AI, EV and cyber security firms among tech award winners

11 winners were selected from more than 100 businesses and individuals who submitted entries to the 14th annual Digital Tech Awards on Thursday night.

The event, organised by membership organisation ScotlandIS, saw a diverse range of sectors represented among the winners.

Lupovis, a network security and threat detection firm, picked up the inaugural Cyber Trailblazer award, while two trophies went to companies working on green technology, with loveelectric collecting Startup of the Year for its work making electric vehicles more affordable and accessible, while IOMA Renewable Intelligence walked away with the Service Innovation Award for its work manufacturing semiconductors.

Meanwhile, Dayshape flew the flag for innovation in artificial intelligence (AI), as it was named Enterprise Business of the Year.

It was also a night for celebrating the future of the industry, as Ewan Robertson, a software engineer at Morgan Stanley, was named Digital Tech Rising Star.

ScotlandIS chief executive Karen Meechan said: “This year’s entries have been some of the strongest we’ve seen, with each of the nominees impressing the judges in their own way.

“The Scottish tech sector is an industry we should all be extremely proud of - over time we have cultivated an ecosystem that has promoted and supported the growth of Scottish technology businesses, despite an economic environment that has, at times, been fairly hostile.

“Technology can be a shining light for the Scottish economy, a prime example of what innovation, ingenuity and determination can all come together to deliver.”

The full list of winners is as follows:

• Tech for Good: NEONHIVE.

• Product Innovation: hyble.

• Service Innovation: IOMA Renewable Intelligence.

• Best Wellbeing at Work: FreeAgent.

• Data Trailblazer: Bellrock Technology.

• Cyber Trailblazer: Lupovis.

• Public Sector Innovation: Pogo Digital Healthcare.

• Digital Tech Rising Star: Ewan Robertson, Morgan Stanley.

• Start Up Business of Year: loveelectric.

• Scale Up Business of the Year: Utopi.

• Enterprise Business of the Year: Dayshape.

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