What is a Vibe-a-thon? +
A facilitated one-day AI hackathon we run for your team. Mixed groups of engineers and the people who live the problem take something they already work around and build a working prototype, with AI doing the heavy lifting. The day sits inside a longer programme: ideas are shaped, argued over and staffed online in the weeks before, and the most promising prototypes go through 30, 60 or 90 days of validation towards production.
What does it cost? +
From A$17,000, which covers the facilitated day and 30 days of support afterwards. There are three tiers and the only difference between them is how long the nurture programme runs: 30, 60 or 90 days. We quote the 60 and 90-day programmes on the size of your cohort. All prices are AUD and exclude GST.
How far ahead do we need to book? +
Four to six weeks from the first call. Six if you want it running inside your own private cloud, because that needs setup time with your IT team, and four on our hosted option. Most of that time is your people shaping ideas, so nobody spends the day warming up.
What do you need from our IT team? +
Nothing, on our hosted option. The only case where your IT team is involved is a private-cloud deployment, where the whole thing runs inside your own cloud, and then we work alongside them to get it deployed there.
What if nothing makes it to production? +
Not everything built on the day should reach production, and pretending otherwise is how innovation theatre happens. What you are buying is a shortlist your own people built and believe in, plus a nurture programme after the day. As part of the 90-day programme, that includes us working the most promising prototypes towards production with you.
What actually happens in the weeks before the day? +
Four things, all online. A leader sets the vision for the day and three to five strategic themes. Everyone talks to the AI about a problem they live with, and it shapes that into a structured brief. The briefs go up where the whole cohort can read them, comment, and vote. Then teams form around the strongest briefs, based on the skills each one still needs.
Who decides what people work on? +
You do, at the level that matters. The vision and themes a leader sets go into the prompt every participant’s AI assistant runs on, so ideas arrive pointed at what the business cares about. People still raise their own problems, which is the point, and the cohort votes on which ones get built.
Does everyone need coding experience? +
No. Marketers, operations, leadership, product managers and engineers all take part together, and the AI does the heavy lifting. If you are not writing code, you are shaping the problem, designing how it should work, or keeping the team moving. Every one of those is a job the team needs.
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.