Inman Announces The 2026 Best of Proptech Award Nominees

Winners in the expanded program, which now includes Inman's Best of AI honors, will be announced Thursday, Oct. 29.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Inman, the leading news source for real estate agents, brokers, executives and technology leaders, today named the nominees for its 2026 Best of Proptech Awards. Winners will be announced Thursday, Oct. 29.

This is the first year Inman has combined its Best of Proptech and Best of AI honors into one program. The categories cover residential real estate tech, from mortgage and lending to construction, transactions, data and AI.

The 126 nominees span 21 categories, including Best Overall Proptech of the Year, Proptech Startup of the Year, Best AI-Native Startup, Responsible & Ethical AI Award and Proptech Founder / Visionary of the Year.

Nominees for Best Overall Proptech of the Year are 100, BrokerBot (Ribera AI), Cotality, Epique Realty, Luxury Presence and MoxiWorks.

"We folded our AI awards into Best of Proptech this year because the two had stopped being separate conversations. Almost every company on this list uses AI somewhere in its product. What we wanted to recognize is the work that saves an agent, a lender or a buyer real time," said Tom Bohn, CEO of Inman.

The nominees are listed below by category and on the 2026 Best of Proptech Awards page.

AI in Marketing & Content Creation

• Back At You
• Canva AI
• Epique Realty
• Luxury Presence
• MoxiWorks
• Rechat

AI Visionary of the Year

• Ashley Fidler (MoxiWorks)
• Malte Kramer (Luxury Presence)
• Pritesh Damani (Real REMAX Group)
• Shayan Hamidi (Rechat)

AI-Powered Insights & Decision Tools

• ATTOM
• Back At You
• Breezy
• Clear Capital
• Epique Realty
• Findigs
• Floify Dynamic Apps 2.0
• Infinityy
• JazzX AI
• Labradoor
• Land id
• Lone Wolf Technologies (BrokerMetrics Talent)
• MoxiWorks
• RoostHaven
• The Nyne
• VeroVALUE Elite (Veros)

Alternative Homeownership & Equity Models

• Pacaso
• Pairgap

Best AI-Native Startup

• 100
• BrokerBot (Ribera AI)
• Edensign
• Livia
• MoxiWorks
• MyOps
• Revyse
• TurboHome

Best Overall Proptech of the Year

• 100
• BrokerBot (Ribera AI)
• Cotality
• Epique Realty
• Luxury Presence
• MoxiWorks

Consumer Experience & Marketplace Innovation

• BLACKLINE
• Site Plans by iGUIDE
• Snapdoor

Conversational AI & Virtual Assistants

• CoStar Group (Homes AI and Apartments.com AI)
• Leo 2.0 (The Real Brokerage)
• Rechat
• RoostHaven
• Speculo.ai

Cybersecurity & Data Protection in Real Estate

• Home Fraud Defense
• TrueHOA

Data & Intelligence Platforms

• ATTOM
• Constellation Data Labs
• CubiCasa
• Gitcha
• Ocusell
• Realist (Cotality)
• Trestle (Cotality)

Housing & Construction Innovation

• Canibuild
• Spacial

Mortgage & Lending Innovation

• CBC Mortgage Agency
• Lender Price
• nCino
• New American Funding
• Tidalwave
• Valligent Virtual Property Valuation Suite

Property Management & Multifamily Tech

• 100
• Grotto AI
• RecallProof
• Vert AI

Proptech Founder / Visionary of the Year

• Bobbi Steward (Revyse)
• Caren Maio (100)
• Chris Hadges (Canva)
• Dan Cooper (Gitcha)
• James Wong (MAXA Designs)
• Joe Skousen (Inside Real Estate)
• Josh Miller (Epique Realty)
• Lisa Nickerson (Infinityy)
• Luke Babich (Clever Real Estate)
• Malte Kramer (Luxury Presence)
• Matthew Kuchar (Showami)
• Prab Mangat and Jastej Choong (Agentattraction.io)
• Robert Palmer (LPT Aperture Holdings)
• Tim Ng (BLACKLINE)

Proptech Startup of the Year

• 100
• Edensign
• Gitcha
• Hauser
• HouseQuest (Lyv Technologies)
• ReadyHouse

Responsible & Ethical AI Award

• Cotality CoreAI
• EstateOptimized
• MoxiWorks
• RoostHaven

SaaS & Agent Productivity Tools

• Back At You
• Back At You Websites
• Epique Realty (agent productivity platform)
• Epique Realty (Savant AI)
• Incyte Realty
• Inside Real Estate (BoldTrail and Streams)
• LiveBy Local
• Lone Wolf Technologies (Cloud CMA)
• Luxury Presence
• MAXA Designs
• MoxiWorks
• RealPlus
• SERHANT. S.MPLE

Smart Building & Proptech

• Alfred International
• SmartRent

Title, Escrow & Closing Technology

• HomeLight
• Sabal Sign (Florida Realtors)

Transaction & Brokerage Innovation

• Back At You Financial
• BLACKLINE
• Cotality Broker Listing Exchange
• Epique Realty
• Form Simplicity (Florida Realtors)
• Lone Wolf Technologies (Transact)
• MaxHome
• Present My Offer
• RoostHaven
• Side App
• Side OS
• SkySlope
• Trezly

Venture Capital & Proptech Investment

• Second Century Ventures / REACH (NAR)

Winners will be announced Oct. 29 on Inman. Questions about Inman's real estate awards programs can be directed to [email protected].

About Inman Awards

Inman Awards recognizes outstanding accomplishments across the residential real estate industry with multiple distinctive programs throughout the year. Each award shines a spotlight on the most deserving companies and individuals in the real estate industry, as well as in specialties including mortgage and finance, marketing, proptech, AI, and luxury real estate. The awards program includes Power Players, MLS Reinvented, Marketing All-Stars, Future Leaders, Best of Finance, Golden I Club, Innovator Awards, AI Awards, and Best of Proptech.

About Inman

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