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The National AI Awards 2025

Welcome to The National AI Awards 2025, where we spotlight the remarkable advances and contributions in the field of artificial intelligence. Our mission is to honour the brilliant minds and innovative companies driving AI technology forward, making a profound impact across various sectors. Join us in celebrating excellence, innovation, and the visionary work shaping the future of AI.

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The National AI Awards

Welcome to the National AI Awards, where we spotlight the remarkable advances and contributions in the field of artificial intelligence. Our mission is to honour the brilliant minds and innovative companies driving AI technology forward, making a profound impact across various sectors. Join us in celebrating excellence, innovation, and the visionary work shaping the future of AI.

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The National AI Awards 2025

Welcome to the inaugural National AI Awards 2025, where we spotlight the remarkable advances and contributions in the field of artificial intelligence. Our mission is to honour the brilliant minds and innovative companies driving AI technology forward, making a profound impact across various sectors. Join us in celebrating excellence, innovation, and the visionary work shaping the future of AI.

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“It’s great to support the National AI Awards as part of the Advisory Board. Recognising excellence in AI is not only about innovation — it’s about recognising those who are developing Safe, Secure AI solutions that will reliably deploy and scale. These Awards spotlight those whose companies and technology will hopefully go on to move the needle, to make a genuine world-changing products, and I look forward to seeing what is possible”

- David Sully, CEO/CO-Founder, Advai
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“The National AI Awards provides a perfect opportunity to celebrate the UK’s excellence in this critical technology field but also to evolve it further. Through the visibility of new ideas and the networking opportunities it affords, we can cross-pollinate ideas from private sectors and public domains to better both our national security and national prosperity futures.”

- Darren Lewis, Senior Lead, Technical & Commercial, Plexal
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“AI is ushering in an era of digital abundance, our world of 8 billion will feel as if we have the capacity of 80 billion. At this scale security must be re-imagined. Cisco and our partners are at the heart of this transformation helping tip the scales in favour of our defenders.”

- Jeetu Patel, EVP and General Manager, Security & Collaboration, Cisco
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“As the champion of the UK tech sector, we are huge supporters of The National AI Awards. These awards shine a spotlight on the incredible work done right across Government and Industry to improve our resilience and keep our public services and economy safe and secure.”

- Matt Evans, COO & Director of Markets at techUK
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“We are at a tipping point for an AI revolution. The National AI Awards champions everyone who is helping to seize the AI opportunity safely and successfully.”

- Harmeen Mehta
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BT Group

BT Group is delighted to be supporting The National AI Awards as a headline sponsor and hosting the awards ceremony at Adastral Park – our Research & Innovation Hub. These awards will recognise the trailblazing work that teams and individuals from across the industry have achieved in driving adoption, ensuring transparency and trust and protecting organisations from cyber threats. We look forward to celebrating the incredible talent driving AI innovation.

“At BT Group, our ambition is to be the most trusted connector of people, devices, and machines. We are clear on the role we want to play in harnessing AI for a brighter future for everyone.”

Our Vision: Combining human intelligence and artificial intelligence, we want to use the power of AI in a safe and ethical manner to unlock value for our customers and colleagues in alignment with our purpose to ‘connect for good’.

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Meet Sonya Barlow, your host for The National AI Awards.

Sonya is an award-winning founder of The LMF Network, a best-selling author, and the BBC presenter of The Everyday Hustle. She is an international keynote speaker and thought leader on technology, business and future trends. With accolades like UK Entrepreneur of the Year and Top 50 Women in Tech EU, Sonya’s expertise is widely recognised.

Innovation

Celebrate your groundbreaking work in AI, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible and setting new benchmarks for excellence.

Impact

Showcase how your AI solutions address critical challenges, improve lives, and drive economic and social progress.

Ethics

Highlight your commitment to ethical AI development and deployment, ensuring technology serves humanity responsibly and justly.

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The National AI Awards Announces Strategic Partnerships with The AI Summit London and Plexal

London, UK – 29th May 2025 The National AI Awards is thrilled to announce exciting new partnerships with Plexal, and the AI Summit London. These strategic partnerships mark a significant...

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