2025 Winners and finalists

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AI Leader of the Year - SME

Anton De Weger, The Florey - Australian Epilepsy Project
Yule Guttenbeil, Attune Legal
Hrvoje (Hal) Hancevic-Grabic, IT Strategy Hub
Samuel Junghenn, AI Legal Assistant
Robert Jurcec, 3DLogistiX
Tim Lillyman, XPON Technologies Group

Sarah Mateljan, GenLearn / LawCPD

Leif Pedersen, Lumify Work
Nici Sweaney, Ai Her Way
Harshana Withanapathirana, Atlato

AI Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Amin Beheshti, Macquarie University
Vishal Bhanage, Adactin Group
Samson Blackburn, BDO Australia
Anupam Das, EY
Amir H Gandomi, University of Technology Sydney
Luke Kendall, Gadens
Katrina Leslie, swipejobs
Jeremiah Mannings, Capgemini Invent
Rohan Raghavan, EY

Danny Wu, Canva

AI Consultant of the Year - SME

Nicola Cosgrove, Lext
Geoff Gourley, ESG&I (ChatESG)
Yule Guttenbeil, Attune Legal
Hrvoje (Hal) Hancevic-Grabic, IT Strategy Hub

Amantha Imber, Inventium

Mark Lai, Forward Finance Group
Keval Oza, Absolut Financial
Bart Puszko, Blue Seas AI Consulting
Yiya Sun, Optimise AI Consulting
Sadish Visvalingam, Broker vs AI

AI Consultant of the Year - Enterprise

Samson Blackburn, BDO Australia
Sam Burrett, MinterEllison
Dalvin Chien, Mills Oakley

Anupam Das, EY

Ian Gard, Tecala
Sean Gurney, Data#3
Richard Hawes, Atturra
Jeremiah Mannings, Capgemini Invent
Rohan Raghavan, EY
Daniel Siew, Lendi Group

AI Rising Star of the Year - SME

Christel Cherryadi, Creart Digital Media
Vicky Fu, Titan Capital
Hrvoje (Hal) Hancevic-Grabic, IT Strategy Hub
Jarryd Holmes, Bolder Digital
Brodie Kay, Codex
Amol Khuntale, Ask Financials

Marcus Manduci, JustFund

Lindsay Page, Pathfindr
Adrianna San Jose, Polaris Lawyers
Sadish Visvalingam, Broker vs AI

AI Rising Star of the Year - Enterprise

Arnick Abdollahi, University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Matthew Beard, EY
Samson Blackburn, BDO Australia
Ziggy Cheng, Thomson Reuters
Carl Fernandes, Adactin Group
Benjamin Karnaghan, Lendi Group
Bo Peng, DroneShield
Isabelle Sijan, AFL

Shahroz Tariq, CSIRO’s Data61

Zain Zama, National Australia Bank

AI Female Leader of the Year - SME

Joanne Chenn, LegalVision
Nicola Cosgrove, Lext
Iolanthe Gabrie, Ruby Assembly
Brooke Hall-Carney, LK Law
Amantha Imber, Inventium
Ivy Li, iOmniscient
Andrea Roberts, Aivana
Inbal Rodnay, Inbal Rodnay

Nici Sweaney, Ai Her Way

Laura Vickers, Nest Legal

AI Female Leader of the Year - Enterprise

Michelle Bey, Lander & Rogers

Sarah Bradley, Nasdaq
Efrosini Combis & Lily Encina, Lendi Group
Bobbie MacDougall, Lendi Group
Sharryn Napier, GitHub
Neena Narayanan, EY
Caryn Sandler, Gilbert + Tobin
Maxine Wee, PwC
Lily Xia, EY
Poonam Zham, IBM

AI Software Engineer of the Year

Zain Ali Agharia, Akula Tech
Andrew Bird, Affinda
Connor Brendish, PentenAmio
Kyle Jackson, Sekuro
Adam Norman Jenkins, ISaidUSaid
Samuel Junghenn, AI Legal Assistant
Tran Nhut Le, Lawpath
Jannes Mingram, Lendi Group
Timur Vafin, EY

Andrew Vassili, Stake

AI Academic/Researcher of the Year

Mohiuddin Ahmed, Edith Cowan University
Mona Chiha, JurisTechne
Sophia Duan, La Trobe University
Shankar Dutt, Australian National University
Amir H Gandomi, University of Technology Sydney

Dali Kaafar, Apate.ai/Macquarie University

Ben Kereopa-Yorke, nbn
Seyedali Mirjalili, Torrens University Australia
Kathiravan Thangavel, GroundZero Space
Muhammad Usman, CSIRO

AI Innovator – Public Sector

Booka Consulting
City of Sydney
Getmee AI
Legal Aid NSW

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

AI Innovator – Start Up

3DLogistiX

Archistar

DoxAI
Grafa
Habeas AI
Icana.AI
ISaidUSaid
Manage Your Loans
NextAISolutions
XponixAI

Best Application of Responsible AI

Antares Solutions
Archistar
Beforepay
Carrington Labs
Creart Digital Media
ISaidUSaid
IT Strategy Hub
swipejobs

Unleash live

Best Use of AI – Sustainability

Adiona Tech
DoxAI
ESG&I (ChatESG)
Ionata Digital

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

Best Use of Agentic AI

Australian Payroll Association
DoxAI
KnowBe4
LivePerson

LoanOptions.ai

swipejobs
TG Legal + Technology

Best Use of Agentic AI – Start Up

Creart Digital Media
DoxAI
Grafa

Habeas AI

Psyke

AI Innovator - Critical Infrastructure

Fleet Space Technologies

Origin Energy

Unleash live

AI Innovator - Industrial Sector

365mesh

4AI Systems
Atlato
Earth AI
Speedshield Technologies
swipejobs

AI Innovator - Healthcare

365mesh
Baymatob
Beamtree

Harrison.ai

Attain Healthtech
iOmniscient
Local Knowledge
MindBio Therapeutics Corp
Regis Aged Care
Zanda Health

AI Innovator - Wealth Management

Amplify AI Group
Colonial First State (CFS)
DASH Technology Group
Everest Wealth
Infinity Financial Consultants
Inovayt Wealth
Marloo

Minotaur Capital

PictureWealth
WT Financial Group

AI Innovator - Consumer Banking

Apate.ai/Macquarie University

DoxAI Australia
EY

AI Innovator - Mortgage Broking

Accurateli
DocuScan Australia
DoxAI
Effi Technologies

Lendi Group

LoanOptions.ai
Lolli Technology
Manage Your Loans
Thryvve

AI Innovator - Legal Services Provider

Automatise
Habeas AI
IBM
ISaidUSaid
LawConnect
Lawpath
LEAP Legal Software
LexisNexis Australia
NetDocuments

Thomson Reuters

AI Innovator - Legal Practice

Ashurst Australia
Auslaw Partners and X Technology
Gilbert + Tobin
Hicksons
Lander & Rogers
LegalVision
Parker Coles Curtis
Polaris Lawyers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

TG Legal + Technology

AI Innovator - Accountancy Services

Australian Payroll Association

BGL Corporate Solutions
Clear Tax
Elfworks
Grant Thornton Australia
Infinity Accounting and Business Advisory
Vinyl

AI Innovator - Defence and National Security

Accenture
Astute Systems
Booka Consulting
IT Strategy Hub

PentenAmio

AI Innovator - Aerospace Sector

Fleet Space Technologies

Starbound Space Solutions
Web Manuals Australia

AI Innovator - Cyber Security

Apate.ai/Macquarie University
BCyber
BeyondTrust

CrowdStrike

CyberHeed
Darktrace
Exabeam
KnowBe4
MyRISK Management
Tenable

AI Innovator - Media and Communication Services

Creart Digital Media

Grafa

Incites.ai
John Hubbard
Wendy Zveglic Consultancy

AI Innovator - Real Estate

Ding Real Estate

Propic

The Real Estate Institute of NSW
TG Legal + Technology
WayScape

AI Innovator - Information Technology

Atturra
Customer Science Group
DASH Technology Group
Dynatrace
GitHub
Hitachi Vantara
Icana.AI

iOmniscient

NextAISolutions
Trusst AI

AI Innovator - Property Investment

Archistar

Hotspotting

Local Knowledge Property Group