Introducing the beta version of “A.Dot Biz Co-Work”
First in-house hackathon “AX Challenge” held
SK Telecom is at the forefront of a company-wide AI Transformation (AX) initiative, positioning artificial intelligence (AI) not just as a work-assistance tool, but as a new entity that collaborates with employees.
SK Telecom announced on the 21st that it has introduced the beta version of the AI agent “A.Dot Biz Co-Work” within the company. If employees train AI in their own way of working, the AI can autonomously create an execution plan, write code, and verify it, even if employees do not have development expertise. Non-development roles such as planning and marketing can also use AI to transform ideas into tangible, actionable outcomes, lowering the barrier to adoption of AI in the workplace.
This year, SK Telecom also hosted its first in-house hackathon, “2026 SKT AX Challenge,” which received an enthusiastic response within the company. A total of 54 teams and 115 people participated in this event. Half of the participants were from departments other than development. “AI is no longer a specialized tool for a few specialized jobs, but is becoming an ability that all employees can leverage and adapt to their jobs,” the company said.
At “AX Study Day” on the 19th, SK Telecom AI Board team leader Insoo Kim will announce the company’s AX promotion direction.
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This transformation of SK Telecom is particularly supported by the AX change management organization, the ‘AI Board’. The AI Board will oversee both project management and the dissemination of AX culture. On the project side, we operate the company-wide platform “AXMS” and quickly move forward with formal development and on-site implementation of excellent projects discovered through the AX Challenge. In terms of culture, the company operates the EBB AX CLUB, where employees who arrive early can use AI to solve work problems and share practical know-how while having breakfast.
SK Telecom AI Board team leader Insoo Kim said, “We plan to establish a virtuous cycle of AX so that each employee’s AI experience will lead to fundamental changes in the way the entire company works, dramatically improving organizational productivity, and even promoting business model innovation.”
Recently, SK Telecom started assigning employee numbers to AI agents. We treat them as colleagues and actively encourage our employees to create their own agency by teaching them their own way of working. These AI agents are given an employee number, assigned department, role, and access rights, and are managed through processes similar to human employees, from onboarding to offboarding. To support this, SK Telecom has established a governance framework that includes data and security access regulations to enable human and AI collaboration.
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SK Telecom has also introduced the “AX Sandbox” concept, which uses AI to fundamentally reinvent business processes. This internal experiment, in which employees use AI to redesign their existing habitual work styles from a clean slate, is being operated horizontally, regardless of position or department. The company plans to expand the AX Sandbox program company-wide.
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