AI VIBE CODING HACKATHON 2025
AI VIBE CODING HACKATHON 2025 @ Bantadthong Road — A First for Thailand
What Is Vibe Coding, and Why Is It a Global Trend?
VIBE CODING is the world's new arena for creative competition.
Abroad, events like this are used to ignite a "city's creative energy" by fusing music, atmosphere, and the rhythm of coding into one — sparking a movement that lets a new generation explosively build innovations in tourism, digital, and urban lifestyle. World-class cities such as Seoul, Berlin, London, and New York all use this same model to draw talent into their space, create new businesses, and propel the creative economy into rapid growth.
Today, the "Vibe Coding" style of event has arrived in Thailand for the very first time — and you can be part of this history.
AltoTech in collaboration with AIEAT
Event Details, Prize Money, and Applicant Qualifications
AI VIBE CODING HACKATHON 2025 is a stage open to developers, designers, marketers, data wizards, or even those with no coding background but a killer idea — a chance to unleash your thinking and transform "Bantadthong Road" into a global destination that generates new revenue for Bangkok.
The event is held on 20–21 December, starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and concluding with an awards ceremony on Sunday at 5:00 p.m. at Rust Bar on Bantadthong Road (map).
The total prize pool is generously high, along with prizes from tech and entertainment sponsors. Applicants must be 18 years or older, may apply in teams of up to 5 people, and every team must present their work to a panel of judges drawn from real technology companies and Thailand's startup scene.
Competitor Benefits and Opportunities After the Event
Every competitor receives exclusive perks from the moment they walk in: free-flow food and drinks across the full two days, plus a workspace ready to support round-the-clock coding.
Beyond the hands-on experience of building a real project, participants also have the chance to catch the eye of "Big Tech scouts" who are especially likely to observe this event, because its theme ties directly to AI, Tourism Tech, and Urban Innovation.
Many times, stages like this abroad have been the starting point for billion-baht startups, or a place where ordinary people become talent that big companies fight to recruit on the spot. This is a beginning you may not want to miss.
Workshop on AI Tools for Developers
Before the competition begins, every participant receives an intensive briefing through a short workshop teaching the use of the most cutting-edge tools — such as Claude Code/SDK, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI Codex CLI, and Google ADK — along with advanced prompt engineering techniques, AI agent architecture design, and API integration to build projects at turbo speed.
Every skill gained from the workshop can be applied to real work immediately, whether for your own business, a capstone project, an innovation contest, or launching your own startup.
From Abroad to Thailand — How Vibe Coding Creates New Life Opportunities
Vibe Coding–style hackathons are not just competitions; they are a "turning point" for many people abroad. For example, a hackathon in Seoul produced a travel-app development team that was later acquired by a major company for nearly 40 million baht; or a case in London where the winner built an AI system to analyze tourist behavior, which became a startup the city itself invested in to use as urban development policy.
Events like this deliver more than awards. They are a ladder that opens your world, connects you with like-minded peers, and lets you showcase your work before people who hold the power to decide your future from the very first meeting.
For Thailand, holding VIBE CODING this time is a significant milestone, because it is the first time a new generation will see that "urban innovation" need not come only from foreign investors or large corporations. Anyone with creativity and the courage to act can truly create an impact on an entire city.
This may be the opportunity for you to discover a new team, new friends, or even a new career path you never imagined. Your world could change within 48 hours — and it begins with the decision to apply for this competition.
Whoever is ready, let's go.