IOOVC 2026
Confeitaria de Softwares Cupello LTDA
📌 About the Event
The International Olympics of Vibe Coding (IOOVC) 2026 — University Category is a global online software project competition organized by Confeitaria de Softwares Cupello LTDA. It invites enrolled students worldwide to submit software projects developed with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). Participants can build projects at their own pace and have them evaluated by an official judging committee based on idea, clarity, functionality, and polish. The competition offers project feedback, visibility, and tier-based cash prizes determined by the number of registrations.
ℹ️ Event Details
- Type: International Software Project Contest
- Organizer: Confeitaria de Softwares Cupello LTDA
- Mode: Online
- Registration Fee: US$30 per project
- Judging Criteria: Idea, clarity, functionality, and polish
📅 Important Dates
- Registration Deadline: 1 November 2026, 8:29 AM IST
- Project Submission Deadline: 2 November 2026, 8:29 AM IST
- Judging Period: 1 November – 24 December 2026
- Results Announcement: 25 December 2026
- Prize Payment Deadline: 25 January 2027
🎯 Eligibility & Rules
- Participants must be at least 18 years old on the registration date.
- Valid proof of enrolment during 2026 is required for the project to be judged.
- Projects can be built individually or collaboratively, with no fixed team-size limit.
- Projects may have been started before the competition.
- The project must work and have an English-language interface.
- If the project requires login, test credentials must be provided through the platform’s designated fields.
🏆Benefits for Participants
- First Prize: Up to US $25,000 in the University category.
- Second Prize: Up to US $12,500.
- Third Prize: Up to US $5,000.
- Receive a project score and feedback from the judging committee.
- Winning projects and their creators are featured in the competition’s online gallery for two years.