Agile Soda

AgileSoDA is a Seoul-based enterprise AI software provider established in April 2015. The company was founded by CEO Dr. Max (Daewoo) Choi, who brings a wealth of experience from over 200 AI and data analysis projects across finance, government, and manufacturing sectors. Dr. Choi, who holds a Ph.D. in Statistics from Rutgers University and a Master's from Seoul National University, is also a professor at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and is credited with introducing the R programming language to South Korea. His expertise was pivotal in successfully applying reinforcement learning to the financial sector in the country for the first time.

AgileSoDA focuses on optimizing and automating complex business decisions. Its business model centers on providing enterprise AI software and solutions, generating revenue through AI consulting, system integration, and product sales. The company serves a diverse client base that includes major corporations like Samsung, Hyundai, and LG, spanning industries such as finance, manufacturing, public service, and retail. This is demonstrated in their work with Hanwha Life Insurance for AI-based automatic claim screening and with POSCO to create an AI control system for predicting steel components.

The company's core product is the SparklingSoDA platform, an MLOps (Machine Learning Operations) solution first launched in 2016 to facilitate model development, deployment, and management. A key offering is 'BakingSoDA', a decision agent maker that utilizes reinforcement learning to solve optimization problems for businesses, a rare application in the global market. Other products include 'TwinReader' for AI-powered optical character recognition (OCR), 'ChatSAM' for augmented information searching, and specialized solutions like 'ChipNSoDA' for semiconductor chip design optimization. AgileSoDA's proprietary algorithm, 'A2GAN', which automates reward setting in reinforcement learning, was recognized with a paper accepted at the prestigious NeurIPS conference.

Keywords: enterprise AI, reinforcement learning, MLOps, decision optimization, business process automation, financial AI, manufacturing AI, SparklingSoDA, Max Choi, data analysis, AI consulting, system integration, TwinReader, BakingSoDA, ChatSAM, ChipNSoDA, AI software provider, Korean startup, NeurIPS, AI-based OCR