Listed here are the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie® Award winners in these categories in The 2026 American Business Awards®. Those winners in attendance will be celebrated on stage during the 24^th annual awards gala on Tuesday, June 9 in New York City. Tickets for the event are on sale now. Learn more about the event here.

AI & Sustainability Achievement Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Tata Consultancy Services, Edison, New Jersey, United States: Sustainability at Scale Needs Intelligence, Not Incrementalism

AI Breakthrough of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Otus, Highwood, Illinois, United States: AI Insights Reimagines How K-12 Educators Gather, Interpret and Use Data
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
CGS Immersive, NY, New York, United States: Training workers to master the unexpected with Cicero, an AI-driven and dynamic roleplay platform
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Cognizant Technoligies, Teaneck, New Jersey, United States: AI-powered compliance transformation for Life Sciences
iOPEX Technologies, San Jose, California, United States: iOPEX Technologies - AI Breakthrough of the Year

AI Company of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Impel, Syracuse, New York, United States: Rewriting the Reality of Automotive Retail Through Agentic AI
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Automation Anywhere, San Jose, California, United States: Automation Anywhere
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Further, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Further
PredictAP, Boston, Massachusetts, United States: PredictAP
Upstage AI, San Jose, California, United States: Upstage

AI for Customer Experience
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
CleverTap, San Francisco, California, United States: The Platform That Thinks, Decides, and Acts: How CleverTap's Agentic Decisioning Engine Is Delivering True 1:1 Customer Experience for Brands at Scale
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
CVS Health, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States: CVS Health Predictive CX Engine: A Generative Flight Simulator for Healthcare
HGS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: HGS Interaction Intelligence – Transforming Quality Assurance into Strategic CX Intelligence
NiCE Cognigy, Plano, Texas, United States: NiCE Cognigy
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Electromania LLC, Aventura, Florida, United States: Agentic AI for Customer Experience in Banking and Insurance
iOPEX Technologies Inc, San Jose, California, United States: iOPEX Technologies Inc
RainFocus, Lehi, Utah, United States: RainFocus Nexus
Tata Consultancy Services, Edison, New Jersey, United States: Reinventing Customer Experience with Agentic AI: TCS Customer Intelligence & Insights™
TrueCommerce, Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States: TrueCommerce Harnesses Agentic AI to Transform Supply Chain Complexity into Customer Confidence

AI for Social Good
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Praxis AI, Pleasanton, California, United States: AI Built for Communities: 19 Programs, 3 Countries, 45,000+ Lives
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
ServiceNow, Santa Clara, California, United States: ServiceNow + CAREAssist
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Blackbaud, Charleston, South Carolina, United States: Blackbaud AI

AI Implementation of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
DataArt, New York, New York, United States: Artisyn by DataArt
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Phillips & Cohen Associates, Ltd., Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Phillips & Cohen Associates AI-powered Learning
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Accenture, Accenture Research division, New York, New York, United States: The Reinvention of Accenture Research with Generative and Agentic AI
Avahi Inc., San Francisco, California, United States: Liberty Settlement Funding Accelerates Lead Generation
CoinJar, San Francisco, California, United States: CoinJar AI
LSPS Solutions LLC, Victoria, Texas, United States: Implementing Practical AI to Improve Efficiency Across Municipal Government Operations
Saritasa, Irvine, California, United States: How Saritasa Integrated Artificial Intelligence Into Everyday Workflows
The Shelf, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, United States: The Shelf: The AI-Driven Evolution of the Influencer Agency Model

AI in Healthcare Achievement Award
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Navina, New York, New York, United States: Navina - 2026 ABA Submission
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
PayZen, San Francisco, California, United States: Engineering Affordability: AI Transforming Patient Access and Hospital Financial Performance
Sterling Physical Therapy & Wellness, Sugar Land, Texas, United States: AI in Healthcare Achievement Award
Ultrasound AI, Greenwood Village, Colorado, United States: Making Every Ultrasound Predictive: Delivery Date AI™ for Earlier, More Equitable Preterm Birth Prevention
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Avahi Inc., San Francisco, California, United States: How Avahi and iFrameAI are improving patient communications
Genzeon, EXTON, Pennsylvania, United States: Genzeon is Delivering AI Solutions That Improve Prior Authorization, Clinical Decisions, and Real-World Care
Murphi.ai, Durham, North Carolina, United States: Murphi.ai: AI Platform for automating EHR, Clinical, RCM & Self Pay Workflows
NextGen Healthcare, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States: AI-Driven Success in Action

AI in Human Resources & Talent Management
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Upwork, Palo Alto, California, United States: Upwork's Uma Puts AI To Work
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
MangoApps, Issaquah, Washington, United States: Embedding AI Into HR & Workforce Operations at Enterprise Scale
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Take2 Consulting, LLC, Vienna, Virginia, United States: Take2 Consulting - AI in Human Resources & Talent Management 2026

AI in Marketing & Sales
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
IBM, Armonk, New York, United States: Enterprise Contracting Reimagined
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Applied Systems; Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Applied Book Builder - AI in Marketing and Sales
Applied Systems; Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Applied Recon - AI - AI in Marketing & Sales
Integrity, Dallas, Texas, United States: Achieving 79% Growth Through Ask Integrity’s AI-Powered Sales Revolution

AI Innovator of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
VelocityEHS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Dr. Julia Penfield, Senior VP & Chief AI Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Experis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States: Bekir Atahan, Vice President of the Data & AI Center of Excellence
Palo Alto Networks, Santa Clara, California, United States: Harsh Verma, Principal Software Engineer – AI/ML

AI Leader of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
EY, New York, New York, United States: Dan Diasio, EY’s Americas Consulting CTO, Global Consulting AI Leader, and Americas AI Leader
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
EY, New York, New York, United States: Raj Sharma, EY Global Managing Partner for Growth
Greater Technology Together, Arlington, Virginia, United States: Fletcher Keister, Chief Product & Technology Officer
i2c Inc., Redwood City, California, United States: Amir Wain, Founder & CEO
OfficeSpace Software, Atlanta, Georgia, United States: Erin Mulligan Helgren, CEO
Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions, Durham, North Carolina, United States: Albert Bennah, Director, Services Innovation & Channel Enablement
VelocityEHS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: SVP, Chief AI Officer: Dr. Julia Penfield, Senior VP & Chief AI Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Doceree, Short Hills, New Jersey, United States: Harshit Jain, Founder & Global CEO
ModMed, Boca Raton, Florida, United States: Dan Cane, CEO and Founder
Otus, Highwood, Illinois, United States: Christopher Hull, President and Co-Founder
Ruder Finn, New York, New York, United States: Tejas Totade, CTO and Head of AI
West Monroe, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Bret Greenstein, Chief AI Officer

AI Rising Star
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
VelocityEHS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: SVP, Chief AI Officer: Dr. Julia Penfield, Senior VP & Chief AI Officer
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Intuit, Mountain View, California, United States: Divye Khilnani, Director of Product Management
Ruder Finn, New York, New York, United States: Max Spielman, Assistant Account Executive
Tribeca Softech, New York, New York, United States: Aman Mahapatra, Chief Strategy Officer

AI-Driven Culture of Innovation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
West Monroe, Chicago, Illinois, United States: West Monroe's All-In Approach: Speed, Scale, and $36M in Employee-Driven Innovation
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Accenture, Accenture Research division, New York, New York, United States: The Reinvention of Accenture Research with Generative and Agentic AI
EY, New York, New York, United States: EY - AI-Driven Culture of Innovation
HP Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States: HP Amplify AI
Unanet, Dulles, Virginia, United States: Internally and With Its Software Solutions, Unanet Rapidly Embraces an AI-First Mindset
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
ActiveCampaign, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Building a People-First Culture of Innovation at ActiveCampaign
BairesDev®, Mountain View, California, United States: “Human-Plus-AI” Operating Model: A Culture of Strategic Innovation
Horizon Media, New York, New York, United States: Earning Their Wings: How Horizon Media built an AI-native culture
Tata Consultancy Services, New York, New York, United States: Reimagining Enterprise Innovation: Powering the World’s Largest AI Hackathon with a Proprietary Digital Platform
TIAA, New York, New York, United States: Rewiring TIAA's Workforce Through Strategic AI Readiness

AI-Driven Startup of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Voltaire, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States: Voltaire - The AI Insurtech Startup Making a Real Impact
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
TermScout, Centennial, Colorado, United States: Accelerating Revenue Through AI-Powered Contract Intelligence
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Blu Creative Digital Technologies, Miami, Florida, United States: OfferioAI
Development Theory, LLC, Tower, Minnesota, United States: Building the Future of Small Business Advisory Through Responsible AI
Selector, Santa Clara, California, United States: Selector AI-Powered Observability and Network Intelligence

AI-Generated or AI-Enhanced Video
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Selective Insurance, Branchville, New Jersey, United States: (Purr)fect Protection Campaign

Best AI-Powered Product or Service
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
SynergySuite, Sandy, Utah, United States: Engineering the Future of Restaurant Operations
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Applause, Framingham, Massachusetts, United States: Applause Managed Software Testing Service: Powered by Humans, Enhanced by AI & Automation
CentralReach, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States: CentralReach’s AI-Powered Clinical Session Note Auditing Solution, CR NoteGuardAI
Impel, Syracuse, New York, United States: Rewriting the Reality of Automotive Retail Through Agentic AI
Logile, Southlake, Texas, United States: One Store, One Forecast: How Logile’s AI Platform Is Transforming Retail Operations
Persado, New York, New York, United States: Persado Analyze: Marketing Efficiency, Performance, and Compliance Powered by Agentic AI
SIB, Charleston, South Carolina, United States: SIB | SpendBrain: Redefining Cost Reduction Through Real-Time AI Cost Intelligence
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Birdeye, Palo Alto, California, United States: Tools to Outcomes, Insights to Actions |Birdeye
C2Technologies, Inc., McLean, Virginia, United States: Adapt2Learn
Datasite, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States: Datasite
KnowBe4, Clearwater, Florida, United States: KnowBe4's AIDA: The Evolution of Human Risk Management Through AI-Driven Defense
Opkey, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States: Opkey for Best AI-powered Product or Service
Risepoint, Washington, District of Columbia, United States: Reimagining the Student Journey Through Conversational AI
SuperSonic POS, Tampa, Florida, United States: SuperSonic POS
TermScout, Alamo, California, United States: TermScout – AI-Powered Contract Intelligence for Enterprise Decision Consistency
Thomson Reuters, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States: CoCounsel Tax & Audit
Unanet, Dulles, Virginia, United States: Proposal AI, an AI-first solution that boosts proposal-creation quality and capacity to fuel company growth
Upwork, Palo Alto, California, United States: Upwork's Uma puts AI to work
Verizon Connect, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States: Verizon Connect: AI Innovation with Operational Insights

Best Use of AI in Business Transformation
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Logile, Southlake, Texas, United States: AI That Runs the Store: Logile’s Demand-Driven Retail Transformation
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
Cytora, An Applied Systems Company, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Cytora - Best Use of AI in Business Transformation
Jitterbit, Alameda, California, United States: Jitterbit Harmony: Setting the Global Standard for Accountable AI Transformation
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Cornerstone OnDemand, Santa Monica, California, United States: Cornerstone OnDemand Global Customer Support’s Unified AI Transformation Strategy
Deloitte Services LP, New York, New York, United States: Deloitte Audit & Assurance: To the Future
Reputation House Marketing Management LLC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates: Reputation House – Best Use of AI in Business Transformation
Showdown Displays, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, United States: Evolution of Enhanced Experience
SIMS Metals, Jersey City, New Jersey, United States: AI-Driven Enterprise Integration Transformation Using SAP Integration Suite
Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: TCS MasterCraft™: AI‑Powered End‑to‑End Business Transformation
TRM Labs, San Francisco, California, United States: TRM Labs - AI‑Powered Blockchain Intelligence for Financial Crime Prevention
Wheels, Schaumburg, Illinois, United States: AI as Enterprise Infrastructure: Transforming Fleet Management at Scale

Ethical AI Initiative of the Year
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
VelocityEHS, Chicago, Illinois, United States: VelocityAI: Revolutionizing Safety Software with Ethical AI to Prevent Serious Injuries and Save Lives
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
CitiusTech, Princeton, New Jersey, United States: CitiusTech Gen AI Quality & Trust (Q&T): Setting the Gold Standard for Ethical AI in Healthcare

Women in AI Leadership
GOLD STEVIE® WINNER
Ruder Finn, New York, New York, United States: Molly Soto
SILVER STEVIE® WINNER
BDO USA, Chicago, Illinois, United States: Francesca Graham
ClinRe, Arlington, Virginia, United States: Nazia Tasleem
Praxis AI, Pleasanton, California, United States: Serendipity by Design - Elevating the Human Experience in AI
Robert Half, Menlo Park, California, United States: Danti Chen, Ph.D., Senior Vice President & Head of Data Science
Upstage AI, San Jose, California, United States: Kasey Roh
BRONZE STEVIE® WINNER
Blackbaud, Charleston, South Carolina, United States: Carrie Cobb, Blackbaud Chief Data and AI Officer
Doceree, Short Hills, New Jersey, United States: Kamya Elawadhi
GNW Consulting, Phoenix, Arizona, United States: Andrea Lechner-Becker
Khanect the Dots, Kansas City, Missouri, United States: Maliha Khan
Lionbridge, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States: Simone Lamont, VP of Global Solutions