The nominations for the world-renowned AIconics awards have been announced today in San Francisco, USA. Eleven awards celebrating the most innovating AI companies will be awarded in a prestigious ceremony to be held at The Gold Room at The Palace Hotel on the 18th September 2018 among an elite audience of 200 guests.

Now in their third edition, the 2018 awards have seen a tripling of nominations for this year from 16 countries, with 470 different entries across eleven categories.

The AIconics are the world’s only independently-judged awards celebrating the drive, innovation and hard work in the international AI Community. A panel of 11 judges from around the world alongside the co-founders of AI Business thoroughly reviewed competitive entries from the foremost innovators in the AI Space.

Among the most exciting new awards to be handed out this year is the ‘Greatest contribution to ethics, gender equality and diversity in AI’ with 6 nominations competing in a challenging journey.

Judged by a panel of world-class AI experts, including senior leaders from VCs, academia and enterprise end-users, the awards provide innovators with the platform to showcase themselves to their peers as well as millions of enterprise end-users.

The AIconics are organised by AI Business and are a highlight of the upcoming AI Summit San Francisco, the world’s largest AI event for business that brings together 3000 delegates at the Palace of Fine Arts on the 19th and 20th September 2018.

Edward Beecham, AIconics Awards Curator said: “With over 300 entries from around the world, the 3rd Annual Edition of The AIconics reflect the strength and progress of a rapidly expanding and evolving sector. Artificial Intelligence is now beginning to dominate conversations in the technology sphere, with businesses increasingly aware of the immense potential that AI brings.”

| Category Shortlists |

BEST AI START-UP
SHORTLIST
Datalogue
Mindbridge Analytics
Daisy Intelligence
Neurala
Wallarm
H2O.ai

GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO ETHICS, GENDER EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN AI
SHORTLIST
Sigma AI
Zero Abuse Project
EightFold
Yixue Squirrel AI Learning
Humanyze
LiveTiles

BEST APPLICATION OF AI FOR SALES AND MARKETING
SHORTLIST
BCG Digital Ventures
Persado
Conversica
Beagle Inc
Zilliant
MobileWalla

BEST APPLICATION IN HEALTHCARE
SHORTLIST
Innoplexus
Cognizant
Coseer
Presagen
Xilinx
NTT Data Services

BEST INNOVATION IN AI HARDWARE
SHORTLIST
Clean Robotics
Netapp
Pure Storage
SkyScale
KnightScope
AMAX

BEST APPLICATION OF AI IN THE ENTERPRISE
SHORTLIST
Afiniti
Blue Yonder
Darktrace
Moogsoft
TCS
Dynatrace

BEST INNOVATION IN RPA
SHORTLIST
Workfusion
Blue Prism
Automation Anywhere
OPT/NET BV
UI Path
Indico

BEST APPLICATION OF AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
SHORTLIST
Compliance.ai
EXL & HSBC
Marlabs
Mphasis
Persistent Systems
HCL Technologies

BEST INNOVATION IN DEEP LEARNING
SHORTLIST
Anodot
NetApp
Yixue Squirrel AI Learning
Weka.IO
AppZen
Pure Storage

BEST INNOVATION IN NLP
SHORTLIST
Wipro
IBM
Re:Infer
Passage AI
Artificial Solutions
Interactions

BEST INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT INNOVATION
SHORTLIST
Cisco Systems
Cognizant
Vonage
Interactions
Wipro
TestFire Labs

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