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Day 1 Recap | @AMRITAedu × @nitrostackai Hackathon 2026 🚀

What a way to kick things off! As the official media partner, @mcptothemoon had an amazing time covering Day 1 of the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore × NitroStack Hackathon.

The day was packed with insightful sessions, curious minds, and a community eager to explore what's possible with the MCP.

As the clock ticked into the 24-hour build sprint, the atmosphere transformed into one of collaboration, late-night debugging, rapid prototyping, and nonstop innovation.

This is exactly what @mcptothemoon is all about! Celebrating builders, amplifying the MCP ecosystem, and showcasing the incredible projects being created by developers around the world.

Day 1 is in the books, but the journey is just getting started. Stay tuned as we bring you more updates, behind-the-scenes moments, and some incredible demos from the hackathon.

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The hackathon has officially begun! 🚀

As the official Media Partner, we're thrilled to be covering the @AMRITAedu × @nitrostackai Hackathon alongside the incredible builder community.

The day kicked off with insightful sessions, exciting discussions, and a whole lot of energy. From exploring the power of MCP to getting hands-on with NitroStack, participants are now all set for 24 hours of building, collaborating, and shipping.

We'll be bringing you highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, and some amazing projects throughout the hackathon.

Good luck to all the hackers, we can't wait to see what you build! 🚀
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Congratulations to the winning team The Beetels of BFSI track the @nitrostackai x Amrita School of Engineering, Amritapuri Campus Hackathon on the project Vitta Compliant Loan Origination as an MCP Capability Layer.

They tackled a real fintech problem by rethinking the KYC and loan application experience. Instead of making users navigate multiple pages, fill repetitive forms, and complete several manual steps, they built an AI-powered workflow that automates the entire journey through a conversational interface.

Their solution:
• Automated KYC and loan onboarding in a single interaction.
• Guided users with contextual next-step recommendations.
• Integrated interactive widgets for a smoother experience.
• Delivered a faster, simpler, and more intuitive user experience.

When asked what they would improve with another 24 hours, their answer was scalability - designing the system to serve millions of users in production. That's exactly the mindset we love to see: build for today, think about tomorrow.

A huge congratulations to the winners Ansh Bajpai, Adamya Sharma, Nishant Shah and Aayush Shenday, the team community wishes the team all the best.

That's what hackathons should be about.

At McpToTheMoon, our goal has always been to build a vendor-neutral community where developers learn, experiment, and push the boundaries of what's possible with the Model Context Protocol. Watching students go from learning MCP to shipping real applications in just 24 hours is exactly why this community exists.

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The world just witnessed a milestone for AI builders. 🚀

@mcptothemoon was proud to be the official media partner for the world's biggest MCP Hackathon of 2026, held on 17th -18th July 2026.

1,700+ participants. 168 AI projects. One unforgettable milestone for the MCP ecosystem.

Over 24+ hours of continuous building, the Amrita School of Computing, Amritapuri × @nitrostackai Hackathon 2026 brought together one of the largest gatherings of MCP builders ever assembled.

It was a defining moment for the MCP community. A moment that showed what happens when thousands of builders come together around a shared vision.

By the Numbers
• World's Biggest MCP Hackathon
• 1,700+ Participants
• 168 AI Projects Built
• Mentors, Judges & Industry Experts
• 24+ Hours of Nonstop Building

From packed rooms full of developers shipping AI applications to mentors guiding teams late into the night, the energy was contagious. Every conversation focused on building with MCP.

Huge congratulations to @nitrostackai, @ComputingAmrita, every participant, mentor, volunteer, judge, and partner who made this milestone possible.

At @mcptothemoon, we are excited to continue spotlighting the people, projects, and ideas shaping the future of the MCP ecosystem.
The moon is just the beginning!

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“MCP is not a fancy API wrapper.👀”
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“MCP is not just only about tool calling.👀”
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“The hardest part of AI isn't building anymore.👀”
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