Leading Training Data Platform Among Initial Shortlist From International Cloud Computing Awards Program

Granica, a leading AI training data platform, has been shortlisted in The 2024 A.I. Awards program in five categories including AI Solution of the Year and AI Startup of the Year.

A new awards program launched earlier this year by established cloud computing awards body The Cloud Awards, The A.I. Awards recognizes and rewards excellence and innovation in the use or development of cloud artificial intelligence technologies, and machine learning.

The program contains a wide range of categories, some focusing on specific industry verticals such as healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, others on the use of AI to drive process improvements such as personalization or automation. Overall excellence in AI practice is also recognized through awards such as ‘AI Solution of the Year’ and ‘Most Innovative AI Technology’. The program received entries from organizations of all sizes worldwide, including North America, across Europe, the Middle East, and APAC.

CEO of The Cloud Awards, James Williams, said: “We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist of the inaugural A.I. Awards. The program gives a dedicated platform for organizations to highlight the exciting work that is being carried out in the world of cloud AI, and those who have been shortlisted represent the very best in this field, worldwide.

“The shortlist demonstrates that innovation is being driven by established household names to bold new startups, and everything in between. Our judges have an enviable task in determining which of these outstanding organizations deserve to be taken forward to the next stage of this year’s program. Good luck to all our shortlistees!”

Rahul Ponnala, CEO and co-founder of Granica, said: “We are delighted to have been shortlisted in the AI Solution of the Year category among others in The 2024 A.I. Awards. This achievement underpins our commitment to supporting our industry and customers on their journey into leveraging AI to transform their businesses. We are proud to stand alongside the other nominees and look forward to seeing how the next stage of the program unfolds.”

The program now enters its second round of judging, reducing the shortlist to a handful of finalists in each category. A.I. Awards finalists will be announced on Tuesday 17 September 2024, with the final winners revealed in October 2024.

Resources

• To view the full shortlist, visit: https://www.cloud-awards.com/2024-ai-awards-shortlist
• Read the Granica blog
• Visit the Granica website
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About Granica

Granica is the training data platform for trusted AI. It makes AI safe, effective and efficient by optimizing the data sets used to train and fine-tune LLMs and other AI models, as well as optimizing model inference and RAG data. Granica’s Safe Room for AI solution delivers privacy and safety for AI inputs and outputs, mitigating the risk of sensitive data leakage while also improving AI accuracy, performance and fairness. The result is increased trust in AI. Granica also makes tabular and NLP training data more efficient by physically optimizing cloud data lake files such as Apache Parquet to lower storage cost by up to 60% and improve query performance by up to 50%. Granica’s training data services are easily consumed as an API by developers building AI applications. Granica is optimized for enterprises and technology companies in data and AI-intensive industries such as financial services, retail and ecommerce, geo-spatial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. Category-defining companies including Quantum Metric, HERE Technologies, and Nylas use Granica to maximize innovation and business results from their data and AI initiatives.

About the Cloud Awards

The Cloud Awards is an international program which has been recognizing and honoring industry leaders, innovators and organizational transformation in cloud computing since 2011. The Cloud Awards comprises five awards programs, each uniquely celebrating success across cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), cloud security, artificial intelligence (AI), and financial technologies (FinTech).

Winners are selected by a judging panel of international industry experts. For more information about the Cloud Awards, please visit https://www.cloud-awards.com/.

About The A.I. Awards

The A.I. Awards recognizes the best and the brightest in solutions utilizing artificial intelligence. The program incorporates 21 categories across a wide range of sectors, including ‘Best Use of AI in Retail and eCommerce’ and ‘Best Use of AI in Finance’.

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