The hackathon
by the numbers.
Starting last Tuesday, builders from across Toronto came together to tackle three enterprise innovation challenges — and the results speak for themselves.
What is MakersLounge?
MakersLounge is a community of 1000+ builders, mostly based in Toronto — people who turn ideas into real things.
We host multiple events every month:
- Hackathons
- Builder meetups
- Special presentations
- One rule: no talks, no pitches — just makers building and shipping
Our mission is to help AI builders connect and scale their services to the world.
A huge thank you.
Tonight wouldn’t be possible without our proud sponsors.
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Our judges.
James Maeng
Senior Director, Enterprise Innovation
Naina Dewan
Manager, New Technology & Innovation
Rishi Midha
Director/Head of AI Research
Dave Jani
Director, Innovation & Technology Enablement
Ashish Dsa
Chief Technology Officer
The three tracks.
Validating a Business Idea
Innovation teams collect thousands of ideas every year, far more than they can evaluate. Build an AI agent or tool that streamlines the innovation pipeline from raw idea to commercialized product.
Continuous Market Monitoring
The business landscape is changing fast, and separating signal from noise has become critical. Build an agentic AI tool or platform that continuously monitors the market for signals relevant to a company's innovation function.
Synthetic Customers
Real customer studies are slow, expensive, and often fail to surface what customers actually want. Build an AI tool or platform that simulates synthetic customer feedback on new product ideas.
Continuous Market Monitoring
The business landscape is changing fast, and separating signal from noise has become critical. Build an agentic AI tool or platform that continuously monitors the market for signals relevant to a company's innovation function.
TBA
Finalist pending
TBA
Finalist pending
Validating a Business Idea
Innovation teams collect thousands of ideas every year, far more than they can evaluate. Build an AI agent or tool that streamlines the innovation pipeline from raw idea to commercialized product.
TBA
Finalist pending
TBA
Finalist pending
TBA
Finalist pending
Synthetic Customers
Real customer studies are slow, expensive, and often fail to surface what customers actually want. Build an AI tool or platform that simulates synthetic customer feedback on new product ideas.
TBA
Finalist pending
TBA
Finalist pending
SOON Hackathon · Bonus DemoSAMM
The results.
Validating a Business Idea
Continuous Market Monitoring
Synthetic Customers
Thank you.
You showed up, you built something, and you put it in front of the room. That takes courage — and this community is better because of you.
Stats shared at the event.
