The nominations for the world-renowned AIconics awards have been announced today in London, UK. Eleven awards celebrating the most innovating AI companies will be awarded in a prestigious ceremony to be held at The State Apartments of Kensington Palace on the 12^th of June 2018 among an elite audience of 300 guests.

Now in their third edition, the 2018 awards have seen a tripling of nominations for this year from 29 countries, with 400 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 20 judges from around the world 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 5 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 London, the world’s largest AI event for business that brings together 15,000 delegates at the ExCeL on the 13^th and 14^th of June 2018.

George Kipouros, AIconics Awards Curator said: “With over 300 entries from around the world, the 3^rd 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.”

The Awards presentation ceremony will take place in the evening of the 12^th of June at The State Apartments of Kensington Palace in London. Further information can be found on www.theaiconics.com/london

| Category Shortlists |

BEST AI START-UP

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Tessian

Mindbridge Analytics

Peak.ai

Luminance

Agorai

Sher.pa

GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO ETHICS, GENDER EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN AI

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Sigma

Xero Abuse Project

Weave

Samasource

BEST APPLICATION OF AI FOR SALES AND MARKETING

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Sigma.ai

Persado

Conversica

RTB House

Dataiku

Intent HQ

BEST APPLICATION IN HEALTHCARE

SHORTLIST

Viz.ai

Cognizant

Cydar

Sigma.ai

AiFred Health

Saberr

BEST INNOVATION IN AI HARDWARE

SHORTLIST

Imagination Technologies

Universal Robots

Pure Storage

Consequential Robotics

Cisco

Temi the Robot

BEST APPLICATION OF AI IN THE ENTERPRISE

SHORTLIST

 UI Path

Celaton

HCL

Clarifai

Livetiles

NTT Communications 

BEST INNOVATION IN RPA

SHORTLIST

Hexaware

Thoughtonomy

Automation Anywhere

Infosys

UI Path

Virtual Operations

BEST APPLICATION OF AI IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

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Pelican.ai

Squirro

Pure Storage

ParallelM

Compliance.ai

Workfusion

BEST INNOVATION IN DEEP LEARNING

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Aricent

RTB House

IBM

Intent HQ

Infosys

Indico
 

BEST INNOVATION IN NLP

SHORTLIST

Unbabel

Re:Infer

Bloomreach

Veritone

Artificial Solutions

Clarabridge

 BEST INTELLIGENT ASSISTANT INNOVATION

SHORTLIST

Mphasis

Avata Intelligence

Livetiles

Creative Virtual

Cognizant

Artificial Solutions

The Global Judging Board for The AIconics: