Humans vs Agents — The race to checkout

Authorise your agent to shop & checkout for you. Or beat the agent live at GFF.

India’s first agent versus human race, and you get to pick a side.

ONLY FOR GFF ATTENDEES | 9–10TH SEPTEMBER | BOOTH I2, JIO WORLD, BKC MUMBAI

iPhone and AirPods

AirPods and iPhones at 40% off, exclusive to Mastercard, live on the bigbasket beta app.

Here is the catch. The offer stays open for five minutes. Once on 9 September, somewhere between 2PM - 3PM. Again on 10 September, same hour.

So you have a choice to make.

AGENT

Authorise an agent.

Authorise it once, set your guardrails, walk away.

It buys when the price drops, whether you are in a session, in a queue for coffee, or nowhere near your phone.

HUMAN

Race for it yourself.

Sit with the app open for an hour and hit buy faster than everyone else in the room.

One of these is going to look smarter by 3 PM.

Open to Global Fintech Fest attendees only. You collect at the venue. No collection, no order.

A

Team Agents

For people who would rather not spend an hour refreshing.

Read the rules and T&C before you start. Participating means you accept them.

  1. 01

    Limited number of particpants will be allowed to authorise an agent. After that authorisations stop.

  2. 02

    Download the bigbasket beta app.

  3. 03

    On Android, register as a beta user during download. Google approval can take up to 20 minutes, so do not leave this until 2 PM.

  4. 04

    Open the Beta Agent chat and check whether authorisation is still open. Limited number of authorisations are up for grabs so ensure you do this quickly

  5. 05

    If it is, authorise the agent for the product you want.

  6. 06

    Then stop thinking about it. When the offer opens, your agent buys, subject to stock, while you enjoy GFF.

H

Team Humans

For people who fancy their chances.

Read the rules and T&C before you start. Participating means you accept them.

  1. 01

    Download the bigbasket beta app.

  2. 02

    On Android, register as a beta user during download. Google approval can take up to 20 minutes, so do it in advance.

  3. 03

    If you haven't authorised an agent for the drop between 2PM - 3PM on 9th Sept then, keep refreshing your app between 2PM - 3PM. The offer can open at any time for 5 minutes.

  4. 04

    Missed it on 9th Sept? You will get another chance on 10th Sept. If you have don't have an authorised agent for the drop between 2PM - 3PM on 10th Sept then, keep refreshing your app between 2PM - 3PM. The offer can open at any time for 5 minutes.

Good luck. You will need it.

Rules of the game

Eligibility

Registered GFF 2026 attendee, 18 or over, resident in India, with an active Mastercard. One entry per person, one per card, across the whole competition. Win in the first drop and you are out of the second.

Agent authorisation timings

Limited number of agent authorisations open on the 8th Sept. Watch out the social handles of Pine labs, bigbasket and Mastercard. Similar limited authozation windows open on the 9th And 10th Sept. Get more information at the Pine Labs booth I2 at GFF 2026.

Offer open timings

A five minute window, sometime between 2PM - 3PM on 9 September. Another between 2PM - 3PM on 10 September. The minute is not published, and it is the same for both sides.

Drop Windows

If you have registered a mandate on the 8th and 9th Sept, you will be eligible to buy the products using the offer in the offer open window of 9th Sept, 2PM - 3PM.

If you do not get the chance to purchase the product, the authorisation and block on your card will be revoked.

Fresh authorisations are needed to participate in the next window of 10th Sept, 2026 from 2PM - 3PM.

Delivery

No home delivery. Collection in person at the venue, 4 to 5 PM on the 9th and 10th. Bring a government photo ID, your order confirmation and your OTP.

Order cancellation

Not collected in your window, cancelled and refunded. Not at the venue, cancelled and refunded. Duplicate entries across cards or accounts, voided.

How to download the Beta App

FAQs

It is a live race between people and AI agents to buy a limited number of Apple products at 40% off. You either authorise an agent to buy for you, or you buy it yourself when the offer opens.

Our agents. Your move.