H2O.ai Announces 2026 AI 100 Honorees

Annual list recognizes enterprise executives, founders, public sector leaders, and researchers advancing AI for Good.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--H2O.ai, the trusted Sovereign AI Platform with the software and expertise to run predictive, generative, and agentic AI in production, today announced the winners of the 2026 H2O AI 100, its annual list recognizing leaders whose work is making a meaningful impact through artificial intelligence, from transforming everyday business operations to advancing scientific research and addressing social challenges.

Now in its third year, the H2O AI 100 recognizes established AI leaders alongside the practitioners putting AI to work across multiple industries. This year’s honorees represent nearly 90 organizations across North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

The 2026 honorees were selected from open nominations submitted by H2O.ai's global community, partners, and the public. They are recognized across four categories: enterprise executives leading AI adoption; founders; public sector leaders; and researchers/ academics advancing AI for Good. Nominations were reviewed by a panel of judges, including Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Evident; Tanya Berger-Wolf, Professor and Director of the Translational Data Analytics Institute at The Ohio State University; Loren Bushkar, Senior AI Policy Advisor and former Principal at the Federal Reserve Board; and Agus Sudjianto, SVP of Risk and Technology at H2O.ai and former Head of Model Risk Management at Wells Fargo.

"AI is part of how the world works now, and behind every breakthrough are people. The H2O AI 100 celebrates makers, dreamers, and practitioners driving real impact in business and beyond, from AI stars to those working quietly behind the scenes. Their work inspires our mission to democratize AI," said Sri Ambati, CEO and Founder of H2O.ai.

To celebrate their achievements, participating honorees will be featured on the Nasdaq Tower in New York's Times Square on October 21 and 22.

The full list of 2026 H2O AI 100 honorees, organized by category, is available at h2o.ai/ai-100/winners/2026.

About H2O.ai

H2O.ai created the industry's trusted Sovereign AI Platform because organizations should own their AI: their agents, models, data, and results, run anywhere from cloud to air-gapped. Super Agent orchestrates predictive, generative, and agentic AI in one system, with observability and governance, empowering regulated and public sector organizations to get value from AI.

Moving from pilot to production takes expertise, from top-ranked data scientists, including Kaggle Grandmasters, to forward-deployed engineers embedded with customer teams. Built on a decade of open source, H2O.ai is trusted by 20,000+ organizations, half the Fortune 500.

AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH rely on H2O.ai to cut cost and risk and own their AI future. Through its AI for Good program, H2O.ai applies technology and investment to non-profits and academia solving hard problems in health, education, and the environment.

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