Agentic Engineering Hack with Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind was listed as a partner on a New York hackathon page for the “Agentic Engineering Hack” scheduled for Saturday, May 23, 2026. The event was presented as a full-day, hands-on build session for developers and researchers working on agentic systems, according to the Luma registration page. The same listing said registration required host approval and that the exact address would be shown only after registration. Google DeepMind’s own Luma events calendar also included the event in its schedule for May 23. ### Who is actually running the event? Tokens& was named as the primary organizer on the Luma page, which listed “Agentic Engineering Hack” under that host and showed additional organizers including Alessandro Amenta, Jacopo Piazza, Datadog and one other partner. Google DeepMind was presented as one of the supporting teams rather than the sole organizer. The page described DeepMind as “the research lab redefining what’s possible,” alongside Datadog, Nimble and ClickHouse as backers for the day. (luma.com) Google DeepMind’s events calendar provided a second verification point. That calendar showed “Agentic Engineering Hack” on Saturday morning and identified it as an external event, which indicates the company was participating in or promoting it through its developer experience channel rather than hosting it as a standalone corporate conference. (luma.com) ### What was on the schedule in New York? The Luma registration page published a tentative agenda running from morning check-in through evening awards. That schedule listed doors opening at 9:00 a.m., kickoff and hacking at 9:30 a.m., lunch at 12:30 p.m., projects due at 4:30 p.m., and closing plus awards at 7:00 p.m. The listing described the event as a one-day session built around teams working on “real problems” and presenting their work at the end of the day. (luma.com) GarysGuide, which also carried the event, showed the same Saturday date and 9:30 a.m. start in New York. Its listing included a slightly different tentative breakdown, with demos between 4:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and closing plus awards at 7:00 p.m., reinforcing that the format was a single-day hackathon rather than a panel-only meetup. (luma.com) ### Which people and companies were named? Thor Schaeff, identified on the Luma page as a Developer Experience Engineer at Google DeepMind, was listed among both speakers and judges. Rushikesh Akhare of Luminai and Uriel Knorovich, co-founder and chief executive of Nimble, were also named as speakers. The judges list additionally included Adam Stevens of Nimble, Subodh Chaturvedi of Airbyte, Raymond Lin of Crosby and Lihong Wang of Freeport. (garysguide.com) Datadog, Nimble and ClickHouse were named as partner companies on the event page. The copy tied each company to a practical function for builders: observability, web data and database speed. That framing matched the event’s stated focus on giving teams tools to build and test agentic products in a single day. ### What does “agentic engineering” mean in this event listing? (luma.com) The Luma page did not provide a formal definition of “agentic engineering.” It described the event instead through its format: builders would spend one day hacking on “real problems” and then show their work to an audience of people who build products professionally. That language suggests the emphasis was on applied software development using AI agents or agent-style workflows, but the organizers did not publish a fuller technical agenda on the public page. (luma.com) The public materials were also limited on venue details. The Luma page said only “New York, NY” and told users to register to see the exact address, while GarysGuide described the venue as to be announced. ### Where could people find the next step? Luma handled registration for the event, and the page said attendance was subject to host approval. (luma.com) Google DeepMind’s events calendar showed the hackathon as sold out on May 23, 2026, while the organizer page continued to serve as the main source for schedule and participant details.