A16Z VIBE CODING GRANT · NYC PILOT COMPLETE
Hot Girl Vibe Coding turns AI adoption into a social, cultural, and creative experience — bringing women founders, creators, operators, and builders into hands-on AI building, city by city.
Launched at NY Tech Week 2026 · 150+ women builders · Keynote by Lisa Carmen Wang (Baddie Li)
What It Is
Hot Girl Vibe Coding turns AI adoption into a social, cultural, and creative experience. Each stop combines music, founder energy, creator culture, live demos, hands-on AI product building, and high-signal networking. Attendees don't just hear about the future of AI — they make something with it.
Building together, not coding alone.
Designed for the cultural moment, not the conference hall.
No gatekeeping. No jargon walls.
For women who don't see themselves in standard "women in tech."
The Pilot
Hot Girl Vibe Coding launched as a breakout NY Tech Week activation on June 3 at Beatbox NYC — co-hosted with Frontier House and Eleven Wall Ventures. The response was immediate: this format needs to travel.
NYC was the spark. The tour is the system.
The Tour
A multi-city AI builder activation bringing women into the AI economy through culture, community, and live product experimentation. We're evaluating city hosts, venue partners, tool partners, and community collaborators for each stop.
Tech Week anchor. June 3, 2026.
Heartland ownership. Strategic differentiation.
Entertainment × creator × consumer.
AI epicenter. Tool sponsor density.
Founder + creator density. SXSW adjacency.
Creator + consumer crossover.
For Sponsors
The next wave of AI adoption will not be won by technical demos alone. It will be won by tools, brands, and ecosystems that make AI feel accessible, aspirational, and immediately useful. Hot Girl Vibe Coding gives sponsors direct access to a highly influential audience of women who shape culture, launch products, and bring new technology into their networks.
What sponsors get:
$75K – $125K
For the brand that wants to own the full Hot Girl Vibe Coding tour.
$10K – $25K per city
For brands, funds, ecosystem organizations, and local sponsors that want to own a city stop.
In-kind or $2.5K – $7.5K
For platforms and partners that want direct adoption, creator content, or community visibility.
The Audience
This is not an audience that just attends events. They post, build, invite friends, start companies, adopt tools, influence teams, and create cultural momentum.
What Happens at Each Stop
Music, drinks, photos, community energy, sponsor visibility.
A high-energy opening that reframes AI building as accessible, creative, and empowering.
A sponsor-integrated demo showing attendees how to go from idea to working product.
Attendees build their first landing page, app, prototype, quiz, AI workflow, or product concept.
Select attendees share what they built. The room becomes the content engine.
Post-event resources, sponsor offers, tool credits, replays, and next-step programming.
Pilot Partners
Grant Sponsor
Official Event
Talent Partner
Engineering Partner
Bring HGVC to Your City
We're evaluating city hosts, sponsors, venue partners, tool partners, and community collaborators for upcoming tour stops. Tell us who you are and we'll be in touch.
FAQ
HGVC is a national AI builder tour for women founders, creators, and operators. Each stop combines a high-energy keynote, a hands-on build sprint, sponsor-integrated tool demos, and high-signal networking — designed to move attendees from AI-curious to actively building in a single night.
Columbus is next. We're locking in date, venue, and anchor partners now. Sign up via "Bring HGVC to Your City" to get on the waitlist or nominate yours.
Three tiers: National Title Partner ($75K–$125K), City Presenting Partner ($10K–$25K per city), and Tool / Community Partner (in-kind or $2.5K–$7.5K). Each tier delivers a real activation — not just logo placement. Request the deck for the full menu.
No. That's the whole point. Vibe coding uses AI tools to build without traditional coding skills. We onboard the room from zero.
Hot Girl Vibe Coding is produced by Sarah Barrick (Venture Partner at Eleven Wall Ventures, Founder of Viralize Technology, organizer of the Ohio Startup Network). NYC was produced in partnership with Frontier House and Eleven Wall Ventures.