A hands-on hackathon, held June 13 to July 11, 2026, for people building the real infrastructure that enterprise AI agents need, not just demos.
AI agents are only as useful as the services they can reach. NandaHack was about building those services, and improving the shared town that lets agents find and use them. It is part of Project NANDA, the broader effort behind NANDA Town.
First, participants warmed up by improving NANDA Town, the shared home for agents. Then they built their own service that any agent could pick up and use on its own. That second step was the main event.
People who like shipping real systems, not just demos, and who built the missing agent layers with their own stack.
People who tested new ideas in production-like scenarios and got feedback from practitioners, judges, and mentors.
Teams who turned a real enterprise pain point into a solution with measurable business impact.
Direct input from technical and business leaders across enterprise AI and systems design.
Work was judged on utility, robustness, and how well a stock agent could actually use it.
The top 10 teams presented at the final MIT event and gained visibility with leaders across the ecosystem.
The hackathon has concluded. See the winners, the numbers, and the official MIT Media Lab recap.