AWARDS MISSION
Our mission is to highlight people and companies shaping the future of technology in the AI era through public contribution, building useful products, rethinking how work gets done, and sharing ideas that move the industry forward. We recognize work that makes a clear, practical difference for the global tech and business community.
What do you get?
Visibility & Recognition
We feature selected nominees on The Top Voices, a global community-driven media platform for founders, product leaders, operators, and investors. Your work deserves to be seen.
Proof of Impact
Your nomination becomes a verifiable recognition of your contribution. Show it on your website, CV, LinkedIn, or pitch deck.
Global Community
Nominees become part of a 3000+ curated community of founders and builders from 30+ countries.
Partner Perks
Nominees receive credits, tools, and offerings from partner companies across the AI stack, including infrastructure, tooling, and growth services.
NOMINATIONS
The Awards run across three tracks.
TRACK 01 — BUILDERS
For individuals directly responsible for building AI products, models, infrastructure, and tools. Founders, engineers, researchers, and makers shaping the technical core of the AI industry.
TRACK 02 — AI NATIVES
For specialists who rebuilt their function around AI and have something measurable to show for it. Open to marketers, product managers, designers, communications leads, transformation leads, and educators using AI as the core of how they work.
TRACK 03 — BUSINESS
For companies and teams delivering AI products and services at scale. Open to AI product companies, infrastructure and developer-tools providers, and AI consultancies, agencies, and implementation partners.
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NOMINEE REQUIREMENTS
The Awards recognize individuals and businesses making a measurable impact across the AI industry — from founders and specialists to companies, agencies, and infrastructure providers.
Personal Awards
Founders, engineers, researchers, product managers, marketers, designers, and operators
The work must be public and verifiable
Open to individuals worldwide
Business Awards
AI product companies with live products and real users
Infrastructure, platform, and developer tooling companies
Consultancies, agencies, and AI implementation partners
Open to companies worldwide, at any stage
What to submit?
APPLY
You can apply with any public project, product, company, or content that shows real impact on the AI industry.
/ Submit if you /
Built or co-built an AI product, model, or piece of infrastructure that reached users, customers, or significant adoption
Lead the technical work behind an AI product, model, or platform
Rebuilt your function in marketing, product, design, or comms around an AI-native workflow
Drove AI adoption inside a company with measurable outcomes
Provide infrastructure, developer tools, or implementation services that AI teams rely on
Created an approach, framework, or method that other professionals in your field now use
APPLY
(*Evaluation criteria)
/ Builders /
Value for the field — how new, how useful
Traction and adoption — real users, customers, and measurable usage
Personal contribution — your direct role in the work
/ AI Natives /
Value for the function — how new, how useful
Influence and reach — how widely the approach has spread
Originality and approach — how you rebuilt the work around AI
/ Business /
Value for the market — how new, how useful
Impact / traction — adoption, growth, and outcomes at scale
Quality of execution — craft, reliability, and delivery
Show your impact on the future of AI.
APPLY
TIMELINE
Until 30 June 2026
Apply
1 — 7 July 2026
Evaluation
8 July 2026
Results
JURY
Jury members announced soon
PARTNERS
Partners announced soon
Organizers
The Top Voices shifts the role of media in tech — from distribution to belonging. Instead of repeating what’s already circulating on mainstream platforms, we focus on what actually matters to emerging tech leaders — and on the leaders themselves.
We spotlight rising talents, surface meaningful projects from within communities, and create formats like awards and events that give visibility through peer recognition.
3000+
Tech community
150
Contributing authors
70
Global partners
5
Tech awards organized
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