DataIQ AI Awards
The Shortlist

The 2024 DataIQ AI awards recognizes and celebrates companies, individuals and programmes that have made positive impacts using AI on society, environmental and health successes, and governance best practice over the past 12 months.

The Shortlist

Innovation

AI-enabling solution of the year

Alation – The Alation Data Intelligence Platform
Blend – Enabling The Use of AI Through a Sales Enablement GPT
Domino Data Lab – Domino Enterprise AI Platform
FICO – FICO Platform
Informatica – Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud – AI-Enabling Solution of the Year
Mars Wrigley – 360 Spend Measurement
QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey – AI4DQ – Acceleration of data quality remediation using AI
SnapLogic – GenAI Builder – Build LLM-powered applications in minutes
Softsensor AI – Extracting pathology data and insights for insurance underwriting
Tableau – Data Analytics for Everyone – With Tableau Pulse, Organizations are Making More Data-Driven Decisions
Theory+Practice – Continuum AI

Best Responsible AI program or initiative

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Elevance Health – Core Principles of Responsible AI
EY – EY.ai Confidence Index – Building confidence in Responsible AI
JLR – Data & AI Ethics Framework – JLR – Georgiana Marsic
McDonalds Corporation – Optimizing McDonald’s global data AI strategy with a strong foundation of data governance
Michelin – Responsible AI Program -“With the great power comes great responsibility!”
Scotiabank – Scotiabank’s Data & AI Ethics Program: Operationalizing Ethical Principles
TIAA – Industry-Leading Responsible AI Program at TIAA

Most Effective Use of Generative AI

Blackbaud – AI for Blackbaud: Amplifying Employee Impact through AI
Blend – AI-Powered Invoice Processing Automation
Blend – Turning Unstructured Data into Actionable Insights using Generative AI for retail giant
DataRobot – DataRobot AI Platform
EY – EY.ai EYQ – EY’s own AI assistant
Honeywell – Putting the Power of GenAI into the Hands of All Employees
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research – Mayo Clinic: Pioneering GenAI for Healthcare Transformation
Scotiabank – Chatbot Live Chat Summarization
Truist – Truist Migration Assistant: Pioneering Enterprise Migrations with Generative AI

Most innovative use of AI - client-side

Belcorp – Belcorp reimagines R&D with AI
JLR – Aerodynamic Surrogate Modelling
Moderna Therapeutics – Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Pioneering AI
Schneider Electric – Pioneering AI for Widespread Sustainable Energy Adoption
Scotiabank – AI for AI: Sustainment Auxiliary Models for Customer Facing Chatbot
Truist – Truist’s Causal Inference Methodology
Truist – ADEPT (Autonomous Data Exploration Platform)
Truist – Truist Client Pulse
Verizon – Augmented Analytics for KPI Insights

Most innovative use of AI - vendor-side

- Blend -Transformation with AI across the organization
- DataLink Software – Unlocking Healthcare Insights: Sherlock AI for Unstructured Documents
- EY – EY Fabric – unlocking the value of AI
- LinkedIn – Transformation with AI
- QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey – AI power play: Fueling the next wave of innovation in the energy sector
- redflags.ai – Using AI to detect economic and corruption crimes
- Softsensor AI – Extracting pathology data and insights for insurance underwriting

Transformation with AI

Ally Financial – Doing It Right with AI: Ally debuts enterprise AI platform
Delek US – Use of AI for Autonomous Inspection to detect and prevent safety hazards in Refineries
Edward Jones – Shannon Favazza, Edward Jones
Honeywell – Transforming Honeywell’s Customer Experience with GenAI
JLR – Slotting Optimiser
Paychex – Transforming Retention and Driving Value through AI Innovation
Schneider Electric – AI Revolutionizing Energy Efficiency for a Sustainable Future
Starbucks – Revolutionizing Retail Through Cutting-Edge AI Solutions at Starbucks
Truist – Truist Client Pulse
Truist – ADEPT (Autonomous Data Exploration Platform)
Verizon – Augmented Analytics for KPI Insights
Visa – Visa Innovative Approach to Data Analytics
Walmart – Revolutionizing Retail: Walmart’s AI-powered Supply Chain Transformation

People and Culture

Best place to work in AI & data – client side

Domino’s – Unlocking Domino’s Secret Sauce: Shaping the Best Place to Work in Data and AI
Mars Wrigley – Inspiring everyday happiness with Data and AI
National Grid – Creating a Culture Where Data Scientists Thrive: Insights from National Grid
Paychex – Engaging Data Geeks Across the Enterprise Makes Paychex the Best Place to Work in Data and AI

Best place to work in AI and data – vendor side

Blend – Blend an AI-native company as the Global Best Place to Work in AI and Data
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SENEN GROUP – Transforming Work Culture: SENEN Group’s Journey to Becoming the Best Place to Work in AI and Data
Softsensor AI – Building an innovation culture

Best AI team

AgileOne – Achieving Excellence in Data and AI: A Skills and Talent Approach
Blend – Blend’s AI Trailblazers Leading the Way As Best AI Team
Department of the Air Force – AI is a Team Sport- DAF Chief Data and AI Office – AI Division
Herbalife – Connected Intelligence Team- Empowering Talent and Driving Disruption: Unleashing AI Innovation for Organizational Transformation
QuantCube Technology – QuantCube team pushes boundaries of computer vision, NLP and big data analytics
SENEN GROUP – Leading with Impact: SENEN Group’s Journey to Building the Best AI Team

AI leader of the year

Anton Aboukhalil, TIAA
Nancy Colton, Elevance Health
Rob Fuller, Blend
Nalini Garg, Deloitte
Venkat Gopalan, Belcorp
Monica Kedzierski, Herbalife
Yannick Lallement, Scotiabank
Suresh Martha, EMD Serono
Sumitha Natarajan, Regions Bank
Ronnie Sheth, SENEN GROUP
Eugenio Zuccarelli, CVS Health

AI for Good

Best use of AI for not-for-profit or non-commercial purposes

Blackbaud – Blackbaud’s Prospect Insights tool uses AI to drive smarter fundraising for nonprofits and better experiences for their donors
Destination Canada – Canadian Tourism Data Collective: Harnessing Data and AI to Power a Transformative Tourism Future
Health Care Service Corporation – Transformative Insights: Advancing Member Engagement for SDoH Outreach Programs
Network Rail – AI Assisted Asset Inspection
redflags.ai – Using AI to detect economic and corruption crimes

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) AI award

Intellect Design Arena – ESG Edge
Nestlé – AI for Good: Fostering Sustainability at Nestlé North America
Neural Alpha – Responsible Capital ESG Disclosure Assistant
Schneider Electric – Fair Pay Simulator by Schneider Electric

Best Use of AI for Healthcare Award

Carelon – Carelon’s AI-Enabled Whole Health Clinical Engagement
DataLink Software – AI-Enabled Document Review System (DRS) – Solving the Conundrum of Extracting Insights from Unstructured Healthcare Data
EMD Serono – Cutting-edge AI Models Focused on Brand-Centric Identification of HCPs/Patients to Propel New Drug Launches to Success
Mayo Clinic – Revolutionizing Healthcare: Mayo Clinic’s Pioneering Work in AI
Moderna Therapeutics – Moderna: Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with Pioneering AI
Parexel – Leveraging AI to Enhance Efficiency, Precision, and Cost-Effectiveness in Heart Disease Patient Care

AI for good champion

Ash Dhupar, BAE Systems
Seth Dobrin, Qantm AI
Jesse Fagan, Blend
Smita Rajmohan, Autodesk
Wendy Turner-Williams, TheAssociation.AI
Ankit Virmani, Google
Euginio Zuccarelli, CVS Health

DataIQ AI AwardsThe Shortlist