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Hyundai Mobis held an in-house app hackathon that drew 67 teams of employees, with an AI-based vehicle diagnostics application named Mobidic winning first place, according to information published on the company's website.
The hackathon brought together 67 employee teams from across the company to develop vehicle-related applications over the course of the event. The winning entry, Mobidic, is an application that uses AI to diagnose vehicle conditions, reflecting the company's internal push to cultivate software and AI capabilities among its workforce.
The event is part of Hyundai Mobis's efforts to encourage employees to build practical software development skills and generate new ideas from within. By opening the competition to teams company-wide, the auto parts supplier provided staff with a venue to propose and prototype app-based services tied to the automotive business.
According to the company, the judging process identified Mobidic as the strongest entry among the 67 participating teams, awarding it the top prize.
The hackathon format gives rank-and-file employees direct experience in ideation and development, and the AI diagnostics concept of the winning team suggests internal interest in applying AI to vehicle maintenance and after-sales services.
The event concluded with the Mobidic team declared the winner, and the claim that Hyundai Mobis staged a 67-team hackathon with an AI diagnostics app taking first place is True.
