Vibe-a-thon

A one-day AI hackathon that ends in a demo, not a deck.

Your people take the problems they already work around and demo a working prototype by 5pm. Mixed teams, no coding experience needed. Then 90 days of Nurture and Deploy to take the strongest into production.

Set up your own workspace in about a minute, no date needed yet.

80 people
1 day
40+ ideas → working prototypes

A whole company, run through it in a single day.

What the day looks like for you

Pick the seat you’ll be in.

You’re hosting this one.

Set the vision, rally the room, and watch your org start fixing its own problems. By 5pm: a portfolio of prototypes, a ranked idea backlog, and champions with names. Then Nurture and Deploy carry the best builds to production over the following 30–90 days.

“Amazing. Can we ship it? Serious question.”

— Director of Finance, mid-demo
What is a Vibe-a-thon?

A one-day AI hackathon where the people with the problem build the fix.

Mixed teams, no coding experience needed, turn the problems they already work around into working prototypes with AI. Shaped online in the weeks before; built and demoed on the day, in cohorts of 10 to 150.

01

Share an idea

Post a real business problem worth fixing.

02

Team up

Comment, refine and vote online; the strongest ideas gather a team.

03

Build

Describe what you want in plain English. AI builds it with you, live.

04

Demo

Show the thing you built by 5pm. Watch it land in the room.

Rome2Rio
Case study

We ran 80 people at Rome2Rio through a whole-company Vibe-a-thon

Over 40 refined ideas turned into prototypes and deployed tools in a single day. See how the platform and facilitation came together, and what the team built.

Read the case study
The day is day one

You don’t build the future in a day. You start it in one.

Programmes run 30, 60 or 90 days beyond the event.

Nurture

Every build tracked to completion, adoption and value, with a weekly portfolio view for leadership.

Deploy

Security, architecture and eval reviews take the biggest bets into production.

  • Single sign-on
  • Your ideas stay yours
  • Our cloud or yours

Lasting change. Not a sugar high.

Your facilitators

Run by people who do this for a living.

  • Ben, Freshwater Futures
    Ben AI advisor · 20+ yrs enterprise software
  • Brad, Freshwater Futures
    Brad Behaviour scientist · why adoption sticks
  • Zoe, Freshwater Futures
    Zoe Product designer & AI adoption coach
Getting started

Up and running in three steps.

About a minute from here to a workspace your whole team can join.

  1. 01

    Your workspace opens

  2. 02

    Set your vision

  3. 03

    Invite the team

Ready when you are

The next “we should do something with AI” meeting could be a demo instead.

We facilitate Vibe-a-thons for cohorts of 10 to 150. Or set your own workspace up now, and pick the date later.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Does everyone need coding experience?

No. Vibe-a-thon is designed for anyone. Marketers, operations, leadership, product managers, and engineers all participate together. The AI tools do the heavy lifting.

How many people can take part?

Cohorts run from 10 to 150. Teams form in the weeks before, around the ideas that gather the most support.

What if a team’s idea is too ambitious?

Facilitators help scope ideas to what’s achievable in a day. The goal is a working prototype, not production perfection.

Can we run this across multiple locations?

Yes, we can facilitate distributed vibe-a-thons, but the energy works best in-person. Hybrid setups are possible but require careful facilitation.

What if someone doesn’t want to code?

Many people participate in non-coding roles: product thinking, design, project management, or as a cheerleader for their team. Everyone contributes.