AI Innovation Playground

Innovation from across the organization.
Structured, governed, and measurable.

An AI-powered portal where any employee can propose, build, and deploy innovation initiatives — without shadow IT, with full cost traceability, and inside your cloud ecosystem (Microsoft or Google) 100% governed.

The problem

Innovation already exists in your organization. It just needs a channel.

Your Citizen Developers identify opportunities every day — but without a formal, secure, and quantified mechanism, those ideas never become real solutions.

🔒

Access

Only employees with connections in the Technology department can drive initiatives. Non-technical innovative talent has no channel.

⚠️

Control

Without a formal framework, technology exploration generates shadow IT, untraceable consumption, and solutions that fail to meet security standards.

📈

Scale

The Technology team cannot meet all the demand for analytics, automation, and AI generated by business units. The backlog grows, and strategic projects fall behind.

8
Lifecycle stages — from idea to production
15 min
To structure a business case with the Strategist Agent
10
Weeks to implement — from kick-off to go-live
100%
Your cloud ecosystem — Microsoft or Google Cloud
Lifecycle

From idea to production in 8 stages.

Every initiative follows the same flow — ensuring governance, cost traceability, and quality verification before any solution is built.

01
Registration
The Citizen Developer accesses the portal with their corporate account (SSO). Identity verified, session started.
Citizen Developer
02
Structuring
Guided conversation with the Strategist Agent: problem, impact, estimated ROI, and cloud consumption projection. Business case generated automatically.
Citizen Developer + Strategist Agent
03
Approval
The area leader receives a Teams notification, reviews the business case, and approves, rejects, or requests adjustments.
Area Leader
04
Technical Enablement
The Technology team reviews technical feasibility, assigns the cloud environment, and records everything enabled with full traceability.
Technology Team
05
POC Build
The Citizen Developer builds their proof of concept using the assigned cloud tools. Recommended duration: up to 3 months.
Citizen Developer
06
Self-Assessment
The Strategist Agent guides the self-assessment: was the hypothesis validated? Were the metrics achieved? Recommendations documented.
Citizen Developer + Strategist Agent
07
Executive Approval
The director reviews the self-assessment and decides whether the initiative advances to formal validation by the Technology team for production release.
Director / Area Leader
08
Validation & Go/No-Go
Technology validates technically, on security, and on costs. Go: the solution enters production. No-Go: documented closure with documented learnings.
Technology Team
Integrated Artificial Intelligence

Two agents. Zero friction.

Strategist Agent

Leads a structured 10-15 minute conversation to turn an idea into a formal business case with cost projections.

  • Structures problem, impact, and estimated ROI
  • Sizes expected consumption per cloud tool
  • Generates a formal resource request for the technical team
  • Guides the self-assessment when closing the POC

Builder Agent

Once an initiative is approved, it guides the Citizen Developer step by step through building their solution using the tools assigned in their cloud ecosystem.

  • Identifies the most appropriate cloud tool
  • Instructions adapted to the user's technical level
  • Validates progress at each stage before moving forward
  • Generates technical documentation automatically
Deliverables

Two deliverables. One complete system.

Deliverable 1 — Weeks 1–4

Playground Operating Model

Formal design of the innovation system: roles, rules, initiative lifecycle, approval criteria, cloud tools catalog, sizing framework, and closure process. A document ready to adopt as internal policy.

Deliverable 2 — Weeks 5–10

Playground Portal — MVP

Digital platform deployed in your Azure tenant with SSO, integrated Strategist Agent, role-based views (Citizen Developer, Leader, Technology, Executive), Teams notifications, and an executive dashboard from day one.

Optional Module — Phase 2

Builder Agent

Portal extension that guides the Citizen Developer step by step through building their solution. Ideal once the program has its first approved initiatives.

Included

Support & Evolution

Validation sessions with your Technology team, editable templates per stage, complete RACI matrix, and support throughout the entire implementation.

Technology ecosystem

Your ecosystem. No surprises.

The portal is deployed in your cloud infrastructure — Azure or Google Cloud. Data resides in your tenant. Corporate SSO. Native notifications. No external dependencies.

Microsoft

Power Apps Power Automate Power BI Copilot Studio Microsoft Fabric Azure AI Foundry Azure ML Azure App Service Entra ID (SSO) Microsoft Teams Graph API

Google Cloud

AppSheet Vertex AI BigQuery Looker Cloud Run Gemini API Google Workspace SSO Google Chat Cloud IAM

Your organization already has the talent. It just needs the system.

Unlike consultancies that deliver documents, Arterion delivers a product: an operational portal with integrated artificial intelligence that makes innovation accessible to every Citizen Developer from day one.