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We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the corporate and startup awards from Plug and Play's Silicon Valley December Summit! The event showcased the latest trends and technology carefully curated by our extensive network of leading corporations and startups, with an emphasis on the growing importance of artificial intelligence (AI) across all industries. This Summit celebrated the achievements of over 300 innovative startups across 19 industry-focused innovation programs. Join us in applauding the remarkable accomplishments of these exceptional companies as we unveil the recipients of the event's most prestigious accolades.

Below are the winners from each of our industry-specific expos:

Fintech

Visa

Visa is a multinational corporation known for its state-of-the-art payment card services and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA. With a vast global network, Visa enables effortless electronic funds transfers around the world, primarily through its widely recognized Visa-branded credit, debit, and prepaid cards.

Crypto & Digital Assets

AllianceBlock

AllianceBlock is at the forefront of developing financial infrastructure that seamlessly connects traditional finance with DeFi. With a comprehensive suite of pre-built applications and DeFi protocols, the company empowers projects to seamlessly leverage core financial mechanisms in the realm of digital assets. This eliminates the complexity of development processes, enabling clients to focus on their objectives. As a result, time-to-market is reduced and relevance is enhanced.

GOAL

Wadaie

Wadaie connects depositors with all banks in Saudi Arabia, enabling high returns on Shariah-compliant time deposits. No need for multiple accounts or added operational costs for banks, while expanding their client base and accessing diverse liquidity sources.

Koinz

Koinz is the intelligent growth engine for restaurants, empowering them to effortlessly collect and organize data, attract and retain customers, gather valuable feedback, and elevate their business to new heights.

Brand & Retail

IGT

IGT offers engaging and responsible gaming experiences across various channels and regulated sectors. Their portfolio includes Lotteries, Gaming Machines, Sports Betting, and Digital platforms. With captivating content, innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and cutting-edge technology, our solutions deliver unparalleled gaming experiences that captivate players and drive growth.

Food & Beverage

Glico

Glico, a prominent Japanese food company, specializes in a wide range of delectable delights. With a primary focus on confectionery, they craft exquisite chocolate, chips, chewing gum, and ice cream. Glico also excels in the production of dairy products, along with an assortment of processed foods like curry stocks and retort takikomi gohan pouches. In addition to these culinary marvels, Glico offers a variety of dietary supplement products.

New Materials & Packaging

Toyobo

Toyobo is a leading manufacturer, processor, and seller of a diverse range of products in the film, life sciences, and environmental and functional materials sectors. With a focus on textiles, their creations are tailored for clothing, home furnishings, and industrial applications, embodying quality and versatility.

Insurtech

Aon

Aon exists to shape decisions for the better — to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. Their colleagues provide their clients in over 120 countries and sovereignties with advice and solutions that give them the clarity and confidence to make better decisions to protect and grow their businesses.

Travelers

Travelers is a leading provider of property casualty insurance for auto, home, and business. The company’s diverse business lines offer its global customers a wide range of coverage sold primarily through independent agents and brokers. A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Travelers has more than 30,000 employees and operations in the United States and selected international markets.

Deeptech

Ooredoo

Ooredoo is a Qatari multinational telecommunications company. Ooredoo offers a comprehensive range of mobile, wireless, wireline, and content services. With a significant presence in domestic and international telecommunication markets, Ooredoo serves business and residential customers.

Enterprise & AI

Unisys

Unisys provides a comprehensive range of services, including outsourcing managed services, systems integration and consulting, application and device management software, high-end server technology, maintenance and support, as well as cybersecurity solutions.

Travel & Hospitality

TUI Group

TUI Group, also known as Touristik Union International, is a leading global company in the tourism industry. TUI AG specializes in providing a wide range of services, including hotels and resorts, cruises, and tours. The company operates through various segments and offers a comprehensive range of services across the entire tourism value chain, all under one roof.

Aeronology

Aeronology offers comprehensive point-of-sale (POS) solutions for various travel products, including NDC, LCC, and GDS. Their platform consolidates everything travel advisors and corporate customers need onto one screen. With expertise in travel transaction technology, ticketing, GDS and NDC bookings, robotics, tour wholesale, and payment connections, Aeronology leads in offering seamless travel experiences.

Shiny

Shiny recognizes the correlation between motivated employees and satisfied guests. With a seamless cashless tipping experience and robust productivity tools, their range of hospitality workforce solutions aims to attract, empower, and retain exceptional talent in the industry.

Animal Health

Cargill

Cargill is a top American food corporation and the largest privately held company in the US by revenue. With 155,000 professionals in 70 countries, Cargill integrates food, agriculture, nutrition, and risk management. Through innovation, they align products with consumer preferences while advancing nutrition, food safety, and sustainability. They assist partners in navigating uncertainty and managing risk to ensure a nourished world for future generations.

Gaia Ag

Gaia Ag has developed a groundbreaking method of utilizing agricultural waste to tackle the increasing global shortage of premium paper pulp fiber. Their innovative product not only yields remarkable strength enhancements but also offers a cost-effective alternative to virgin timber pulp.

Supply Chain

Dot Foods Inc.

Dot Foods is the largest food redistributor in the US and is owned and operated by the Tracy family for over 50 years. They purchase products from various brands and resell them to distributors and self-distributing retailers across multiple channels, including grocery, food service, vending, convenience stores, drugstores, and industrial sectors.

Agtech

American National

American National is a prominent insurance company that operates nationwide in all 50 states of the United States, including Puerto Rico. With a versatile portfolio, American National specializes in underwriting, issuing, and administering policies for life insurance, annuities, health insurance, and property and casualty insurance.

Amos

Amos Power, a manufacturer of autonomous electric tractors based in Cedar Falls, Iowa, is leading the charge in redefining the future of farming. Their tractors boast an ingenious tri-motor design and an operator station-free approach, prioritizing safety and efficiency. With Amos at the forefront, the agricultural landscape is transforming, one tractor at a time.

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