Sainsbury's biggest ever hackathon sees technology colleagues push the boundaries of AI ...

Sainsbury's just ran their biggest ever AI hackathon. Hundreds of tech people. Months of planning. You know what most business owners read into that? "I'm already behind." You're not behind. You're

Sainsbury's just ran their biggest ever AI hackathon. Hundreds of tech people. Months of planning.

You know what most business owners read into that? "I'm already behind."

You're not behind. You're just solving the wrong problem first.

Here's what that Sainsbury's story actually reveals — and it's not about scale or budget. It's about letting people closest to the real problems find the solutions. Their teams weren't handed AI tools and told to figure it out alone. They were given a focused problem, a short timeframe, and permission to experiment safely.

That's the opposite of how most AI implementations fail. Someone buys a tool, emails the team a login, and waits for magic. Nobody uses it. $200/month quietly disappears.

The insight worth stealing: start with one workflow your team already complains about. Not a new system. Not a transformation. Just one friction point someone mentions every week in your business.

Pick that single pain. Test one tool against it. Give it 30 days with a clear measure of success.

That's not a hackathon. That's just smart implementation.

What's one repetitive task in your business that your team genuinely dreads — and have you ever tried pointing AI at it?

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Teams hacked away to push the boundaries of AI and AI integration, designed to elevate the experience for both Sainsbury's customers and colleagues ...