We have some amazing news to share with you! 

Steve.AI, the world’s best AI video creation tool, has been nominated for the prestigious Applied Intelligence Award for AI/IoT Application of the Year, 2023. 

This is a huge honour for us, and we are thrilled to be among the top 4 finalists in this category.

It’s been challenging and overwhelming to reach this stage, and we are almost at the top of Mt. Everest, and we need that last push from you, our supporter from day one. 

The winner will be decided by public voting, which is open until September 19th, 2023.

Every vote counts, and we appreciate your support! However, let’s begin by giving you a little backstory and how we came about it.

Steve. Steve. Steve.

No, it’s not Steve Harrington from Stranger Things.

It is Steve from the Animaker family. The new rising star!

Why?

Because we hit 1 Million users in June, 2023, that too in less than 14 months. Steve was officially launched in 2022, and breaching the first Million mark has been a remarkable feat.

Steve was not created just like that.

With a mission to enable anyone to tell their stories to the world, we faced many challenges like developing the AI algorithms that could generate relevant visuals and produce high-quality videos that match the user’s intent and style and keeping the cost to a minimum.

Steve, powered by its dual AI engine, has the unique distinction of holding two US patents for transforming text into live-action and text into animation videos.

Our users love how easy and fun it is to use Steve, and as quoted by one of our users –
Steve is “User and Beginner-friendly: As soon as you click on ‘create’ to begin crafting your video, a helpful tutorial pops up to guide you through the entire process. The process of creating a video is intuitive and easy to do.” – Annalie, Content Marketer.

We value our customer feedback all the way, and here’s how it has contributed.

Since its launch in 2014, Animaker – the world’s best DIY video creation platform, has successfully introduced outstanding products tailored to customer feedback and market demands. 

Animaker has recently achieved an impressive milestone, surpassing 20 million users, thanks in no small part to the rising star of the Animaker tribe: Steve. Steve has brought invaluable contributions and is a pivotal addition to the Animaker family.

With every challenge, we learned something new, and we were able to deliver the best for our users. As a result, the list of Steve.AI milestones and accolades grew multifold.

Some of the such notable awards include:

• The No 1. Most Innovative AI Solution award at the MSME India Business Convention & Tech India Transformation Awards 2022

• The Techpreneur of the Year award for our superstar CEO Raghavan at the same event

• The Quality Choice Award, the Trusted Vendor Award, and the Happiest Users Award from Crozdesk, a leading software review platform

• Our first launch on ProductHunt resulted in Steve achieving the Top 5 Product of the day

• Double winner bagging Platinum and Gold Awards in Short-form and Long-form video tools globally by Viddy (AMCP, USA administered)

• Achieved a remarkable growth of 6x in the 2023 so far

These awards are a testament to our vision, mission, and values as a company. They also reflect the love and support of our amazing user community, who have been with us from day one.

The Applied IoT Awards are a prestigious recognition of excellence in emerging technologies such as AI, IoT, and quantum computing. 

The awards have various categories, such as 

• Technology Leader of the Year
• AI/IoT Application of the Year
• Positive Impact Award.

The nominees for each category are selected based on their achievements, innovations, and contributions to the field of applied intelligence. 

The awards ceremony will take place at the Applied Intelligence Live! event in Austin, Texas on September 20-21, 2023.

The event aims to showcase the latest trends, best practices, and case studies in applied intelligence and to foster collaboration and innovation among the attendees.

Winning this award is like a big thumbs-up from the world and telling us, “You’re amazing!”

It would also be an acknowledgment of our contribution to the field of AI. 

We rode the AI wave with the invent of ChatGPT in November last year and surpassed our competitors. 

This goes to show our perseverance and dedication in staying ahead of the curve and making the most of the opportunities given to us. 

This year (2023), we already had a great start with receiving multiple badges on G2 ( a leading platform for unbiased user reviews of software and services) like High Performer Animation category Spring and High Performer Small Business Animation category. 

Steve also has an innovative product roadmap that includes many one-of-a-kind features like Audio to Video, Tweet to Video, Human-like Talking Head Videos, and many more. 

Our next goal is to reach 10 Million users!!??

Yes, we are confident we can do this with your continued support.

We are honored and humbled to be nominated for the Applied Intelligence Award for IoT Application of the Year. But we need your help to win it!

The winner of this category will be decided by public voting. You can vote for Steve by following these simple steps:

Step 1: Visit this link and scroll down to find Steve , part of the top 4 nominees.

Step 2: Click the “Vote Now” button below Steve’s logo and description.

Step 3: Enter your name and email address and click on “Submit”.

Step 4: Share this link with your friends, family, colleagues, and social media followers, and ask them to vote for Steve too.

Voting is open until September 19th, so don’t miss this opportunity to show your support for Steve. Every vote counts!

We are grateful for your continued trust and loyalty. Thank you for being part of our journey. 

Together, we can make Steve the best AI application of the year 2023!

See you at the top.

Congratulations Steve Fam, Viddy-ed it!

All the hard work, passion and sheer dedication that goes into building a young, bustling application like Steve is fueled by two things – Happy user stories and validation from experts! Steve has always been a user favorite and our growing community has been a solid support through ups and downs. That we will always be grateful for. But today, we are on cloud nine after receiving a shot of the second kind of fuel – A big validation from industry experts!

Steve has been selected as one among the top winners in two major categories at the Viddy awards, judged by industry leaders in all things video and digital media!

Viddy Awards is a prestigious competition that honors video excellence in the digital world. It is one of the longest-standing awards of its kind, tracing its roots back to 1994 when it was known as the Videographer Awards. It is presented by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) and the international organization oversees awards and recognition programs and honors outstanding achievements and service to the profession.

This year, Steve was in the race for ‘Non-Broadcast/ Long-form/ How to/DIY/Explainer’ and the ‘Non-Broadcast/Short-form/Company Overview’ video categories. And we won both! We got the Platinum award for the first category and the Gold for the second!

Only About 18 percent of entries won Platinum, the top award and about 16 percent won Gold, with some of the best organizations and solutions competing. We are doing a little dance for winning this huge award and kicking off 2023 like a dream.

It has been a win that has our small, superstar team all pumped up and we are charged up to continue giving our best. And now that the year has started off sweet, it is full throttle ahead for Steve and its wonderful user community! Are you ready?

For us, the biggest part of this event was of course our fantastic streak of winning not one but two awards! Yes, Steve AI won the Most Innovative AI Solution award and our dashing CEO Raghavan won the Techpreneur of the Year award! Group hug time!

With the nominations and the contest for the awards becoming more and more competitive every year, bagging the two awards has been a big shot in the arm for our entire team of hardworking rock stars. We were selected from over 2000 applications and recognized for the innovation and consistent efforts at creating technology that changed the way videos are made and our entire organization is filled with gratitude for the honour.

Especially with Steve being one of Animaker’s youngest products, winning the innovation award is a big inspiration for the team. It works that way with products in the early stages, isn’t it? The awards and recognition at this level matter so much more and drive us to work that much harder to up our pace! It offers hope that we are indeed on the right track and that the painstakingly built solutions are actually creating value or showing potential. 

It is also great news for the user community of Steve AI that their favourite video maker has won accolades. Our community has stood by us, given feedback, supported us and given us so much love right from the beginning and the win feels like one for the community as well!

One of the effects of the award has been the addition of a lot more people to the user community through more brand awareness and word of mouth. So, as we celebrate the awards and put our heads together to go forward faster and bigger, we welcome new members to the big virtual group hugs that the celebrations have sparked. Join in!

It is a great time to be part of Steve. And, we promise we are only going to be making it greater going forward, innovating for solutions that help all of the creative minds! Thank you once again to our community, our pillar of a CEO and of course the team. 

Cheers to the great times ahead!

Here are some pictures from the amazing night: