Intelligent data management platform earns AI Breakthrough Award for second consecutive year as unstructured data becomes a top priority for AI success
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- As enterprise AI moves from experimentation to execution, unstructured data is emerging as a critical blind spot. DryvIQ, the leader in intelligent data management, today announced it has won the AI Breakthrough Award for Data Management Innovation for the second consecutive year, recognizing its role in helping organizations prepare their unstructured data for successful AI initiatives.
Despite significant investments in AI, many enterprises overlook their unstructured data, discovering too late that it was never ready to support their initiatives. Unstructured data is typically outdated, unclassified, and scattered across siloed repositories and business applications, creating real barriers to AI success. Industry analysts predict that by 2026, 60 percent of AI projects that lack AI-ready data will be abandoned.
DryvIQ addresses this issue by automating the discovery, classification, and governance of unstructured data across cloud and on-premises environments, while also enabling data anonymization to protect privacy and support safe AI training and analysis. The platform helps enterprises create high-quality datasets that are relevant, organized, cleansed, secure, and ready to fuel AI projects.
"While many companies have tackled data hygiene for structured data, DryvIQ has cracked the code for unstructured content. As adoption accelerates, the success of AI-driven transformation hinges on the availability of high-quality data. However, 90 percent of enterprise data is unstructured, much of it created by knowledge workers," said Steve Johansson, Managing Director at AI Breakthrough. "DryvIQ curates, classifies, secures, and cleanses content at scale, helping businesses unlock the full potential of their unstructured data and make AI-driven decisions with confidence."
DryvIQ's repeat AI Breakthrough Award recognition for Data Management Innovation reinforces the growing enterprise focus on unstructured data readiness. With increasing pressure to drive measurable results from AI investments, IT and business leaders are evaluating their data foundations and seeking trusted partners to accelerate AI adoption.
"We're seeing a clear pivot in enterprise AI strategies as organizations recognize how essential high-quality data is for success. For most, that means viewing their unstructured data not as a blocker but as an opportunity to unlock immense value," said Sean Nathaniel, CEO of DryvIQ. "This award affirms what we're hearing from customers every day: solving unstructured data isn't just a technical challenge – it's a strategic imperative, and the time to take action on it is now."
Solving the challenge of unstructured data begins with understanding its volume, age, usage patterns, security, and more. To support this, DryvIQ is now offering a limited-time trial through its listing on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, providing organizations a practical way to gain insight into their data and assess their data readiness as they prepare for AI adoption. Those interested in taking advantage of this offer can learn more by visiting the Marketplace.
About DryvIQ
DryvIQ makes the world's content AI-ready. The all-in-one platform continuously automates critical data quality and security controls across any unstructured data platform. By integrating with 40+ on-premises and cloud repositories, DryvIQ's intelligent content management platform helps organizations tackle the complexities of unstructured content across their entire digital landscape by ensuring content is relevant, organized, cleansed, and secure. Trusted by over 1,100 organizations, DryvIQ works with some of the world's largest and most complex enterprises to manage massive data volumes with speed and scale.
About AI Breakthrough
Part of Tech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence and recognition platform for global technology innovation and leadership, the AI Breakthrough Awards program is devoted to honoring excellence in Artificial Intelligence technologies, services, companies and products. The AI Breakthrough Awards provide public recognition for the achievements of AI companies and products in categories including Generative AI, Machine Learning, AI Platforms, Robotics, Business Intelligence, AI Hardware, Computer Vision and more. For more information, visit AIBreakthroughAwards.com.
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