# The Harness Engineering & Model Wrangling #SFTechWeek Hackathon

- **When:** Sun, Oct 11 at 9:00 AM – 10:00 PM (PDT)
- **Where:** San Francisco, CA
- **Hosts:** [MongoDB](https://cerebralvalley.ai/u/mongodb)
- **Format:** Hackathon (submissions due Oct 12, 2026 UTC)
- **Registration:** Open (host approval required) – https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/mongodb-sftw-hackathon
- **Page:** https://cerebralvalley.ai/e/mongodb-sftw-hackathon

The next chapter of agentic infrastructure is memory, persistence, and self-evolving systems.

**After bringing builders together in NYC, **we're bringing the hackathon to **San Francisco during SF Tech Week** with the MongoDB team to tackle one of the hardest problems in agentic AI: building harnesses that can adapt, remember, and operate reliably long-term.

We're looking for impactful projects built with MongoDB Atlas, Vector Search, and Agentic Memory tooling. Whether you're building agents that rewrite their own guardrails, systems that hold context across weeks-long tasks, or entirely new approaches to persistent agent memory, this is your opportunity to build the infrastructure the next generation of agents will run on.

🥇 Prizes  
​$15,000 in cash prizes will be awarded across the three final teams, and more prizes will be announced!  
  
​📝 Judges  
Top judges from MongoDB, our partners, and the Bay Area ecosystem will be joining us. Stay tuned!

**Note:** This event is fully in-person in San Francisco as part of SF Tech Week. Space is limited. Maximum team size is four. All attendees must submit an application and be approved to attend.

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