Help shape the event.
Bring your experience, introduce your community, and help us understand what would make this event useful to them.
Vibing Sarasota
A new kind of
community hackathon.
Sarasota, Florida
Everyone is welcome.
Bring a project you've been building with AI, a skill to share, or your curiosity. Learn in daytime workshops, improve projects with people across disciplines, and demo your work to future users and collaborators.
Knowledge is built in community.
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Help us shape a new kind of hackathon.
Starting at New College and open to the whole Sarasota community.
Bring projects you've already been building with AI, learn how to share them, and meet people who want to use them or build with you at our first annual event.
Our first step is to bring together New College students, volunteers, community partners, and sponsors who share the vibe and want to help organize the event. Everyone is welcome to contribute their time, skills, resources, or funding.
Help bring Sarasota together.
We're inviting partners and sponsors to help plan the first event and connect people across our community.
Help make it possible.
Contribute funding, resources, or expertise to the first event. Meet local builders and take part in the community we're forming.
Support the first event.
Contribute funding, prizes, tool credits, space, or expertise. You can also lead a workshop, coach or moderate demos, and introduce builders to people who could use their work.
The Sarasota Vibe
Bring what you're building to the first event. Select a category for project ideas and ways to participate as a builder, user, or reviewer.
Teaching and learning Lesson planning, learning games, classroom simulations, practice and feedback, accessible materials
- Builders
- Teachers, professors, librarians, trainers
- Users and reviewers
- Educators with similar subjects or teaching needs
Business Scheduling, inventory, customer service, marketing, booking and sales
- Builders
- Owners, entrepreneurs, managers, employees
- Users and reviewers
- Other business owners, coworkers, customers
Professional practice Client intake, document preparation, professional calculations, case and project management
- Builders
- Accountants, attorneys, consultants, other practitioners
- Users and reviewers
- Peers in the same profession, clients
Community Volunteer coordination, resource directories, fundraising, neighborhood activities, membership tools
- Builders
- Nonprofit staff, volunteers, neighborhood groups, clubs
- Users and reviewers
- Members, volunteers, people using their services
Public service Service requests, public information, permit navigation, public data tools, internal workflows
- Builders
- Government employees, public agency staff
- Users and reviewers
- Other public employees, residents
Research Data collection, analysis, visualization, literature organization, experiment tracking
- Builders
- Faculty, researchers, lab staff, independent investigators
- Users and reviewers
- Researchers with similar questions, methods, or data
Media Video, animation, podcasts, interactive storytelling, local reporting
- Builders
- Filmmakers, writers, podcasters, journalists, content creators
- Users and reviewers
- Audiences, editors, producers, publishers, fellow creators
Art Illustration, generative art, music, sculpture, installations, digital exhibits
- Builders
- Artists, designers, musicians, makers
- Users and reviewers
- Other artists, curators, gallery owners, audiences
Sports and entertainment Performance analysis, training tools, league management, fan experiences, interactive games, live event tools
- Builders
- Coaches, athletes, analysts, performers, event organizers, fans
- Users and reviewers
- Athletes, coaches, team managers, venue operators, fans, audiences
Robotics Robot control, physical automation, assistive devices, sensor systems, educational robots
- Builders
- Makers, engineers, educators, hobbyists
- Users and reviewers
- Other makers, educators, manufacturers, people who could use the devices
Vibe-coded business modelsBeyond software New service offerings, pricing and revenue models, physical-product businesses, operating plans, market experiments
- Builders
- Entrepreneurs, business owners, independent professionals
- Users and reviewers
- Prospective customers, business operators, mentors, investors
Everyday life Household organization, budgeting, accessibility, hobby tools, games, personal planning
- Builders
- People building for personal needs, households, or hobbies
- Users and reviewers
- People with similar needs or interests
A few things
to know.
Who are you inviting right now?
Anyone interested in volunteering, partnering, hosting, or sponsoring. We're asking for help shaping the event before opening participant registration.
Who will the event be for?
Everyone in the Sarasota community, including people from high schools, colleges and universities, companies, and local organizations, as well as independent builders and curious neighbors.
What makes this a new kind of hackathon?
People will bring projects they've already been building. The two-day event includes workshops on sharing their work and reaching users, followed by a community showcase with time to try projects and meet their creators.
When are registration and the event?
Participant registration opens in January 2027, and the event takes place in February 2027. Join us now as a volunteer, host, partner, or sponsor.