Announcing the AI Success Frontrunner award winners: honoring enterprise AI excellence

Proof of concept is simple. The real test of enterprise AI is moving the needle where it matters most: system orchestration, operational momentum, rigorous governance, and verifiable bottom-line impact.

As AI evolves from simple predictions into complex, autonomous action, forward-thinking organizations are no longer asking what AI can do, they are designing integrated ecosystems where humans, AI agents, and centralized governance work in unison.

We are thrilled to announce the winners of this year’s AI Success Frontrunner Awards. These pioneering teams, partners, and domain leaders demonstrate what happens when enterprise ambition meets execution at scale.

Here are the visionaries driving the next era of enterprise AI.

Agents at Work Award

Honoring organizations at the frontier of enterprise AI agents

Deploying autonomous agents requires far more than launching an LLM prompt. It demands robust system integration, multi-step orchestration, and domain-specific precision. This award celebrates the deployment of sophisticated virtual team members and back-office agents that interpret complex enterprise rules, execute autonomous workflows, and deliver transformative operational efficiency.

Winner: Bank Hapoalim. Read how a governed AI agent automated 90% of foreign currency transfers.

Return on AI (ROAI) Award

Proof of concept is easy. Moving the balance sheet is not.

Enterprise value isn't built on potential; it’s proven on the bottom line. The Return on AI Award recognizes the team that has scaled models and analytics in production to achieve the largest measurable, hard-number ROI, spanning cost reduction, direct revenue expansion, and risk mitigation.

Co-Winner: Standard Chartered Bank. Discover how Standard Chartered prevented ~$90M from being laundered.

Business Builder Award

Empowering domain experts to solve their own problems on their own terms

The most valuable institutional knowledge lives with the people closest to the daily work: supply chain planners, operations leads, process engineers, and risk analysts. This category honors non-technical practitioners who are building and refining AI within their operational domains, proving that AI is an inclusive capability-multiplier for the entire workforce.

Winner: Aviva. See how Aviva reduced audit research time from hours to seconds with a suite of AI agents.

Governance by Design Award

Embedding control and visibility to accelerate execution

Rather than treating AI governance as a bottleneck, this award goes to the organization that engineered visibility, oversight, and compliance directly into the foundation of their system. By embedding risk management from day one, this team turned governance into a catalyst that accelerates enterprise-wide deployment with total confidence.

Winner: Pfizer. How Pfizer Automated Bias Detection and Mitigation on Dataiku, Scaling Responsible AI Workflows with Less Manual Work.

• Pfizer built RAISE-Ethicara, a bias detection and mitigation layer developed in Dataiku that automatically evaluates fairness and generates audit-ready documentation across its AI portfolio, reducing manual effort.

AI for Good Award

Leveraging AI to drive positive social, environmental, and humanitarian outcomes

Technology reaches its highest purpose when applied to urgent real-world challenges. This award recognizes projects that harness data and AI to empower communities, streamline social impact operations, and drive meaningful global change.

Winner: One Acre Fund. Discover how One Acre Fund automated and streamlined manual document review with governed AI workflows to support smallholder farmers.

The AI Success Award

The definitive picture of enterprise AI transformation at scale

This is the flagship honor. The AI Success Award recognizes an enterprise masterclass in combining People + Orchestration + Governance into a unified, institutional capability. Featuring technical and non-technical teams building side by side, dozens of orchestrated use cases spanning multiple business units, and single-pane-of-glass governance, this winner defines the modern standard for AI maturity.

Winner: ExxonMobil. Empowering Citizen Developers to Transform Supply Chain Workflows through AI.

• ExxonMobil business subject-matter experts turned their supply chain know-how into automated, reusable workflows across a network of 40,000 railcars and 800+ marine vessels, saving more than $10 million in operational costs.

Industry & Ecosystem Distinctions

Enterprise transformation relies heavily on domain mastery and specialized partnerships. We are proud to highlight outstanding achievements in the following industry and ecosystem categories:

Finance Use Case Distinction

Winner of the Finance Use Case Distinction: Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. 

Use Case: How Morgan Stanley Wealth Management Leveraged Dataiku AI Capabilities to Scale Insights and Achieve Productivity Gains. The company built a governed AI foundation, increasing efficiency.

Healthcare Use Case Distinction

Winner: Novo Nordisk USA. Read how one analyst's expertise became an AI agent the whole team can rely on to deliver faster insights and performance reviews. 

Partner Use Case Distinction

Winner: Corios. See how Corios helped an $82B bank replace outdated software and rethink reporting processes without disrupting a single deadline.

What’s next?

The achievements of this year's AI Success Frontrunner winners demonstrate that when organizations combine clear intent, robust governance, and orchestration at scale, AI stops being an experiment and starts driving the core of the enterprise.

We will be celebrating and formally announcing these winners throughout the Dataiku Succeed summit later this week. Over the coming weeks, we will also be publishing detailed case studies and deep-dive interviews with the leaders behind these winning initiatives.

Explore the full stories linked above and stay tuned during the Dataiku Succeed summit!