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SouthState Corp.

Tate employee knowledge chatbot

SouthState reported that Tate cut information searches from 7 minutes to about 32 seconds

WorkingCompany's own claim

Problem

SouthState employees had to find relevant intranet documents and then search within them for answers. The bank reported that locating information took 7 minutes.

Approach

SouthState's Spark innovation group developed and launched Tate in 2023. The bank built the generative AI chatbot in Microsoft Azure using internal data. Tate answered employee questions from approved documents and supplied supporting content and citations.

Results

about 32 secondstime to locate information, down from 7 minutes, according to SouthState executive Chris NicholsCompany's own claim[1]

Takeaway

Approved internal documents supplied the assistant's answers. The reported search-time improvement came from the bank's own account.

Categories

Innovation type
Process innovation
Evidence
Company's own claim

Sources

  1. Artificial Intelligence: A Real-World Approach
    Bank DirectorFeb 2024News article

Source summaries

[1]Bank DirectorFeb 2024

Bank Director described Tate's 2023 launch and answers based on approved internal documents. It attributed the reduction from 7 minutes to about 32 seconds to SouthState executive Chris Nichols.

Full details are in the original sources.

Added 1 Nov 2026 · Updated 1 Nov 2026
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