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Events · 2026

Pop-up events for Ping users.

Ping runs invite-only side events with curated cohorts. Real spending, real testing, real prizes. Entry is by referral from someone on the team.

Open · 100 seats

Ping Summer Sprint

A two-week invite-only event. Use Ping on your real spending, climb personal and crew leaderboards, hit milestones, and win bigger.

Dates Jun 15 – Jun 30
City New York
Prizes $5k+ in prizes, including AirPods Pro and more
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NYC · Invite only · Two weeks

Ping Summer Sprint.

100 seats. Two weeks. Use Ping on your real spending. Climb the personal and crew leaderboards, hit milestones along the way, and win from a prize pool worth thousands.

Dates
Jun 15 - Jun 30Two weekly cycles, brief pause between
City
New YorkSummer 2026
Seats
100 totalCohort refreshes between week 1 and 2
Entry
By referralSomeone on the team has to bring you in

What you'll do

  • Use Ping on your everyday spending whether it's grabbing coffee, lunch, bars, anywhere you'd already be paying.
  • Start with $30 in credits to power your pings across the two weeks. Credits are your fuel for the event, not a payout.
  • Climb the leaderboards and hit milestones to win from a prize pool worth thousands, including AirPods Pro and cash.
  • Two short feedback calls with the team across the two weeks. We listen, we change things.

Prizes (Per Week)

Awarded weekly across two leaderboards: your personal pings and the crew your inviter is building. Plus milestone bounties and a quality bonus for standout, genuine usage.

Personal - 1st
AirPods ProTop individual that week
Personal - 2nd / 3rd
$100 / $60Second and third on the personal board
Personal - 4th–10th
$50 → $15Tiered cash, descending by rank
Crew - 1st
AirPods ProTop crew lead that week
Crew - 2nd / 3rd
$100 / $70Second and third crew leads
Crew - 4th / 5th
$60 / $50Mid-pack crew leads still win
Team dinner
Top 2 from each boardHosted by the Ping team in NYC

Milestones & Bonuses

Beyond the weekly leaderboards, thousands more in cash and prizes are up for grabs across the two weeks for standout, genuine usage.

The StreakMarquee prize
Keep a daily ping going across the full event window. The most committed run takes a marquee prize.
ExplorerCash bounties
Spread your pings across new and unique venues rather than the same spot. Range and discovery earn cash bounties.
Everyday RangeCash bounties
Use Ping the way it's meant to be used: coffee, food, transit, bars, across the categories you actually spend in. Genuine breadth is rewarded.
Quality BonusUndisclosed pool
An undisclosed pool for the participants whose usage and feedback are the most genuine and useful, judged by the team.
Rules and Guidelines

How it runs

Day 0 (Jun 15) Everyone onboarded into TestFlight. $30 in test credits issued. Briefing and leaderboards go live.
Week 1 (Jun 15 – Jun 22) Active testing. Daily leaderboard updates. Prizes awarded end of week.
Pause (Jun 23 onward) Short discretionary break for feedback collection, bug fixes, and engine adjustments. The start of Week 2 date will be dependent on what comes up in Week 1. It could be a couple days, could be longer.
Refresh Anyone with fewer than 3 redeemed pings and no feedback rotates out. New seats open for fresh invites.
Week 2 Resumes once the team is ready. Second round of prizes awarded. Decision on extending the cohort beyond two weeks.

How you earn

A few ways to win run at once. The simplest path is to just use Ping naturally during your real spending; the rest follows from that.
Leaderboards Weekly prizes. Top performers in personal pings (invitees) and crew pings (inviters) win prize tiers detailed above.
Milestones One-off bounties. Standout usage across the two weeks earns extra rewards, like pinging across a full week or exploring new venues. Win them once, they're yours.
Team Dinner Top 2 finishers on each leaderboard get invited to a private dinner hosted by the Ping team.
Quality Bonus Undisclosed pool. Participants who ping in genuine spending contexts and provide useful feedback are eligible for a separate bonus pool, judged by the team.

Ground rules

  • A ping counts as redeemed only when you're physically at the venue. This is geo-scoped to prevent couch pinging.
  • A short dwell at the venue is required before a ping is eligible. Drive-bys don't count.
  • The same venue can only be pinged a couple times per day, with a cool-down between attempts.
  • Daily redemption is capped to keep behavior realistic. You won't hit the cap through normal usage.

The fine print

  • You'll need an iPhone capable of running TestFlight and location services enabled for the geo-verification.
  • You must be in or near New York and 18+ during the event window.
  • Once your application has been approved, your reference status page will show the confirmation details.
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Questions? Ping the person who invited you, or email hello@pingai.us.

Live standings

Ping Summer Sprint Leaderboard.

Rankings count successfully redeemed pings during the event window. Interns are excluded from the personal board; crew totals count their confirmed invitees.

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