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Businesses are rushing headlong into adopting generative AI. But many are having to reinvent the wheel, over and over again. Each new AI solution can require its own environment, architecture, user interface and security protocols.

KPMG AVA is changing the game. Our gen AI platform provides a secure, unified space where clients can prove their use cases, and develop tools to revolutionise how they work – quickly, efficiently and safely.

Your gen AI toolkit

AVA offers a powerful combination of capabilities, enabling you to transform your data analytics, business processes and software development:

  • Knowledge digitalisation: Rapidly organise large amounts of information, so that it’s ready to be mined for valuable insights.
  • LLM-as-a-service: Get instant, secure access to the latest large language models, as soon as they launch.
  • Workflow-as-a-service: Embed gen AI into your business processes and workflows – without the need for hosting or maintainance – so that users get the right outcomes first time, every time.
  • Apps-as-a-service: Equip your people to build and host the AI applications you need – whether or not they’re software developers:
    • Ava App Gallery gives you a single, corporate view of the apps and prototypes you’ve developed for demo, reuse, cross-sell and upsell.
    • AVA Python SDK and AVA API allow tech-savvy users to quickly create AI-powered apps for all use cases, from simplifying workflows to assessing compliance.
    • AVA Use Case Creator supports the low-code / no-code development of basic apps by users with no technical know-how.

More to come

AI innovation doesn’t stand still; neither does AVA. We’re developing new features that will take the platform’ impact to the next level:

  • Multi-tenancy: Each client will have a dedicated space within AVA. That will strengthen data protection, and it means that whatever you develop on the platform is extensible within your own IT environment.
    In addition, it will allow us to offer access to AVA at price points suited to all budgets and technical requirements, from start-ups to large corporates.
  • Hackathon-as-a-service: A hackathon should be just the first step in the innovation journey. On AVA, your developers and non-technical staff alike can stand up hackathons in a matter of days. And they can lift and shift the outputs into your own IT environment to continue their work.
    Plus, thanks to multi-tenancy, your users can set the necessary boundaries for each hackathon – such as location or authentication requirements.

All told, AVA gives you a ready-made starter pack for gen AI adoption. It puts the benefits of this transformative technology at your fingertips, saving you time, money and effort, while introducing new levels of insight and agility. And because it breaks down your workflows, it provides crucial transparency and explainability of your AI-supported processes.

AVA has the potential to drive millions of pounds in efficiencies for clients.

Here at KPMG, using the knowledge digitalisation and LLM functions alone is saving each user at least 8-10 hours a month, by automating some of their routine tasks.

This has reduced our costs by an estimated £1.2 million to date, while freeing people up for higher-value work.

And that’s without accounting for the impact on workflows, and the benefits of more complex use cases like compliance.

AVA’s knowledge digitalisation framework slashes the time it takes to organise large amounts of data.

It can distil any volume of information into a knowledge base in two only hours: a job that can take several months without AI technology.

The tool then updates your knowledge bases daily as you feed new data into them.

AVA radically accelerates proof-of concept projects.

With its combination of as-a-service workflow and app development, you can build prototypes in 14 days, instead of four to six weeks.

What’s more, the process requires just two developers, rather than a whole team of cloud, data and software engineers – saving you time, resource and expense.

KPMG has used AVA to create Policy AI. This prototype app reads government policy documents; maps the business rules, actions, roles and responsibilities needed to follow them; and sets the KPIs required to monitor compliance.

Translating policy into practice used to take months: Policy AI completes 60% of the work in just five minutes. So your team can focus on reviewing and refining the outputs, instead of the laborious mapping process.

Preparing a hackathon traditionally involves a month or two of planning work. On AVA, we can get them up and running for clients in a couple weeks. Once multi-tenancy is launched, this will come down to a few days.

That sort of pace underpins a more agile approach to using hackathons, as you can respond quickly to new business requirements and challenges as they emerge.

At a glance: the advantages of AVA

  • Dramatic increase in efficiencies
  • Significant cost reductions
  • Faster and deeper insights from your data
  • More time and resource dedicated to strategic tasks
  • Enhanced staff productivity and engagement
  • Greater transparency and explainability

Author: Louis Chan

AVA in numbers

  • 18,000+ users globally
  • More than 30 demo apps already developed
  • £12 million in estimated savings generated at KPMG alone / for our clients

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