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Project Voice Award Finalists announced; 100 invitations for voice/AI leaders, pioneers, and executives to influential new social network Faves
We’re pleased to share the Finalists for this year’s Project Voice Awards.
Winners will be announced April 15 as part of the virtual Project Voice Worldwide, with the exception of known Outstanding Achievement Award winners present at Project Voice 100 that will be awarded in person.
All of the listed Outstanding Achievement Award names are WINNERS, as well as any names listed singularly within a category. These Outstanding Achievement Awards are the highest honor we award on an annual basis.
Note some categories were consolidated (e.g. developer and experience for most industry verticals) and a couple were removed for lack of critical mass.
I’ll speak on Friday during This Week In Voice Live (11 AM Eastern / 8 AM Pacific) more in detail on the awards during the show.
Outstanding Achievement Award
Winners:
Sanjay Dhawan / Mark Benjamin (Cerence spinoff from Nuance)
Kurt Schrader / Andrew Childs (Clubhouse)
Daniela Braga (First female CEO of voice/AI company to raise over $50M)
Jon Stine (Open Voice Network)
Iran Davar Ardalan / Nisa McCoy / Nikki McLay / Karim Ardalan / Kee Malesky / Robert Malesky (iVow.AI)
Karol Stryja / Michal Stanislawek (VoiceLunch)
Google (Google for Startups Accelerator: Voice AI)
Nick Schwab (Sleep Sounds)
Nithya Thadani (RAIN Agency)
Brandon Kaplan (Skilled Creative)
Tobias Dengel (WillowTree)
Mark Gray (Constant Companion)
Voice Developer of the Year
Cerence
Nuance
Amazon
Rasa
OpenAI
Clubhouse
Voice Experience of the Year
Starfinder
Samuel L. Jackson
Clubhouse
Daily World Wheel
Spotify
The Project Voice Advisory Group Award For Best Voice Experience Created By A Large Company
All winners: Lucky Charms Magical Mission (General Mills); Wild Turkey Tasting (Campari); NBA Skill Relaunch (NBA)
Voice/AI Pioneer of the Year
Mark Gray (Constant Companion)
Trini Mille (TeeRead)
Audrey Arbeeny (Audiobrain)
Danny Weissberg (Voiceitt)
Aariv Modi (independent voice developer)
Joel Wilson / Sarah Andrew Wilson (Matchbox.io)
Katherine Prescott (VoiceBrew)
James Vlahos (HereAfter)
Sofia Altuna (Google)
Prateek Kathpal (Cerence)
Paul McNeil (The Other America)
Voice/AI Executive of the Year
Sanjay Dhawan (Cerence)
Iran Davar Ardalan (iVow.AI)
Braden Ream (Voiceflow)
Daniela Braga (DefinedCrowd)
Scott Stephenson (Deepgram)
Rana el Kaliouby (Affectiva)
Todd Mozer (Sensory)
Mark Gray (Constant Companion)
Voice/AI Journalist of the Year
Winner: Bret Kinsella (Voicebot.AI)
The Project Voice Medal for Diversity and Inclusion
Winner: iVow.AI
The This Week In Voice Award for Voice/AI Commentator of the Year
Bret Kinsella (Voicebot.AI)
Tamara McCleary (Thulium)
Kane Simms (VUX World)
Ksenia Se (The Sequence)
Best Voice/AI Chip / Processor
Syntiant
Enflame
Graphcore
Inferentia (Amazon)
Aspinity
Best Voice/AI Integration Within A Mobile App
Spotify
Embla
HCS Voice Packs
Spokestack
Audioburst
Best Voice/AI Integration Within A Website
Trinity Audio
Google (YouTube)
Alan AI
Floatbot
Best Use of Sentiment Analysis Within Conversational AI
Phebi
Cyrano
Behavioral Signals
Cognigy
Avaamo
The DefinedData Award For Best Use of Data Science Within Conversational AI
Cognizant
Alteryx
Harman
Pand.ai
NVIDIA
Best Use of Biometric Authentication Within Conversational AI
Kaizen Technologies
Omilia
ID R&D
Pindrop
Cerence Drive
Uniphore
Best Use of Synthetic Voices
Skyrim Fan Video (Adriac)
Cerence Q4 Earnings Call (Cerence)
ReadSpeaker + Houndify (ReadSpeaker)
BBC News (Microsoft)
Media24 (News24)
Speaking New Languages (Resemble.AI)
Amazon Alexa Developer of the Year
Bamboo Learning (Bamboo Math)
Nickelodeon (Blues Clues & You!)
Voxprotocol (Among The Stars)
Paizo (Starfinder)
Reel2Media (Yak Talk Back!)
Google Assistant Developer of the Year
iVow.AI (Sina Storyteller)
Zynga (Daily Word Wheel)
Disney (Disney+)
LV= General Insurance (LV)
Samsung Bixby Developer of the Year
Winner: Wondery
Microsoft AI Use Case of the Year
Winner: Zammo
Apple Siri Use Case of the Year
Winner: Find Your Nearest COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Independent Voice/AI Company of the Year
Cerence
Cognigy
Rasa
Voicify
Interactions
Nuance
Deepgram
Zammo
DSP Concepts
Constant Companion
The Voice of the Car Summit Award for Automotive Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Mercedes (MBUX)
Amazon (Alexa Auto)
Ford (SYNC 4)
Google (Android Auto)
SoundHound (Honda Personal Assistant)
Affectiva
The Voice of Hospitality Summit Award for Best Hospitality Voice/AI Developer Of The Year
Volara
Kea
Valyant
The Voice of Healthcare Summit Award For Healthcare Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Constant Companion
Tempus
Canary Speech
Bola
Nuance
K4Connect
Suki
Best Application of Voice/AI To COVID-19
Constant Companion
Carnegie Mellon University
Hyro.AI
Nuance
Avaamo
Vocalis Health
MIT
Education Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Bamboo Learning
SayKid
Voicelets
Nickelodeon
Soapbox Labs
TeeRead
The Digital Book World Awards For Publishing/Storytelling Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Amazon Alexa (Alexa, What Should I Read Next?)
Authors AI
RealSAM
The Other America
Earplay
Novel Effect
TeeRead
The Voice of Money Award for Best Financial Voice/AI Developer of the Year
WealthVoice
Best Innovation Group
LV= General Insurance
Helios
US Bank
Abe.ai
Refinitiv
Tinkoff Bank
The Voice of Gaming Award For Gaming Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Volley
Labworks.IO
Bandai Namco
FX Digital
Matchbox.io
Amazon / Paizo
Earplay
Zynga
Mark Tucker
Doppio
HCS Voice Packs
Smart Home Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Josh.AI
ButterflyMX
Zen Ecosystems
Retail Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Best Buy
Speechly
Perfect Corp.
NBC (Peacock)
Amazon (Amazon Fresh)
Manufacturing / Logistics Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Winner: ConverSight.AI
Flash Briefing of the Year
Daily Almanac Flash Briefing
Gaming Observer
The Daily Show
Everyday Positivity Flash Briefing
Voice Marketing with Emily Binder
US Navy Flash Briefing
Voice in Canada
The Front Row Entrepreneur
Third-Party Voice Development Tool of the Year
Nuance Mix
Voiceflow
Botmock
Cerence Studio
Rasa
Voicify
Just AI Conversational Framework
CEOs and senior executives interested in purchasing a pass to Project Voice 100 (in person) can reach out to us - as of this writing, we have a grand total of 6 passes left after accounting for those being held for waitlisted companies and individuals.
If interested, you should respond immediately by replying to this email.
I have 100 invitations to Faves, a brand-new social network which I will be using to share content, such as articles and podcasts, that I find of interest within the realm of voice/AI. This is an opportunity to arrive at a new social network on the ground floor.
The company has given me these invitations to give to leaders, pioneers, movers and shakers doing work with voice technology and/or conversational AI.
If this interests you, reach out (reply to this email) as we will give these invitations out on a first come, first served basis.
Note that you’ll need an iOS device to download and use the Faves app.