Quick facts
- Date and time: Saturday, November 14, 2026, 9:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m. EST (America/Toronto)
- Where: The Quay, 100 Queens Quay E, 3rd Floor, Toronto, ON
- Cost: Free. In person only. Teams up to four. Every attendee must apply and be approved; applying does not guarantee a seat. Capacity is limited.
- Organizer: Cerebral Valley, with the MongoDB team in Toronto
- Registration: Approval required. The public guest list showed 9 guests at the time of review.
- Official listing: luma.com/mongodb-toronto
What it is
A one-day hackathon on agents that keep context across sessions, adapt guardrails, and hold up under real workloads, built with MongoDB Atlas, Vector Search, and “Agentic Memory” tooling.
Prizes include $7,000, $5,000, and $3,000 USD for first through third, plus LangSmith credits and ElevenLabs subscriptions, and a best-ElevenLabs award. Named judges include people from MongoDB, Okta, Microsoft, Wealthsimple, the Vector Institute, and Cohere, with more to be announced.
Who it's for
Builders in Toronto who already work with, or are willing to build on, MongoDB’s agent stack, and who can give up a full Saturday.
Worth it if / Skip it if
- Worth it if you can assemble a small team, want a serious prize pool, and are comfortable with an application and a MongoDB-centered brief.
- Skip it if you wanted an open walk-in meetup, or you do not want to build on that stack.
Verdict
Worth it if you are accepted and will use MongoDB’s stack. The prize table and judge list are unusually specific for a one-day event. Public RSVP numbers are still low, which may mean a small room or that many applications are still being reviewed.
Source: Luma, “Is Agents in Context Toronto: a MongoDB Hackathon Worth Attending? (Toronto, November 14, 2026)”
