From self-driving vehicles to detecting audio deepfakes to computer vision for warehouses — companies across the Pacific Northwest are using groundbreaking advancements in AI technology to solve problems for customers. The six finalists for AI Innovation of the Year at this year’s GeekWire Awards span multiple industries and use cases. The finalists are: Allen Institute for AI; Enzzo; Groundlight; Hiya; Overland AI; and Rhythms. The winner in this category last year was the Allen Institute for AI, for its OLMo open-source large language model.Read more about each organization, and cast your vote below.Allen Institute for AI: The Seattle-based nonprofit in January released a supersized version of its Tülu 3 AI model, aiming to further advance the field of open-source artificial intelligence and demonstrate its own techniques for enhancing the capabilities of AI models. Ai2 said its new model rivals or exceeds the performance of OpenAI’s GPT 4o and DeepSeek v3 out of China — showing that the U.S. can produce competitive, open-source artificial intelligence, free from the influence of big tech companies, according to the organization.Enzzo: The Seattle startup spun out of Pioneer Square Labs last year with a mission to accelerate hardware development

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