Vibecon is an IRL creative convergence where creatives and AI come together to collaborate and make ideas happen.
we're creating a playground for the biggest innovators — superpowered with AI, to gather, build and converse.
our lineup centers on iconoclastic builders, artists, founders, and technologists who blur the lines between disciplines, genres and methods, in pursuit of their ideas.
Oscar winning filmmaker behind Her, Being John Malkovich, and iconic music videos for everyone from Beastie Boys to Björk. A boundary dissolving storyteller who's spent decades making machines feel human and humans feel surreal. Spike Jonze, will be in conversation with Replit CEO, Amjad Masad.
Turkish American media artist and pioneer at the intersection of AI, data, and architecture. He’s also the co-founder of Dataland, the world's first Museum of AI Arts, opening in Los Angeles. Refik will share the stage with Replit’s president & head of AI, Michele Catasta.
Globally renowned digital artist and director whose psychedelic, atmospheric work spans installations, music videos, title sequences, and immersive film. Famously behind the iconic Windows 10 wallpaper seen by billions of people. Gmunk will take over our main stage for a talk about switching artistic media in pursuit of creative discomfort.
CEO and co-founder of Replit, building the platform that makes coding accessible to billions on the planet from children creating school projects to enterprises running their business. Previously at Meta and a founding engineer at Codecademy.
President and Head of AI at Replit, architect of Replit Agent, and former Head of Applied Research at Google X. Stanford instructor and EPFL Ph.D. who has spent his career pushing the boundaries of what AI can build.
Co-founder and Head of Design at Replit, shaping the brand, user experience, and product design of one of the world's most accessible vibe coding platforms.
Founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, executive producer of No Country for Mothers, and TIME’s Women of the Year 2026. Her TED talk “Teach girls bravery, not perfection” has 54 million views and her decade-long fight for women’s economic empowerment from childcare, to paid leave, to equal pay, has made her one of the defining activist voices of her generation.
Emmy Award-winning motion graphic designer specializing in 3D title sequences for Hollywood's biggest productions. With over a decade in the industry, he now bridges professional craft and AI education, sharing how emerging technology is reshaping the field.
One of today's most prolific AR creators, with over 400 billion impressions and campaigns for Netflix, Coldplay, and major beauty brands. Named a "legend" by VICE and an artistic "master" by Meta, Piskin is redefining how audiences experience the digital world, which will be the theme of her talk at Vibecon.
Artist working at the crossroads of machine learning, computer vision, and social technology crafting interactive installations, sneaky interventions, and tools for other artists. Kyle will show the audience how to get weird with code, through a new interactive art installation that’s part of Vibecon.
LA born new media artist whose installations, public sculptures, and live AV works blend AI, memory, and urban landscape. He’s the founder of Projekt Blank, a gallery and studio championing digital and time-based art.
The legendary art tech program, 7x7, pairs leading artists and technologists to answer one simple brief: make something new. The program that sparked the world's first art NFT, will come to Vibecon, featuring:
Lucas Gelfond: Software engineer and writer reimagining the full stack of storytelling at A24 Labs.
Karyn Nakamura: Tokyo born, MIT trained artist and engineer probing the hidden infrastructures of perception, from AI research to abandoned Gehry pubs.
Debit: Composer, producer, and DJ whose research driven records and site specific works have taken electronic music from Latin American underground clubs to the Whitney and Venice Biennale.
Saarim Zaman: Dhaka raised creative technologist and co founder of ITM, building at the edges of culture and code.
Artist and creative technologist reimagining technology as a catalyst for human connection. Tigris is designing installations, electronic hardware, and experiences that evoke curiosity and play. She’s the co-founder of LYCHEE, a consumer electronics company reshaping DJing and cultural infrastructure. For Vibecon, she’s curating a perfume experience transforming memories and conversations with AI into a bespoke fragrance, in real-time.
Artist and educator who was working with neural networks before most people knew what they were. His ml4a program shaped a generation of practitioners through 100+ workshops worldwide. He's also the creator of Abraham, an autonomous artist bound by code to make one original work every day for 13 years.
Fenja Vespermann: 3D and VFX native who started building at the intersection of both at 19, led campaigns for Nike and Vogue, and co-founded [mimikry.ai](http://mimikry.ai/) GPU-native, custom-trained AI content pipelines that brands like Adidas run on their own infrastructure, not someone else's.
Noel Lent: Agency veteran who spent years in high-precision 3D for Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and Kia. As Co-Founder and CTO of [mimikry.ai](http://mimikry.ai/), he combines that craft with GPU computing and AI engineering to build custom content pipelines that enterprise brands own outright, on their own infrastructure.
Post AI artist, filmmaker, and adjunct professor at NYU's ITP, teaching machine learning to artists. He's also a product lead at Titles, a platform where artists train AI on their own work and earn royalties through built-in attribution.
French trio of artists and researchers who sold the first AI painting at Christie's in 2018 and haven't stopped pushing since. Their work is across major museums, the Opéra de Paris, and a Sorbonne backed AI research lab. In 2026 they premiered Molière Ex Machina, a generative AI theatre production at Versailles.
Los Angeles-born artist, composer, and creative technologist known for projects like Ancestral Intelligence and Frequenseers, blending electronic music, AI visuals, and ancestral themes. Fujioka creates immersive worlds where memory, culture, and future possibility collide.
Executive Director of Rhizome and curator of the Net Art Anthology, a retelling of net art history through 100 works across exhibition and book. Been curating online art since 2003 and is currently editing a Gene Youngblood book on pioneers Kit Galloway & Sherrie Rabinowitz.
A Brooklyn NY based New Media Art studio fusing robotics, kinetic systems, and sound into immersive environments inspired by nature. Clients include Prada, Google, and Microsoft. Founded by Kamil Nawratil.
Kamil Nawratil: Founded Volvox over ten years ago, with a vision for bringing experiences to life that are inspired by nature and elevate the human experience. As Creative Director, Kamil is deeply involved in all work that comes through our studio, moving seamlessly across physical and digital territories.
Gilad Dor: Director of Production at VVOX. He leads the production of large-scale hardware-driven installations - robotics, kinetic systems, embedded and interactive lighting, and sensing — sitting between creative intent and buildable reality.
One of music's great connectors, DJ, broadcaster, and musical director behind Kanye's Yeezus and Life of Pablo, Deviation club nights, and runway music for Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton, Phoebe Philo's Celine, Burberry, and Jil Sander.
Los Touré: Self-described "apper" who uses software the way musicians use sound — optimizing for cultural resonance, not retention metrics. One half of Danger Testing, his viral hits include a digital Labubu with 30+ million views, digitally vandalizing [friend.com](http://friend.com/) subway ads, and "My Brainrot." Featured in the NY Times, The Guardian, and Hypebeast.
Marc Mueller: Co-founder of Danger Testing, the duo redefining software as a creative medium, dropping apps the way musicians drop singles. His hits include a digital Labubu with 30+ million views and "My Brainrot," which turns any video into a TikTok-style meme. Featured in the NY Times, The Guardian, and Hypebeast.
Founder and lead of Anthropic's education team, she’s an illustrator, fiction writer, choral singer, folklore & mythology scholar who came to AI through tech strategy.
She lives at the intersection of storytelling and systems, where code is a creative medium and machines are collaborators.
Director and founder of Obsidian, an artist-led studio developing proprietary systems that unite AI, CGI, and live action, built in partnership with Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, and Imagine Entertainment. His clients include BMW, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Tesla, and Disney, and his Stanford background in psychology and neuroscience runs through all of his films.