Leading AI Data Readiness Platform Among Finalists From International Cloud Artificial Intelligence Awards Program

Granica, a leading AI data readiness platform, has been named a finalist in The 2024 A.I. Awards program in three categories including ‘AI Solution 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 features a wide range of categories. Some focus on specific industry verticals such as retail/eCommerce, Transport, and Entertainment, others on the use of AI to drive improvements in areas such as Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Cybersecurity. Overall excellence in AI practice is also recognized through awards such as ‘Most Advanced AI Environment’ and ‘AI Deployment of the Year’. 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 excited to reveal the finalists of the inaugural A.I. Awards. The program spotlights the incredible innovations taking place in the world of cloud AI all over the globe, and Granica fully deserves its place amongst this year’s outstanding finalists.

“Across the whole program these finalists demonstrate that ingenious AI-driven solutions can emerge from anywhere, from organizations of any size, driving positive change in almost any industry you can think of. We can’t wait to see who the judging panel selects as the winners, and wish all of our finalists luck in the final round of assessment.”

Rahul Ponnala, CEO and co-founder of Granica, said: “We are honored to have been named a finalist in the AI Solution of the Year category in The 2024 A.I. Awards. Reaching this stage is a testament to the hard work our team has carried out in harnessing AI to deliver remarkable results for our customers and partners. We are proud to stand side-by-side with the other finalists and look forward to learning of the judges’ decision on the winner in the coming weeks.”

The program will now begin its final round of judging – resulting in a winner in each category being selected from this group of finalists. A.I. Awards winners will be announced on Tuesday, 8 October 2024.

The program will return to welcome new submissions in Summer 2025, to continue recognizing excellence in Cloud AI solutions.

Resources

• To view all finalists, visit: https://www.cloud-awards.com/2024-ai-awards-finalists
• Read the Granica blog
• Visit the Granica website
• Request a demo
• Follow Granica on X (formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn

About Granica

Granica is the data readiness 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 data used during inference and RAG. Granica makes tabular and NLP training data more efficient by optimizing the compression of cloud data lakehouse files such as Apache Parquet to lower storage cost by up to 60% and improve query performance by up to 56%. Granica delivers privacy and safety for AI inputs and outputs, mitigating the risk of sensitive data leakage and harmful content while also improving AI accuracy, performance and fairness. Granica also makes AI more effective by curating and refining training data sets, selecting the most impactful samples for training in order to increase model performance. By making data AI-ready, model-powered applications deliver more accurate and more useful results, increasing the trust in AI. 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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