{"id":281337,"date":"2025-10-06T08:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281337\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T08:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T08:48:13","slug":"announcing-the-ai-and-software-development-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281337\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the AI and Software Development Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Awards honour outstanding individuals, teams and organisations in AI and software innovation<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\".\/media_12ad88f94bec559e1da670fb6dd7b0b8363867169.png?width=750&amp;format=png&amp;optimize=medium\" width=\"1144\" height=\"753\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Formerly the DevOps Excellence Awards, Computing is proud to announce the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/event.computing.co.uk\/aiandsoftwaredevelopmentawards\/en\/page\/home?utm_source=citg_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=launch_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AI and Software Development Awards<\/a> 2026! These awards are designed to spotlight the individuals, teams, and organisations defining the future of software and AI.<\/p>\n<p>From transformative AI applications to pioneering software development practices, these awards will celebrate the brightest minds and most innovative projects shaping the digital world.<\/p>\n<p>        Key details<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Entries are free<\/strong> and open to organisations and individuals with a UK presence.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>deadline for submissions is 23 January 2026 at 11:55pm GMT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Winners will be announced at our exciting awards ceremony bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers. This will take place at Guildhall in London, on Thursday 14 May.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why these awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Software development has never been more critical. With AI advancing at an unprecedented pace, the intersection of human creativity and machine intelligence is unlocking new opportunities and challenges.<\/p>\n<p>The AI and Software Development Awards are here to recognise those at the forefront, whether they\u2019re writing code, leading teams, building tools, or deploying cutting-edge AI in real-world scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>        Categories that reflect today\u2019s innovation<\/p>\n<p>The awards span individual, company, project, and product categories, ensuring every corner of the ecosystem is recognised. Highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Individual Awards<\/strong>: Data Scientist of the Year, Developer of the Year, Software Rising Star, and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Company Awards<\/strong>: Most Innovative UK Software Company and Best Place to Work in Software.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Project Awards<\/strong>: Best Use of AI and Machine Learning in Development, Best Software Automation Project, Edge\/IoT Project of the Year, among others.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tool &amp; Product Awards<\/strong>: Best AI Agent Platform, Best Code Generation Tool, Best Low-Code\/No-Code Tool, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/event.computing.co.uk\/aiandsoftwaredevelopmentawards\/en\/page\/2026-categories?utm_source=citg_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=launch_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the full list of categories<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>        Register to enter at your own pace<\/p>\n<p>If you or your organisation has made a mark in AI or software development, now is your time to shine. Showcase your achievements, celebrate your people, and gain recognition across the industry. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/event.computing.co.uk\/aiandsoftwaredevelopmentawards\/en\/private\/login?utm_source=citg_site&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=launch_article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register to view the categories and enter today<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Awards honour outstanding individuals, teams and organisations in AI and software innovation Formerly the DevOps Excellence Awards, Computing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":281338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[738,5800,745,12990,145306,145307,793,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-281337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-artificial-intelligence","9":"tag-awards","10":"tag-computing","11":"tag-devops","12":"tag-devops-excellence-awards","13":"tag-devsecops","14":"tag-software","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115326360750215386","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}