Australian AI Awards 2025 winners unveiled

More than 30 professionals and businesses have been announced as winners in the annual Australian AI Awards 2025, held in Sydney earlier this week.

The second annual Australian AI Awards was held on Wednesday, 5 November, in Sydney to champion Australia’s AI innovation.

Launched by Momentum Media and supported by industry partner AWS, the Australian AI Awards program reflects the extraordinary rise of AI across every corner of the economy while recognising the trailblazers leading the sector.

A total of 33 winners have been selected from the 249 finalists for the prestigious awards program.

Click here to view the full list of winners.

Professionals spanning all industries across the nation gathered to celebrate the achievements of their colleagues and peers at the awards ceremony.

The black-tie gala also provided a unique opportunity to network with industry leaders across all sectors of the Australian economy.

AI professionals recognised

There were over 30 categories on offer this year, including 10 individual and 23 group categories.

Shahroz Tariq of CSIRO’s Data61 took home the trophy in the AI Rising Star of the Year – Enterprise category this year, while iOmniscient was rewarded with the AI Innovator – Information Technology award in the group category.

Leading AI consultants, rising stars, and academics were also recognised this year alongside cyber security companies, mortgage broking businesses, real estate agencies, healthcare companies, information technology professionals, and defence and aerospace companies.

The Australian AI Awards, in conjunction with event stakeholders Momentum Media and a panel of leading AI professionals, involves a robust awards methodology to form the backbone for assessing and benchmarking Australia’s leading AI professionals and businesses.

All submissions underwent a thorough audit process, checking demographic and other information against category eligibility criteria based on the information provided in the submission.

Finalist submissions were delivered to a panel of respected professionals and business leaders who assessed each submission against the criteria of each award category.

The combined judging scores for each submission in each category were then tabulated, with the highest-scoring submission deemed the winner.

To learn more about the awards program, click here.