[First Automation Co., Ltd.] Won the grand prize in the Japan competition of Generative AI Utilization Contest sponsored by Meta *First Automation Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 20, 2024
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Won the grand prize at the Japanese Generative AI Utilization Contest sponsored by Meta.
*~Possibility for promoting DX in the manufacturing industry has been evaluated and advanced to the Asia-Pacific region’s largest final competition~*
Grand Prize Award Ceremony (On the right is Kenta Tanaka, CTO of First Automation, on the left is the judge and Professor Naoki Okazaki of Tokyo Institute of Technology’s School of Information Science and Technology)
First Automation Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nishi-ku, Nagoya,
Representative Director and CEO: Masaya Ito) is Meta Japan Corporation Facebook
Grand Prize at “Llama Ideathon”, a pitch contest with the theme of utilizing generative AI sponsored by Japan.
Prize (best award). First Automation will represent Japan in October 2024. They will advance to the finals held in Singapore on the 2nd and 3rd of the month.
First Automation presented a service idea that automatically generates 3D CAD models of 3D drawings from 2D drawings used in product design drawings. The feature is that it utilizes Meta’s large-scale language model “Llama” to improve the accuracy of drawing analysis.
Manufacturing industry DX
This solution won the highest award in recognition of its ability to promote
Llama
Ideathon is a pitch contest that utilizes Meta’s “Llama” to solicit ideas that have economic and social impact. It was held on September 6, 2024. A total of six companies from fields such as manufacturing, agriculture, medical care, education, nursing care, and
pharmaceuticals advanced to the contest after a document screening. In the final competition, ideas selected from each region of Asia-Pacific will compete.
Group photo from the Japanese competition of “Llama Ideathon,” a pitch contest themed around the use of generative AI.
*Comment from Kenta Tanaka, CTO of First Automation*
“I am truly grateful to have received such a wonderful award. The challenge of transitioning to a global economy can be said to be unique to Japan. However, there is also a programming aspect to CAD, and we use CAD’s Git Hub Co-Pilot
We hope to make it a world-class product by aiming to achieve this goal.” * About First Automation *
We provide SPESILL, which uses AI to simplify desk work in the manufacturing industry, provide large-scale language model (LLM) consulting, and provide support and content to accelerate automation at manufacturing sites.
https://first-automation.jp/
[Contact information for inquiries from media regarding this matter] First Automation Co., Ltd. Ito
MAIL:info@first-am.co.jp