In this Vibe Coding Challenge, a duo of motivated students will help you build a testable MVP / prototype in just six weeks using modern AI-assisted development tools (“vibe coding”).

You bring the problem, context, and feedback. The students build, and we guide them weekly with a proven sprint process and extensive experience with vibe-coding tools, so progress stays fast and focused.

✅ Key features of the challenge

• Students per team: 2 students (master or 3rd year bachelor, carefully selected)
• No. of hours spent per team: 144 hours (2 students × 12h/week × 6 weeks)
• Duration: 6 weeks (March 2 - April 10) (extracurricular)
• Supervision: Students are guided weekly by our coaches (vibe-coding process + tooling expertise). The project direction and content are mainly under the supervision of the company contact person.
• Deliverables: Working prototype + demo + short handover documentation + backlog/next steps
• Company time investment: 6–10 hours total (kick-off + weekly check-ins + final demo)
• Matching fee: €1,250 (ex VAT, and ex costs for tooling (~€200))

📑 Challenge Examples

The student duo can work on challenges where rapid prototyping creates immediate value, for example:

• Internal tools to replace manual Excel/Google Sheets workflows
• Dashboards that combine data sources into one clear view
• Simple customer/admin portals (intake, uploads, status tracking)
• Automations for repetitive tasks (ops, sales, HR, customer support)
• AI-assisted workflows (summarization, triage, classification, drafting)
• A first SaaS MVP to validate a new concept with real users
• A proof-of-concept integration using APIs (CRM, ticketing, finance, etc.)

In general: if your idea can be scoped into a demoable prototype in 4 weeks, it’s likely suitable.

🏢 Company requirement

To make this 6-week format successful, we ask companies to:

• Have a clear problem owner (single point of contact) who can make quick decisions
• Be available for short weekly feedback moments (30 minutes)
• Provide what’s needed to build (e.g., dummy data, process steps, API access, examples, brand assets)
• Keep scope focused on an MVP (small, testable, valuable)

💰 Costs

To help facilitate this challenge, a matching fee of €1,250 (ex VAT and ex costs for tooling (~€200)) per team applies.

❗️You will only be charged when matched to a student duo.

📨 How to apply

You can submit the challenge directly through the website. Provide a title that summarises the challenge. Subsequently, briefly elaborate on your challenge. See link for a template you could use: https://link.masterchallenge.me/challenge-template or use the challenge generator: https://masterchallenge.me/challenge-generator

🗓 Planning

• February 12: Deadline for submitting your challenge
• February 12 (or sooner): Receiving message if your challenge is approved
• February 23-26: Matching phase
• February 27: Our matching algorithm will create perfect matches (in case you use our matching feature)
• March 2: Kick-off meeting with your team
• April 10: Final presentations