Kay Firth-Butterfield has been named to the 2025 H2O AI 100, an annual list recognizing the most influential leaders, innovators, and researchers advancing artificial intelligence across industries.
This prestigious list honors the visionaries and operators driving real-world AI impact across industries. Honorees were selected through open nominations and reviewed by an independent panel of judges, including Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Evident Insights, Tess Posner, Board Member at AI 4 All, and Philip Singer, Kaggle Grandmaster, among others.
“The H2O AI 100 celebrates the makers, dreamers, and doers using AI to make the world better. This wave of leaders is transforming their organizations and teams with purpose and a practitioner’s eye for AI — making the impossible real. It’s a privilege to recognize them and their tireless work — the crazy ones, the hidden superstars — united by our shared mission to democratize AI for all,” said Sri Ambati, Founder & CEO of H2O.ai.
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The full list of winners can be viewed at https://h2o.ai/ai-100/winners/2025.
About the H2O AI 100 list
Now in its second year, the H2O AI 100 Report is a globally recognized showcase of global AI leadership, spotlighting winners across industries from finance to healthcare, academia, and government. Last year’s report was widely shared and helped spotlight innovators making real-world impact with AI.
About H2O.ai
Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI. As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built GenAI applications on their private data. With a focus on Sovereign AI—secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible deployments—H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy and control.
Its open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Singtel, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.
H2O.ai partners include Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), NVIDIA, Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and VAST. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program supports nonprofit groups, foundations, and communities in advancing education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. With a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists worldwide, H2O.ai aims to co-create valuable AI applications for all users.
H2O.ai has raised $256 million from investors, including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures and New York Life.
