Nominations Submissions Page

 “Presenting Awards for European AI leaders - and

connecting ambitious AI founders with Investors.”

Nominations deadline is 27 June:

We aim to finalize Nominations before the summer holidays begin – and those Nominations received by 19 June are eligible for our direct 1-on-1 Video Interviews (complimentary).

The Process:

In mid-July, the Jury will receive the full list of all Nominations, to be ranked, resulting in our Short-List to be announced 15 August. These “Short-Listed” firms move on to the final vote, to be cast at the Jury Dinner (29 October) one night before the European AI Awards Gala. Then, during the day 30 October, all Attendees can cast their votes for individual Awards (“Popular Vote”). Our Awards Auditors will compile all results, which will be unveiled at the early-evening Awards ceremony on 30 October in Vienna.

Submission of Awards is completely free, and not connected to sponsorship.

Why you should submit your Nomination:

In addition to excellent PR for your Company, here are additional reasons to take the 9 minutes to submit your Nomination:

• Cost to submit Nomination is zero.

• Top Short-listed companies that submit Nominations early, will be invited for a Complimentary 9-min direct 1-on-1 Video Interview – which looks like this - to be promoted in multiple Social Media channels, including LinkedIn and YouTube – during July and August.

• All Nominations Submitted will be promoted via our Wolves Summit Newsletters (25,000 +) and LinkedIn Channels (19,500+) - and more than 10 AI-related Media Partners.

• All Short-Listed CVCs will be promoted in multiple media (Social Media, Websites/Newsletters, print and Video), both throughout CEE, western Europe, UK, US, and Scandinavia.

• Winners will be promoted throughout the full year 2025/2026.

• Submitted Nominations are Confidential and will not be distributed outside of our Jury. 

• Short-Listed companies will have option to enhance your Nomination chances via Nominations Showcase presentation on 29 October.

The European AI Awards distinguish disruptive AI leaders and

companies from the European ecosystem in 24 categories:

Nomination Group 1 (“The Applications”):

● Best AI Application: Industry/Manufacturing

● Best AI Application: Consumer/Customer Service

● Best AI Application: Creative

● Best AI Application: Hardware/Humanoid

● Best AI Application: Healthcare

● Best AI Application: MilitaryTech (MilTech)

● Best AI Application: Business Services

● Best AI Application: Other

Nomination Group 2 (“The Leaders”):

● Top AI entrepreneur of the Year

● Top Female AI Leader of the Year – SME

● Top Female AI Leader of the Year – Enterprise

Nomination Group 3 (“The Companies”):

● Most-exciting AI StartUps in Europe (Top 3)

● AI Rising Star of the Year – Enterprise

Nomination Group 4 (“The Money-Men”):

● Top Financing Deal of the Year

● Top M&A Deal of the Year – SME (less than € 100 million)

● Top M&A Deal of the Year - Large Enterprise (greater than € 100 million)

● Top VC in the AI space

● Top CVC in the AI space

Nomination Group 5 (“The Academics”):

● Top University-Corporate Collaboration

 ●Top Technical, Scientific, or Academic Breakthrough

Nomination Group 6 (“The Advisors and Vendors”):

● Top Energy or Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider

● AI Advisory Firm of the Year – Enterprise

● AI Advisory Firm of the Year – SME

Nomination Group 7 (“The Media”):

● Top AI-focused Media Group in Europe

● Top AI-focused Social-media Initiative