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Building with AI: Vibe2Pitch #2 (w/ The AI Collective)

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER 2026
17:30 – 21:00
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT-STAMFORD CAMPUS
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Building with AI will host the pitch day of the second edition of Vibe2Pitch ! It will be an action-packed evening where multidisciplinary teams pitch solutions to satisfy real-world needs to a captive audience. Built for beginners and experienced builders alike, no AI background required. This edition's theme: Moving to a New City. Stamford is seeing a wave of new residents right now. What problems do they run into — finding housing, meeting people, navigating the city, choosing food, settling in? Your team will select one topic and build something to address it. You are encouraged to vibe-code a platform/service. Teams of 3–6 people will turn a problem into a working prototype and a pitch/presentation. Success depends on more than a working demo — it's judged on problem definition, market research, product design, storytelling, and how well you put AI tools to use, and will be judged by a panel of experienced judges from the industry. Here's how it works: Register on Luma — bring your own team, or register as a free agent and we'll place you on a team. We kicked off with a Meet & Greet orientation on Sept 16, where this edition's theme was announced — teams are free to start building from that day, at their own pace. If you missed the Meet & Greet, no problem — you can still register as a free agent, or reach out to a team asking to join. Oct 5 — Team assignment day for free agents and UConn students. They get placed onto a team on a rolling basis by organizers, as seen on the dashboard at this link bwai.web.app Registration stays open after this. Build your project with your team — The organizers won't set up the team meetings, that is scheduled by the teams amongst themselves. The building time is this whole window between the day you join a team, to the pitch day. Oct 18 — Confirm your team's attendance. Oct 21 — Pitch day - The main event Here's the schedule for pitch day itself (Oct 21st): 6:00 – 6:30 PM — Registration & open networking. 6:30 – 6:45 PM — Welcome: an introduction to Building with AI and Vibe2Pitch. 6:45 – 8:45 PM — Pitch time 8:45 – 9:00 PM — Awards, results, and wrap-up.

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AI Application Build AI Application Vibe Coding Meetup Complete Beginners Beginner ai-for-new-city-residents
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Judging Rubric (Each criterion rated 1-5 points) Defines a Real Problem — is the problem genuine, meaningful and clearly understood? Offers Valuable User Benefits — does the solution create clear, tangible value for the user? Shows Strong Advantages Over Current Solutions — is it meaningfully better than what exists today? Delivers a Confidence-Inspiring Presentation — is the pitch clear, credible and persuasive? Demonstrates a Strong Prototype — does the prototype show the core workflow and credible evidence that it works?

Don't have a team? Register as a free agent — we'll assign you one starting from October 5th onwards, on a rolling basis. Already have a venture? If it's relevant to the themes of AI and “Moving to a New City”, you are welcome to pitch! Please note: space at these community events is limited, and we can't always accept everyone who applies. If you're not accepted this time, please keep applying — we'd love to see you at a future event.

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