Project Voice 2021 Awards
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The Project Voice Awards honor global best-in-class achievement across voice technology and conversational AI.
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Nominations closed January 31. Finalists (and some winners) are announced below - these were first shared via This Week In Voice VIP.
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All winners will be announced April 15, in conjunction with Project Voice Worldwide.
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We congratulate all of the Finalists, as well as all of the Winners, in what has been an amazing year for voice technology and conversational AI.
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Project Voice 2021 Awards - WINNERS
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)
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Voice Developer of the Year
Cerence
Nuance
Amazon
Rasa
OpenAI
Clubhouse
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Voice Experience of the Year
Starfinder
Samuel L. Jackson
Clubhouse
Daily World Wheel
Spotify
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The Project Voice Advisory Group Award For Best Voice Experience Created By A Large Company
Lucky Charms Magical Mission (General Mills)
Wild Turkey Tasting (Campari)
NBA Skill Relaunch (NBA)
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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 (MB Usable Security)
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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)
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Voice/AI Journalist of the Year
Bret Kinsella (Voicebot.AI)
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The Project Voice Medal for Diversity and Inclusion
iVow.AI
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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)
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Best Voice/AI Chip / Processor
Syntiant
Enflame
Graphcore
Inferentia (Amazon)
Aspinity
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Best Voice/AI Integration Within A Mobile App
Spotify
Embla
HCS Voice Packs
Spokestack
Audioburst
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Best Voice/AI Integration Within A Website
Trinity Audio
Google (YouTube)
Alan AI
Floatbot
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Best Use of Sentiment Analysis Within Conversational AI
Phebi
Cyrano
Behavioral Signals
Cognigy
Avaamo
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The DefinedCrowd Award For Best Use of Data Science Within Conversational AI
Cognizant
Alteryx
Harman
Pand.ai
NVIDIA
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Best Use of Biometric Authentication Within Conversational AI
Kaizen Technologies
Omilia
ID R&D
Pindrop
Cerence Drive
Uniphore
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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)
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Amazon Alexa Developer of the Year
Bamboo Learning (Bamboo Math)
Nickelodeon (Blues Clues & You!)
Voxprotocol (Among The Stars)
Paizo (Starfinder)
Reel2Media (Yak Talk Back!)
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Google Assistant Developer of the Year
iVow.AI (Sina Storyteller)
Zynga (Daily Word Wheel)
Disney (Disney+)
LV= General Insurance (LV)
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Samsung Bixby Developer of the Year
Wondery
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Microsoft AI Use Case of the Year
Zammo
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Apple Siri Use Case of the Year
Find Your Nearest COVID-19 Vaccination Site
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Independent Voice/AI Company of the Year
Cerence
Cognigy
Rasa
Voicify
Interactions
Nuance
Deepgram
Zammo
DSP Concepts
Constant Companion
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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)
Honda (Honda Personal Assistant)
Affectiva
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The Voice of Hospitality Summit Award for Best Hospitality Voice/AI Developer Of The Year
Volara
Kea
Valyant
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The Voice of Healthcare Summit Award For Healthcare Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Constant Companion
Tempus
Canary Speech
Bola
Nuance
K4Connect
Suki
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Best Application of Voice/AI To COVID-19
Constant Companion
Carnegie Mellon University
Hyro.AI
Nuance
Avaamo
Vocalis Health
MIT
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Education Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Bamboo Learning
SayKid
Voicelets
Nickelodeon
Soapbox Labs
TeeRead
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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
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The Voice of Money Award for Best Financial Voice/AI Developer of the Year
WealthVoice
Best Innovation Group
LV= General Insurance / Rabbit & Pork
Helios
US Bank
Abe.ai
Refinitiv / Rabbit & Pork
Tinkoff Bank
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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
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Smart Home Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Josh.AI
ButterflyMX
Zen Ecosystems
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​Retail Voice/AI Developer of the Year
Best Buy
Speechly
Perfect Corp.
NBC (Peacock)
Amazon (Amazon Fresh)
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Manufacturing / Logistics Voice/AI Developer of the Year
ConverSight.AI
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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
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Third-Party Voice Development Tool of the Year
Nuance Mix
Voiceflow
Botmock
Cerence Studio
Rasa
Voicify
Just AI Conversational Framework
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