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AI Tinkerers x MongoDB Present: Demopalooza @ The Javits Center

Co-hosted by MongoDB x AI Tinkerers NYC

📅 Wednesday September 17
📍 The Javits Center, NYC

We’re putting together something special.

Demopalooza is a collaborative demo night between AI Tinkerers NYC and MongoDB — and it’s happening onstage at the Javits Center.

This is your moment to share what you’ve been building — weird, messy, half-finished, or just freshly shipped — with a room full of other builders, on a real stage, with real production behind it.

In order to demo, attendees must submit an application of their talk, see that form here!`

We’ll have cameras rolling, judges in the room, and a packed space of ~125 attendees from both the AI Tinkerers and MongoDB communities. If you’ve got something cool to show — a tool, an agent, a workflow, a new way to combine data and AI — submit a demo and come hang.

No pitch decks, no slides. No fluff. Just five minutes to show your work in progress with 90 seconds for questions!

The focus of demos are projects that utilize memory, multimodal AI, and MongoDB!

All accepted attendees to this month’s AI Tinkerers meetup will also receive complimentary full access to the MongoDB.local NYC conference happening earlier that day — including daytime programming, talks, and the 5:30pm happy hour, before the demo night kicks off upstairs.

🎤 Want to Demo?

We’re looking for projects that are raw, interesting, and technically creative — whether it’s your first agent or a system-level LLM workflow.

We encourage attendees to submit their demos that focus on memory, multimodal AI, and utilizing MongoDB because we will be announcing prizes from those tracks.

👉 Submit your demo: Demo Submission Form
🖥 5 minutes per demo + 90 seconds of Q\&A
🎥 Professionally recorded and shared afterward
💾 Opportunity to be featured in the AI Tinkerers newsletter + MongoDB highlight reel!

Selected demos will be part of a high-quality video recap and may be featured individually in future programming.

🏆 Prize Categories

We’ll be awarding standout projects across a few fun tracks:

• Best Use of MongoDB
• Best Memory Hack – long-term memory, RAG, embeddings, etc.
• Best Multimodal Build – anything that fuses text, image, audio, or video
• Crowd Favorite – chosen by live audience vote

Prizes may include LEGO sets, gadgets, and some AI-powered swag — and of course, serious bragging rights.

🛠 Logistics

• Attendance: 125 capacity (75 seats reserved for AI Tinkerers community)
• Venue: MongoDB.local NYC @ Javits Center, Workshop Room
• Doors Open: 6:00pm (food served), demos begin at 6:30pm
• Conference Access: All accepted RSVPs will receive a free registration code for MongoDB.local NYC — giving you access to the full day’s programming

Once you’re confirmed to attend the Demopalooza, we’ll send instructions to claim your free MongoDB badge and access everything happening at the event.

🎬 Media + Video

We’re collaborating with MongoDB’s video team to produce a demo reel from our event. If you demo you’ll be seen by viewers throughout our networks!

If you’re demoing, we’ll also invite you to send your own screen recordings post-event to cut into the final video.

👀 Who is this for?

AI Tinkerers is a meetup for active builders working with agents, LLMs, multimodal models, and generative workflows. If you’re someone who spends their time experimenting, shipping, and poking at the boundaries of AI — you’re welcome here.

We screen every RSVP to keep the room sharp and technically curious.

Sponsors

AI Tinkerers NYC - AI Tinkerers NYC is a vibrant community for practitioners with technical, machine learning, and entrepreneurial backgrounds. Focused on actively building and working with foundation models, such as large language models (LLMs) and generative AI, this meetup connects individuals passionate about creating LLM-enabled applications. It fosters a unique environment for active collaboration, experimentation, and sharing challenges among like-minded builders, pushing the boundaries of AI innovation within New York City’s dedicated community.

MongoDB - MongoDB is a powerful, flexible, and scalable NoSQL database that empowers innovators with its modern database and integrated services. As a source-available, cross-platform, document-oriented database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents to process and store various structured data. It offers the scalability and flexibility needed for modern applications, providing high performance and real-time data processing. MongoDB is ideal for active builders working with agents, LLMs, multimodal models, and generative workflows, offering a robust solution for managing data in AI-driven projects.

The Javits Center - The Javits Center is an iconic and one of the busiest convention centers in North America, located in Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan. Since its opening in 1986, it has served as New York City’s primary venue for large conventions, trade shows, and special events, fulfilling its mission to support New Yorkers. With a significant investment in infrastructure, it has become a leader in sustainability, security, and technology. It is proud to host events like Demopalooza and MongoDB.local NYC, providing a premier space for community gatherings and technical showcases, and continuing its legacy of public service.

Judges

Gautami Nadkarni

Gautami Nadkarni is a Cloud AI/ML Customer Engineer at Google, based in New York City. With over nine years of experience in customer-facing technical roles, she specializes in architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions with deep expertise in Data Analytics, Cloud AI/ML, and Agentic frameworks. She advises Fortune 500 enterprises on modernizing data landscapes, launching AI-powered products, and driving productivity through intelligent automation. A recognized thought leader, she has spoken at the Women in Tech Global Conference and serves as a judge for the BIG Innovation Awards. She is also an advocate for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion within Google and the broader tech community.