The National AI Awards

Spotlighting the Remarkable Advances and Contributions in the field of Artificial Intelligence

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.

This year, we are evolving our format to bring our finalists and winners directly into the heart of the industry. We are proud to announce that our 2026 celebrations will be hosted at The AI Summit London, the UK’s premier gathering for AI professionals and innovators. While our winners will be announced online on June 9th, the celebration doesn’t stop there.

We are trading the formal black-tie ceremony for a high-impact Winners & Finalists Drinks Reception hosted on-site at the AI Summit London on June 10th.

2026 AIconics Awards Categories

AI Enterprise Business of the Year

Recognises large organisations that have successfully implemented AI to drive transformation, enhance operational performance, and create measurable business impact.

This award celebrates the adoption, implementation, and integration of AI at scale across the business demonstrating how AI has improved processes, decision-making, customer outcomes, or strategic capabilities.

Entrants should showcase strategic vision, execution excellence, and tangible results achieved through AI.

AI Product of the Year

Recognising outstanding AI-powered products or technologies that have demonstrated exceptional innovation, usability, and impact in addressing specific needs or solving real-world problems.

The recipient of this award will be recognised as the overall best in the AI Product category - the very best of the best.

This is not an award that can be entered directly; eligibility is limited to entrants of the other AI Product awards. From among those entries, the winner will be selected as the ultimate standout within the category.

Responsible AI Award

Recognises individuals, teams or organisations demonstrating outstanding leadership in the ethical, safe and inclusive deployment of AI.

This award celebrates initiatives that embed safety, transparency, fairness, accountability and diversity‑equity‑inclusion into the design, governance and use of AI - including proactive measures to avoid gender, racial or other protected‑group biases, reduce harm and benefit society.

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