MongoDB Agentic Orchestration and Collaboration Hackathon
MongoDB Agentic Orchestration and Collaboration Hackathon
EventA hackathon focused on building agentic orchestration and collaboration tools using MongoDB and Fireworks AI.
Recent Conversations
Daemo AI Fellowship inquiry and call scheduling
Following an initial introduction from Jimmy Carter on Saturday, January 10, 2026, regarding Daemo AI and their MongoDB hackathon project, Sohan Dillikar followed up the next evening. Sohan expressed a strong interest in learning more about the Daemo company and their fellowship program. To further the discussion, Sohan proposed a quick call and provided his availability for the upcoming days: Monday, January 12, between 2:00 PM and 6:00 PM, or Tuesday, January 13, anytime before 4:00 PM. As of the latest message, Jimmy has not yet responded to confirm a specific time.
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.
Debating Hackathon Ideas and Anish's Hedge Fund Project
Sohan Dillikar and Sidd Sai continued their discussion from January 8 to January 9, 2026, regarding a hackathon project and a collaborator named Anish (a friend of Nikhil). Sohan remained highly skeptical of Anish's "multi-agent hedge fund" idea, dismissing it as a cliché project that many high schoolers attempt. He questioned the feasibility of building a profitable trading agent in a 6-7 hour hackathon timeframe, arguing that without real utility or profit-making capabilities, it would just be another tool generating useless research suggestions. Sidd Sai attempted to act as a mediator, encouraging Sohan to voice his own ideas—specifically a "negotiation/call" idea—and trying to "poke holes" in Anish's proposal. Sohan noted that Anish had already rejected his ideas multiple times. The conversation also touched on a confusing mention of making GPU kernels faster, which neither participant seemed to fully grasp in the context of the project. Sohan eventually decided to stop arguing for the night, stating he would wait until Friday, January 10, 2026, to engage further once he had a working prototype of his own. The exchange ended with Sohan suggesting they go to sleep.