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Lowe’s recently held its third annual AI Day and a 24-hour Hackathon, an event where over 600 Lowe’s associates from across the business signed up to learn about and solve problems with artificial intelligence.
Tech teams tackled case studies sourced from business stakeholders on topics like supply chain, merchandising and store operations.
“In previous years, we kept it mostly to tech teams,” says Sravan Vadigepalli, senior director of AI Strategy. “But this year, we invited business leaders to pitch their challenges—because true transformation only happens when the business is leading it”.
Teams had access to Lowe’s suite of AI tools during the Hackathon. The top ideas produced from the event were sent to the product and engineering teams at Lowe’s to be used.
“This isn’t just about creativity in a 24-hour window,” Surendran says. “It’s about building a pipeline of real solutions that strengthen how we serve customers and run the business.”
