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Cast AI Wins Prestigious European AI Award for Business Innovation

Cast AI, the leading Application Performance Automation platform valued at over $1 billion, today announced it has won the European AI Award 2025 in the AI Business category. The award, presented by the European AI Forum (AIEF), recognizes outstanding achievements in AI that are shaping business, science, policy, investment, and ecosystem development across Europe.

Cast AI was honored for its platform that automates AI application performance in Kubernetes environments, delivering significant cost optimization and operational efficiency. The company was one of only three winners selected in the AI Business category, chosen from nominees across the continent for their contributions to economic growth, industrial competitiveness, and societal benefits through AI.

Recognition for AI-Powered Infrastructure Innovation

The European AI Awards celebrate organizations making exceptional contributions to AI advancement across five key categories. Cast AI’s selection in the competitive AI Business category underscores the platform’s impact on how enterprises deploy and manage AI workloads in production environments.

“This recognition from the European AI Forum validates our mission to make cloud infrastructure fully autonomous and intelligent,” said Laurent Gil, President and Co-Founder of Cast AI. “As AI adoption accelerates, organizations face mounting pressure to run AI applications efficiently at scale. Our platform addresses this challenge by automating the complex operational tasks that traditionally required extensive manual effort and specialized expertise.”

About the European AI Awards

The European AI Awards, organized by the European AI Forum (AIEF), honor outstanding achievements across five categories: AI Business, AI Science, AI Policy, AI Investment, and AI Ecosystem. The awards recognize contributions to economic growth, industrial competitiveness, and societal benefits through artificial intelligence. Winners are selected based on their demonstrated impact, innovation, and advancement of AI technology and adoption across Europe.

About Cast AI

Cast AI is the leading automation platform for cloud-native and AI infrastructure. The company achieved unicorn status in January 2026 with a strategic investment from Pacific Alliance Ventures, valuing the company at over $1 billion. Cast AI is trusted by BMW, Cisco, FICO, HuggingFace, and Swisscom to keep mission-critical applications reliable and performant at scale.


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