A New Era of Data Utilization Driven by AI/LLMs: Creating an Analytics Platform for Humans and Data Analysis AI Agents to Collaborate
 Kentaro Kobayashi
 Mercari / Manager
 Naofumi Yamada
 Mercari / Analytics Engineer
 

The Journey to Socrates
 

The Challenge: Before Socrates
 Data was only for the few.
 

Our Solution: Socrates, the AI Data Agent
 SQL Generation
 Visualization
 Insights
 

How We Got Here: The Groundwork for Success
 A Strong Data Foundation
 Standardized data created the perfect environment for AI
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 Early & Continuous LLM R&D
 Accumulated knowledge was the key to unlock potential
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 Socrates_
 An Inevitable Outcome
 

Under the Hood: 
 Powering Socrates
 

How Socrates "Thinks"
 Proactive Partner Mercari Language Smart Data Finder Explains steps & clarifies questions. 

How Socrates "Learns"
 Direct Feedback Indirect Feedback Collective Feedback Socrates continuously learns and evolves from every form of feedback. Rewrite 

Our Approach: Start Simple, Learn Fast
 
 Build a PoC Quickly Release to Users Early Since advanced AI is now more achievable, our process is built for speed: build, release, and iterate. 

The Future: 
 Co-working with AI
 

The Vision: From Reactive Analyst to Proactive Guide
 BEFORE: Analyst
 AFTER: Guide
 A tool to find answers
 = Human asks, AI answers
 A partner to discover insights
 = AI proposes, Human decides
 

Our Four Guiding Principles
 1. Proactive over Reactive 2. Integrated over Fragmented 3. Trust First 4. Data and Knowledge 

The Future of Data Analysis
 

We are Hiring!
 AI / Data Product Engineer
 Data Platform Engineer
 

Thank You!