Ridi Co. said on the 18th that it held an in-house AI contest to boost employees' artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
The contest was planned so that any employee, regardless of development or nondevelopment role, could directly explore how to use AI and try applying it to real work, building on the spirit of challenge from the Demo Week held annually. Under the theme "ways of working with AI," the contest had members from various departments submit experiences and ideas gained in actual work processes. Final candidates were implemented as features in collaboration with the Development Center, verifying not only simple proposals but also practical applicability and scalability. The three final winners were selected through a companywide presentation, executive judging, and an employee vote.
The grand prize went to a case that directly implemented four bots that automate the full range of finance tasks. The case received high marks for applicability to work and potential for expansion. In addition, a variety of practical ideas were shared, such as using large language models (LLMs) and Generative AI to shorten work time or automate repetitive tasks.
To spread the AI use cases discovered through this contest across the organization, Ridi recently created the AX (AI transformation) team dedicated to AI strategy and plans to gradually strengthen training for employees and various AI experimentation environments.