The first cohort brought together 10 HR professionals in Karachi to develop practical AI solutions for workplace challenges. The initiative returns on 31 October 2026 for its second sprint.

Karachi, Pakistan, 29 October 2026: The AI in HR Garage of Pakistan has completed its first cohort, bringing together 10 HR professionals who built five AI prototypes in a single day. Powered by The Talent Games and supported by Engage Consulting, the initiative gives HR professionals an opportunity to experiment with AI tools and agents to address real workplace challenges.

Following the first sprint on 29 August 2026, the initiative is preparing for its second cohort on Saturday, 31 October 2026, in Karachi. The upcoming sprint will bring together selected senior HR professionals with five to 15 years of corporate HR experience for another day of hands-on AI development.

The first cohort of the AI in HR Garage of Pakistan took place on 29 August 2026 at The Talent Games office in Karachi. Ten HR professionals from different organisations came together to explore practical applications of AI in HR, working in pairs to develop prototypes addressing workplace challenges.

Under the guidance of Paul Keijzer, the participants worked on challenges related to performance management, employee feedback, goal-setting and promotion readiness. The sprint focused on hands-on experimentation, using AI tools and a vibe-coding approach to turn HR challenges into practical solutions.

The first on 29th August’s cohort brought together the following HR professionals, who worked in five teams:

1. Danya Farooq (VentureDive), and Talha Raza (Macter International)
2. Marium Khan (Artistic Milliners), and Kundan Kumar (Sui Southern Gas Company)
3. Sana Aslam (Adamjee Textile Mills), and Sana Iqbal (Yunus Textile Mills)
4. Duaa Iqbal (Formerly PSO), and Dawood Shaikh (Pak Suzuki Motor Company)
5. Sabiha Arsalan (Pakistan Mortgage Refinance), and Youchibel Angelo ( Fahim, Nanji & deSouza Pvt.)

The first cohort developed five AI prototypes designed to explore how AI can support HR processes, improve the quality of performance feedback and help organisations make better-informed decisions.

Developed by Sana Aslam and Sana Iqbal, PerformAI focuses on manufacturing environments. It brings together information from operational systems, including production, quality and safety, to create employee evidence files and support performance feedback. The prototype also helps flag vague or potentially biased language and explores voice-based feedback for frontline workers.

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Developed by Sabiha Arsalan and Youchibel Angelo, Coco AI supports a structured performance review process involving employees, managers, department heads and HR. It encourages employees to submit evidence, helps managers validate feedback, and allows HR to calibrate reviews while challenging vague statements that lack supporting examples.

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Developed by Marium Khan and Kundan Kumar, Munsif audits performance reviews before they are finalised. It checks for inconsistencies between ratings and written feedback and flags low ratings that lack documented justification. The prototype supports English and Roman Urdu and is designed to keep employee data on the company’s computer. It focuses on documentation and consistency rather than making fairness decisions.

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Developed by Danya Farooq and Talha Raza, FairPerform AI helps make performance goals more measurable by asking questions that clarify expectations. It also supports promotion-readiness discussions while keeping actual promotion decisions in human hands. The tool is designed to support better-defined criteria rather than score or vote on employees.

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Developed by Duaa Iqbal and Dawood Shaikh, CLEAR360 AI checks performance objectives for clarity and measurability before a performance cycle begins. It flags vague goals and potential unintended behaviours that can arise when employees focus too narrowly on meeting targets. The prototype aims to encourage better objective-setting without reducing performance to a single score.

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Together, these five prototypes demonstrate how HR professionals can use AI to explore practical workplace challenges while keeping human judgement central to decisions that affect employees.

Duaa Iqbal and Dawood Shaikh received recognition as winners for CLEAR360 AI, with their presentation standing out for demonstrating the prototype’s potential business value and financial impact.

Paul Keijzer, CEO of The Talent Games, guided the first cohort as participants explored ways to apply AI to real HR problems.

As he explained when discussing the Garage’s approach:

“The session … will all be about making sure that … HR professionals get an opportunity to hands-on use a specific AI HR use case and use AI tools to address that use case, in the result, either ensuring that there is more efficiency, or that the employee experience improves, and/or that the company makes better decisions.”

The initiative is built around experimentation rather than classroom training. Participants use AI tools and a vibe-coding approach, describing what they want to build and working towards practical prototypes without needing a traditional software development background.

The prototypes are intended to be shared publicly so that other HR professionals can explore the ideas and learn from the work produced by the community.

The second AI in HR Garage of Pakistan sprint will take place on Saturday, 31 October 2026, in Karachi. The selected participants will work collaboratively on practical HR use cases, with guidance from Paul Keijzer, access to AI tool subscriptions and technical support from The Talent Games team.

The sprint is designed for senior HR professionals with five to 15 years of corporate HR experience. Participants will have the opportunity to build prototypes aimed at improving efficiency, employee experience or organisational decision-making.

By bringing HR professionals together to build and test solutions, the AI in HR Garage of Pakistan aims to encourage practical experimentation and broaden the use of AI across Pakistan’s HR community.

Engage Consulting works with organisations on leadership development, employee engagement and people development initiatives, helping businesses strengthen their people practices and build effective workplaces.

AI in HR Garage of Pakistan is an initiative founded by Paul Keijzer that brings HR professionals together to build practical AI prototypes through collaborative, hands-on sprints. It encourages experimentation with AI tools, agents and vibe coding to address real workplace challenges.

The Talent Games provides gamified assessments and AI based talent intelligence solutions that help organisations understand candidates, evaluate relevant capabilities and make informed talent decisions.