Adam Singolda, founder and chief executive officer of Taboola, was called Innovation Creator of the Year. Singolda and Taboola released DeeperDive in 2025 to give authors a conversational AI experience improved their very own journalism. The system makes use of visitor actions to deliver pertinent answers while maintaining audiences and earnings on author websites. Partnerships with Gannett, The Independent and other authors drove adoption, while USA Today integrated viewers inquiries right into newsroom process. DeeperDive users create nearly 3 times much more earnings per individual, with very little cannibalization of existing income.

In the most effective Customization & A/B Testing System, Contentful and Docusign made the win. Contentful helped Docusign change its legacy CMS with a scalable platform for personalized digital experiences. Making Use Of Contentful Personalization, Docusign introduced tailored homepages for 20 target market segments without developer assistance, including firmographic and objective information. The technique increased target market understandings, sped up material localization and enabled continuous testing. By March 2026, Docusign reached 6 19 million monthly active profiles and checked more than 20 audiences across 7, 000 web pages in 14 languages.

Check out all the 2026 Digiday Innovation Awards victors below.

Finest Associate Advertising And Marketing System
The CJ Platform

Finest Agentic AI Tool– BRAND-NEW
Search Atlas: The First Agentic AI Marketing Platform

Best AI System
WRITER & Qualcomm: A New Standard for Brand Name Quality

Ideal AI Tool
PolyAI & SafeRide: The AI representative America’s clients call

Best Different Recognition Technology
Seedtag and Qatar Tourist: Privacy-First Global Project

Finest Attribution Tool
Kroger Accuracy Marketing– PrecisionView 360

Finest Automation Devices and/or Platform
ThisIsWhyWithGoogle

Best Buy-Side Programmatic Platform
Viant’s Ad System Redefines CTV as a Development Engine

Finest Web Content Development System
Digiday Media & RHEI– International Introduce of Created Developers

Ideal Content Administration System
Lastmile Retail– Leading Enterprise-Grade Local Marketing

Ideal Material Advertising Platform
Celtra

Finest Developer Advertising And Marketing Platform
Influencity

Ideal Customer Data System
swsh x Wanderer

Ideal Data Monitoring Platform
Optable & Unity– Unlocking Brand Demand for 256 M Players

Best Information Team
Surge

Ideal Digital Out-of-Home Advertising Technology
HOPE Hydration

Best Ecommerce Innovation
The First Agentic Store by Swap

Best Occasion Platform
Cvent Event-Led Growth at Scale

Best In-Store Innovation
Endear & GANNI: Driving In-Store Sales

Best Interactive Content Platform
Kaltura Agentic Avatar

Finest Location Data Platform
Simpli.fi Turns Location Information Into Measurable Store Visits

Best Advertising And Marketing Analytics System
Realtor.com attains 300 % ROI with Knotch

Best Advertising Automation Platform
Omnisend: Ecommerce Email & Text Advertising Platform

Ideal Measurement Service
Mastercard Media Measurement

Finest Mobile Marketing Platform
Adjust & Virgin Mobile UAE– Mobile Advertising

Best Money Making System for Publishers
Transmit

Finest Native Advertising And Marketing System
beehiiv advertisement network

Ideal Partner Clean Area
Safe Data Clean Room

Finest Personalization & A/B Testing System
Contentful x Docusign: Personalization at Scale

Ideal Sales Enablement Platform
Seismic Enablement Cloud

Best Sell-Side Programmatic Platform
Objective IQ’s Proposal Enhancement for ID-less Money Making

Best SEO Platform
Semrush One– Semrush, an Adobe company

Best Sustainable Advertisement Technology Platform
DanAds & Tripadvisor– Eco-Rewards in Ad Express

Finest Video Advertising And Marketing Platform
Send

Finest Video Clip Monitoring Platform
Cloudinary Video Clip System

Technology Founder of the Year
Adam Singolda– Taboola