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Q4 Platform Voted ‘Favorite New Product: Financial Services’ in 2025 American Business Awards®

Investor relations software leader honored with People’s Choice Stevie® Award as customers praise its AI-powered innovations for improving IR productivity and results

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Q4 Inc., the leading provider of IR Ops software, has won a People’s Choice Stevie® Award in the 23rd annual American Business Awards®, the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. Q4 customers and other members of the public voted the AI-powered Q4 Platform as “Favorite New Product: Financial Services,” for its ability to drive IR productivity and performance.

“This honor is especially meaningful because it represents the voice of our most valued audience: our customers,” said Q4 CEO Darrell Heaps. “We’re proud of the impact our AI is having — helping IR teams cut through complexity, uncover insights faster, and focus on what matters most: driving stronger investor relationships and long-term company value. The award celebrates our customers’ successes and underscores our commitment to continued AI innovation.”

More than 11,000 votes were cast in the People’s Choice portion of the American Business Awards (ABAs) — honoring new solutions and services delivering real-world results.

This recognition also adds to Q4’s strong showing at this year’s ABAs. Expert judges named the Q4 Platform a winner for “New Product: Financial Services” and “New Technology: AI Solution: Financial” — calling it a “game-changer” and “impressive AI-driven solution that addresses the complexities of investor relations.”

Transforming IR with AI

These wins come as Q4 further demonstrates how its AI helps IR teams reimagine their workflows and supercharge results. This week at NIRI2025, the premier event for IR professionals, Q4 previewed its latest agentic AI innovation.

To learn more about how Q4’s AI, purpose-built for IR, unleashes productivity and strengthens outcomes, please visit the Q4 site.

About Q4 Inc.

Q4 Inc. is the leading provider of IR Ops software with the world’s largest set of proprietary investor data, purpose-built to remove obstacles between public companies and their investors. Q4 gives investor relations leaders, C-suite executives, and their teams the tools to attract, manage, and understand investors — all in one place. The AI-enabled Q4 Platform boasts applications for website and event management, engagement analytics, and overall lifecycle management, including AI Earnings Co-Pilot to generate draft scripts based on historical data, and AI earnings call summaries to understand peer sentiment. The Q4 Platform also includes a streamlined investor CRM and shareholder intelligence with enhanced metrics to elevate investor targeting strategies. Q4 delivers the data, insights, and workflows that give IR teams the power to focus on what really matters: strategy, relationships, and driving premium valuations for their companies.

Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in New York and London, Q4 is a trusted partner to more than 2,600 public companies globally, including many of the most respected brands in the world. The company maintains an award-winning culture where team members grow and thrive. Learn more at www.q4inc.com.

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Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website: www.q4inc.com
CEO: Lewis Black
Employees: 500+
Organization: PRI

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