At Dataiku, we believe that the most powerful AI stories aren’t just about models or metrics — they’re about people, teams, and transformation. That’s why we’re thrilled to kick off the 2025 edition of the Dataiku Frontrunner Awards, our annual celebration of those who are driving real-world impact by unleashing the creation of analytics, models, and agents.
Each year, the Frontrunner Awards shine a spotlight on organizations and individuals around the globe who are using Dataiku to solve meaningful problems, create scalable solutions, and build a stronger data culture. And this year, we’re excited to introduce new award categories that reflect how the world of AI is evolving — and how you’re evolving with it.
NEW: Best Agentic AI Use Case
We’ve stepped into a new era of enterprise AI: one where AI systems don’t just predict — they act. This new category honors organizations pioneering the use of agentic AI in Dataiku to build autonomous workflows that operate on behalf of users. From decision-making agents to orchestrated end-to-end business processes, this award celebrates those taking the leap from insights to intelligent action. If you’re pushing the boundaries of automation and intelligent orchestration, this category is for you.
NEW: Best AI Evaluation & Safety Program
An award to recognize organizations that most effectively embed safety, ethics, and trust into every stage of its AI lifecycle — from data sourcing and model development to autonomous agent deployment — using Dataiku. This award recognizes holistic programs that treat safety as a first-class product feature, ensuring AI initiatives drive value without compromising compliance, fairness, or public confidence.
NEW: Best Efficient AI Architecture
This award honors the organization that designs and operates a future-proof, enterprise-grade AI architecture in Dataiku that scales seamlessly under heavy workloads while keeping unit costs firmly under control. It celebrates teams that master the challenges of agility, elasticity, and control — proving that big, bold AI ambitions can coexist with disciplined FinOps.
NEW: Best Agentic AI Democratization Program
This award rewards organizations that have opened the door to autonomous AI for everyone using Dataiku, from data scientists and software engineers to business analysts, frontline teams, and citizen developers. It honors holistic programs that turn agentic AI into a self-service capability, embedded in daily workflows and supported by the right culture, skills, and guardrails.
NEW: Best Data Team Productivity Showcase
This award honors organizations that dramatically accelerate the speed, throughput, and consistency of data and AI work with Dataiku. Entrants must qualify the productivity KPI in their data science, analytics, or AI practice.
NEW: Dataiku's Individual Excellence Award
This award is all about personal growth through AI. We're recognizing individuals whose careers have been transformed by their Dataiku journey — whether through upskilling, taking on new roles, or becoming leaders of change within their organizations. If Dataiku helped you go from curious learner to confident data leader, we want to celebrate your story.
Returning Favorites
We’re also bringing back your favorite categories from previous years—now with exciting updates and new focus areas. This year’s returning awards include Best Modern Data Platform Initiative, Best Return on AI Award, Best Partner Acceleration Use Case, AI for Retail, CPG and Luxury, AI for Healthcare & Life Sciences, AI for Financial Services, AI for Manufacturing & Energy, and Most Impactful Ikig.AI Story.
Since 2021, we’ve collected just shy of 300 detailed use cases and success stories from Frontrunners around the world — proof of what’s possible when data and AI are put into action. And if you need a little inspiration, just look at what some of last year’s winners achieved:
- BCLC saved $1 million by building in-house Marketing Mix Models in Dataiku, boosting media spend efficiency. Read their full story here.
- Perdue Farms automated USDA reporting, cutting errors and freeing up analysts for high-impact work. Read their full story here.
With Dataiku, we've gained the ability to generate accurate, timely reports with minimal effort, allowing us to focus on deriving insights and improving food safety.
—Mike Barnas, Tech Lead, Perdue Farms
- Roche built a patent case prep tool with GenAI in Dataiku, enabling smarter, faster legal decisions. Read their full story here.
With Dataiku, we've demonstrated that citizen development can rapidly build complex AI solutions. This approach has allowed us to initiate projects that might have otherwise been delayed by traditional processes, ultimately enhancing our capabilities in case law analysis and beyond.
—Andres Buser, Chapter Lead New Modality IP, Roche
- Convex Insurance created a real-time incident dashboard, improving transparency and production health. Read their full story here.
- FLOA launched SOUL, a best-practice ML assistant in Dataiku, increasing productivity by 25%. Read their full story here.
- Prologis democratized AI across teams, speeding up delivery and expanding innovation company-wide. Read their full story here.
- Zayo turned data into profit with “quick strikes” in churn prediction and revenue assurance — saving millions. Read their full story here.
By focusing on business value… we turned our traditional Chief Data Organization into a profit center.
—David Sedlock, CDO, Zayo
No matter where you are on your data journey — from scaling AI Ops to enabling business users or simplifying your analytics stack — there’s a place for your story in this year’s awards.