InfluxDB 3 Hackathon Winner: Building Cora Health Analytics Platform
Session Date: Aug 05, 2025
Time: 8:00am (PT) | 3:00pm (GMT)
Ever wondered what your fitness tracker data really means? Join Jean-Luc Thumm, creator of Cora—the 1st place winner of the InfluxDB 3 Hackathon—as he demonstrates how to transform raw health data from wearables and wellness apps into personalized insights that actually matter.
Cora is a platform that combines InfluxDB with an innovative MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, creating a direct bridge between AI assistants like Claude and your personal health data. Watch as Jean-Luc shows how users can ask a simple question, such as “How has my sleep affected my workout performance this month?” and get intelligent, data-driven answers instantly.
Plus a live demo!
Key takeaways:
- How to build an MCP server that lets AI assistants perform complex statistical analysis on health data.
- The winning architecture: InfluxDB for time series + Firebase for metadata + MCP for AI integration.
- Real-world implementation of time series aggregations, correlation analysis, and lagged correlations for health insights.
- Why traditional health apps fail users and how conversational AI changes everything about personal data interaction.
Jean-Luc Thumm
Co-founder of Cora
Jean-Luc is a co-founder of Cora, a wellness AI startup. Previously, he spent four years as a Software Engineer at Google, where he led infrastructure projects including a server code generation tool now used to create over 1,000 servers monthly across Google, and became the leading expert on monitoring systems for Google's global data backup system. He holds a Computer Engineering degree from UC San Diego and transitioned to full-time entrepreneurship in 2025.
Heather Downing
Senior Developer Advocate, InfluxData
Heather Downing is a Senior Developer Advocate for InfluxData with a passion for data telling compelling stories through developer-friendly tools. She takes complex data challenges and translates them into accessible solutions that help developers build meaningful applications with the right tools for the job. When she is not behind a screen, you can find her outside hiking across the world, practicing mounted archery, or supporting the growth of developers at tech conferences worldwide.
