logo for "VIBE" which features a minimalist, high-contrast geometric design. He also documented a sample "AI Builders Meetup" document for a Berkeley SkyDeck event to test the system's data structure. The interpersonal atmosphere was high-energy, with Sidd arriving early to secure parking and the group navigating travel via Waymo. Anish expressed some minor frustration with a neighboring team at the venue who was talking loudly. As of the afternoon of January 10, the project is live on a temporary Cloudflare tunnel and a Vercel deployment, with the team focused on final integration.
MongoDB Hackathon planning and event logistics
The group continued planning for the MongoDB Agentic Orchestration and Collaboration Hackathon. Anish Kamtam initially proposed technical ideas involving GPU kernel optimization and agents for Triton kernels, while Sohan Dillikar suggested a B2B multi-agent system for automating corporate event planning, including voice agents for price negotiation. Sohan noted that a similar concept (Nowadays.ai) had recently raised $10M. Sidd Sai also floated an idea for automated security video monitoring using multimodal models like Llama Vid. On January 9, 2026, the discussion shifted to an associated event, MongoDB .local San Francisco. Anish shared a screenshot of a promotional offer for a free custom Levi’s jacket available to event attendees. This prompted a brief discussion between Nikhil and Anish regarding jacket sizing (choosing between Medium and Large), with Nikhil jokingly attributing his uncertainty to being "jacked," which Sidd dismissed as "cap" (sarcastic). The group remains focused on attending the event and coordinating their logistics, including travel plans back to Mission Hideaway (MH) on Saturday, January 10, 2026.