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The people who run Pickles day to day. Rekeying the same data between systems, approvals parked in inboxes, chasing status updates, building reports nobody opens.
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Pickles · Internal Hackathon · 3rd Edition
Two days. Zero meetings.
Ship something ripper.
// 01 — about
HACK26 is Pickles' internal hackathon — two days in October where the whole company downs tools, splits into squads, and builds something new. A working prototype, a process fix, a wild idea that just might work.
No approvals. No backlog. No "let's park that". Just you, your team, and 36 hours to make it real — then demo it to the whole company and a judging panel.
You don't need to code. The best teams mix devs, designers, ops, sales, finance and yard crew. If you know a problem worth fixing, you belong here.
Devs, data folk, no-code tinkerers — bring the how.
Make it usable, make it beautiful, make the demo sing.
Ops, sales, auctions, finance — bring the what & why.
First hackathon? Perfect. Fresh eyes spot the hours everyone else stopped noticing.
// 02 — the mission
Design and prototype a solution that eliminates 100 hours of work, waiting, or effort every month.
Not 100 hours on a slide. 100 hours a real person stops losing — every month, on repeat. Delete the work, don't just move it somewhere else.
The winning idea isn't the most technically impressive one. It's the one that creates the biggest, most believable impact.
Less work. More possible.
Every squad hunts one focus area. Yours stays sealed until launch.
🔒 Unsealed at the HACK26 Launch
6:30am · 7 Oct 2026 · Menara Suezcap, KL
// 03 — focus areas
Three focus areas. Every team is assigned one at launch — but the hours pile up in the same places across all three. Start looking here.
The people who run Pickles day to day. Rekeying the same data between systems, approvals parked in inboxes, chasing status updates, building reports nobody opens.
internalThe businesses supplying and selling through us. Onboarding paperwork, listing prep, valuation back-and-forth, invoice queries, settlement chasing.
supply sideBuyers and bidders. Registration friction, hunting for the right lot, condition and inspection questions, payment, collection and post-sale support.
demand side// 04 — timeline
Post ideas, steal ideas, upvote ideas. The best pitches attract the best teams.
Eight squads of eight, drawn and published. Find your crew in the Teams section below.
Teams are set and targets are sealed. Sharpen your questions, line up your tools — and have a yarn with BMac if you want a pep talk.
Breakfast, launch activities, mission targets unsealed and exec AI agents assigned — then the clock starts. 36 hours on the board.
Submission window runs 3:00–4:00PM. Demos and judging kick off at 4:15PM — every team live, 5 minutes, no slides-only allowed.
Dinner at VE Hotel, prize draws, then prize giving at 7:45PM. Winners crowned same night.
Barista on site, massages and midnight snack runs, alongside the bits that count. Activities and competitions across both days earn extra entries into the prize draws at the Awards Dinner.
// 05 — prize pool
Paid per person — not split across the team. Only one Winner and one Runner-Up will be crowned.
RM750 / AUD$250
per team memberTurn ideas into real impact — and get paid for every hour you delete.
RM500 / AUD$150
per team memberBold ideas still take you far. Still legends, still paid.
🎟 Plus prize draws at the Awards Dinner — every activity and competition across the two days earns you more entries.
"The winning idea isn't necessarily the most technically impressive — it's the one that creates the biggest, most believable impact."
The core metric. How many hours are genuinely eliminated? Is the calculation credible? Does it remove work rather than simply shift it?
If implemented, what would happen? Quantify revenue growth, cost reduction, faster turnaround, better customer experience, employee productivity or reduced risk.
Could this realistically happen? Can a pod ship it to production in under 2 months? Does the tech already exist in our ecosystem? What are the barriers?
Think outside the box — not ideas already on the to-do list. The best ones simplify rather than complicate, and make people ask "why haven't we done this before?"
Show the problem, the current process, the future process and the impact. Quality of the working prototype counts — not just a PowerPoint.
The judges hold exactly one. It goes to the idea that makes them say: "We should start this next Monday."
// 06 — exec ai agents
Now they're AI agents. Every team gets one on the day — an AI guide modelled on a member of our Exec Comm. Your sounding board, your challenger, your hype machine at 2am. Who you get is the luck of the draw.
🔒 Eight agents. Eight teams. Pairings revealed at the Launch — 6:30am, 7 Oct 2026.
// 07 — teams
Eight squads. Sixty-four hackers. One trophy. Flip a card to see who you're up against.
// 08 — ask bmac
BMac is our AI hype-man. Ask him anything about HACK26 — the mission, the rules, the judging, what to bring on the day. He's also unreasonably good at pep talks.
tap the orb to start
Uses your microphone
// 09 — faq
Anyone at Pickles — any team, any office, any role. Devs, designers, ops, sales, finance, yard crew. No experience needed.
Nope. Teams need problem-finders, designers, storytellers and demo talent just as much as coders. AI tools make building more accessible than ever.
Eight per squad — eight teams in total, already drawn and listed above. Check the Teams section to find your crew.
Something that eliminates at least 100 hours of work, waiting or effort every month. Your target focus area — Staff, Vendor or Member — is classified until the Launch at 6:30am on 7 October.
An AI guide modelled on one of our Exec Comm members. Each team is paired with one on the day to challenge your thinking, pressure-test the numbers and keep you moving.
Allowed? They're encouraged. Use Claude, Copilot, whatever gets you shipping. Just be ready to explain how your thing works at the demo.
The two hack days are officially sanctioned — managers are briefed, calendars get blocked. Your inbox will survive.
Winning projects get sponsored for a proper pilot. Past hackathon builds have shipped to production — yours could be next.
// 10 — emergency contacts
Save these before launch. Every number is tap-to-call on mobile.