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The ÐÂÆϾ©ÓéÀÖ Innovation Awards recognize the most exciting creative developments in the connected world, celebrating a variety of technological advancements, achievements, and discoveries.

Five finalists in each category will be chosen to exhibit their projects at the seventh annual Innovation Awards Finalist Showcase during ÐÂÆϾ©ÓéÀÖ 2025, where the Finalist Judges will determine the winners as well as Best of Show. ÐÂÆϾ©ÓéÀÖ audiences attending the Finalist Showcase will also vote to determine the winner of the People’s Choice award. Participation in the Finalist Showcase is required for consideration in all award categories.

Winners will be announced and presented their awards at the 26th annual on the evening of Monday, March 10 at the Austin Convention Center (Ballroom D) from 6-8pm CT.

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2025 Winners

Artificial Intelligence

New York, NY

Audio Experience

Clermont-Ferrand, France and Miami, FL, USA

Community Empowerment

Chicago, IL

Connection and Communication

Chicago, IL

Health & Biotech

Austin, TX

Interface Design

San Mateo, CA

Product Design

San Francisco, CA

Student Innovation

Sarasota, FL

Sustainability Solutions

Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Urban Experience

Los Angeles, CA

WTF (What the Future)

Boise, ID

People's Choice Award

São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil

Best In Show

Tempe, AZ

Artificial Intelligence

• (New York, NY)
• (Dallas, TX)
• (Long Beach, CA)
• (Palo Alto, CA)
• (Madrid, Spain and Los Angeles, CA)

Audio Experience

• (Laguna Beach, CA)
• (Clermont-Ferrand, France and Miami, FL, USA)
• (Ilmenau, Thuringia, Germany)
• (Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland)
• (Alameda, CA)

Community Empowerment

• (New York, NY)
• (Tempe, AZ)
• (Chicago, IL)
• (New York, NY)
• (Hillsborough, NJ)

Connection and Communication

• (Utrecht, Netherlands and Portland, OR)
• (Los Angeles, CA)
• (Spokane, WA)
• (Westport, CT)
• (Chicago, IL)

Health & Biotech

• (Brooklyn, NY)
• (London, England)
• (Dixon, IL)
• (Austin, TX)
• (Iselin, NJ)

Interface Design

• (Seattle, WA)
• (Redwood City, CA)
• (Madrid, Spain and Los Angeles, CA)
• (São José dos Pinhais, Paraná, Brazil)
• (San Mateo, CA)

Product Design

• (San Francisco, CA)
• (San Francisco, CA)
• (Broomfield, CO)
• (Richmond, TX)
• (Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)

Student Innovation

• (Hsinchu, Taiwan)
• (Sarasota, FL)
• (Shenzhen, China and Pittsburgh, PA)
• (Irvine, CA)
• (Cambridge, MA and Calistoga, CA)

Sustainability Solutions

• (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
• (West Hollywood, CA)
• (Scott Valley, CA)
• (Ithaca, NY)
• (Lichtenfels, Hesse, Germany)

Urban Experience

• (Los Angeles, CA)
• (Brooklyn, NY)
• (Austin, TX)
• (Cambridge, MA)
• (Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil)

WTF (What the Future)

• (Chicago, IL)
• (Boise, ID)
• (Tokyo, Japan)
• (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
• (San Francisco, CA)

Artificial Intelligence

The Artificial Intelligence category showcases projects that responsibly leverage the groundbreaking power of machine learning, LLMs and generative AI.

Audio Experience

From cutting-edge podcasts to apps that help you create your own music, the Audio Experience category serves as the landing spot for projects that reimagine the way humans interact with audio-based platforms.

Community Empowerment

The Community Empowerment category spotlights projects that help empower underserved groups and peoples around the world.

Connection and Communication

The Connection and Communication category features projects aimed at helping people discover meaningful ways of enriching human experiences and interactions.

Health & Biotech

The Health & Biotech category uncovers the best new projects serving wellness and medicine.

Interface Design

The Interface Design category recognizes the best new ideas for human interaction with software and machines.

Product Design

The Product Design category highlights the world's best new hardware, including products, devices, gadgets and appliances.

Student Innovation

The Student Innovation category honors exceptional student projects and startups that focus on interactive technology for the future.

Sustainability Solutions

The Sustainability Solutions category focuses on projects big and small that positively address the crisis of global warming.

Urban Experience

The Urban Experience category gathers ahead-of-the-curve solutions around livability and mobility (and beyond) to create an improved and more equitable city environment.

WTF

The WTF (What the Future) category collects futuristic projects that don’t fit elsewhere. From quantum physics to nanotech to bio-engineering moonshots, this category pulls together all the amazing endeavors that make us excited about tomorrow.

Artificial Intelligence

• 
  Bellevue, WA

Audio Experience

• 
  London, UK

Climate Change

• 
  New York, NY

Community Empowerment

• 
  Toronto, ON

Health & Biotech

• 
  Miami, FL

Interface Design

• 
  Littleton, CO

Product Design

First Winner
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Paris, France

Second Winner
*
Midland, NC

Social Media

• 
  Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Student Innovation

• 
  Austin, TX

Urban Design

• 
  Phoenix, AZ

WTF

• 
  Los Alamos, NM

People's Choice Award

• 
  Birmingham, AL

Best In Show

• 
  Seoul, South Korea