A.I. practitioners, honing the craft — together.
Get sharper every week. Train hands-on — workshops, mini-builds, and the Slopathon. And build toward a credential that proves it — wherever you are on that path.
Every week, we get sharper.
The unglamorous part — reps with the tools, the people, and the problems. It’s what makes everything after it possible.
Weekly meetings
Wednesdays, 7:45am, San Diego, plus the occasional field trip. Coffee, what's new in A.I. that week, and a low-stakes room to experiment with the tools — no slide decks.
Mini-Builds
Short, scoped build exercises on real-world case scenarios — practice a specific skill under realistic constraints, then compare notes with the room.
Networking
Career fairs, portfolio nights, and straight-up “meet the right people” sessions. Sometimes the skill you need most is knowing who to call.
What’s next.
Practice sessions, field trips, and build competitions — a taste of what’s on the schedule.
ExperimentFreeTue, Sep 22 · 11:30 AM
The Monetization Lab — 12 Ways To Monetize Online
Twelve founders, one real number each, zero networking-mixer small talk. You leave with an actual revenue move and a deadline, not a stack of business cards you'll never look at again.
Ansir Innovation Center, San Diego, CA
NetworkingPaidWed, Sep 23 · 4:00 PM
UNITE Business Networking @The University Club
Business cards, live jazz, and skyline views — basically networking cosplay, but with better acoustics. Come pretend you're closing deals; leave with three new LinkedIn requests and maybe an actual lead.
University Club San Diego, San Diego, CA
NetworkingPaidWed, Sep 23 · 4:00 PM
Leadership Summit - SD Networking Events 2026
A room full of San Diego founders and executives networking under the banner of "leadership," speaker lineup TBD but the eye contact will be aggressive. Come for the AI-and-influence talks, stay for the business cards you'll never actually follow up on.
UC San Diego Park & Market, San Diego, CAWho’s the best vibecoder?
Only one way to find out.
90 minutes of chaos.
A lifetime of slop.
The fastest way we know to build real skill: hands-on, on a deadline, with the room watching. It runs from weekly mini-builds and hands-on workshops up to the Slopathon, the flagship — one challenge, revealed live so nobody shows up with a secret head start. Solo or scrappy teams, whatever AI tools you can get your hands on, one deadline. When time’s up, you demo for the room, and a panel of judges (also just vibing) crowns the winner.
01
Kickoff
The challenge drops live. Nobody knows it beforehand — that's the point.
02
The Build
Solo or scrappy teams, whatever AI tools you can grab, one deadline.
03
The Demo
Everyone shows the room what they made. Expect at least one live crash.
04
The Verdict
A panel of judges (also just vibing) crowns the sloppiest of the sloppy.
Straight from the sloppiest floor
The Prize
Real bragging rights — a trophy at the big ones, and sometimes a lot more than that. That's the part everyone actually shows up for.
The Vibe
No panels, no pitch decks, no one asking you to “circle back.” Just vibes, chaos, and a deadline.
Spectators Welcome
Not building? Still show up — someone's got to judge from the sidelines and heckle the demo that crashes.
Never the Same Twice
We tailor the challenge and the tools to the room every time.
This could be you.
Winners are crowned GOAT of A.I., and forever remembered.
Don’t take our word for it.
Photos and stories worth bragging about — from the Slopathon and the week-to-week.
CompetitionWed, Sep 9 · 6:00 PM
VibeCraft Slopathon & Project Showcase - Will YOU be crowned be the A.I. GOAT?
One night, one surprise challenge, and a room full of San Diego builders racing to make the sloppiest AI thing possible before the clock runs out. Win and you get a shot at a Cadre AI interview, plus a year of bragging rights that will never once appear on LinkedIn.
Ansir Innovation Center
ExperimentWed, Aug 12 · 7:45 AM
THIS WEEK: mini-Slop Debrief + Token-Saving Systems
Post-slopathon show and tell, plus the secret to not torching your token budget on a chatbot that just says "great question!" a lot. Coffee provided, black-box allergies welcome.
Ansir Innovation Center, San Diego, CA
Field TripThu, Jul 23 · 3:45 PM
Visit an Amazon Distribution Center
Watch robots and humans ship a million tiny boxes without colliding, from a safe distance and in appropriately boring shoes. No photos, no snacks, no Crocs — just an hour of logistics that will ruin your next Prime delivery's mystique.
SAN3: Amazon Fulfillment CenterProve what you can do.
The practice and the reps add up to something you can show. VibeCraft Skills Certification is a credential scored against a real rubric and a live build — here’s what it’s for.
Prove it to an employer
A credential backed by a real rubric and a live, judged build — not a line on a résumé anyone can type.
Make the internal case
Concrete evidence for the raise, the promotion, the new remit: what you shipped, scored against explicit criteria.
Bring it to your company
Certify a whole team against one rubric, tailored to your own stack and workflows — a credential your org can point to, not just individuals chasing one on their own.
Want it for your team?
We’ll design the program with you — rubric, format, and the judged build, built around what your team actually does.
Be part of it.
New sessions, competitions, certification news, and the occasional field trip — the same things the rest of us are watching for.