San Francisco – November 13, 2025 – Algolia, the AI retrieval platform trusted by more than 18,000 businesses and millions of developers worldwide, today announced its Chief Executive Officer, Bernadette Nixon, has been named the winner of a Gold Stevie® Award in the Best Female Entrepreneur category in the 22nd annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The Stevie Awards for Women in Business honor the achievements of women executives, entrepreneurs, employees, and the companies they run—worldwide. The Stevie Award has been hailed as the world’s premier business award.

This year, Bernadette led the charge in advancing Algolia’s evolution toward an agentic future — helping bring to market the Intelligent Fashion Solution, MCP Server, Intelligent Grocery Solution, as well as the public preview of Agent Studio. These innovations mark the next phase of AI-driven, agentic experiences, where search doesn’t just respond but actively assists, guides, and personalizes every interaction. By empowering enterprises to deliver more intuitive, adaptive, and context-aware experiences, these solutions are driving measurable growth in engagement, conversion, and revenue, while also building deeper, lasting user loyalty.

John Stewart, Head of Corporate Communications, Algolia, noted, “Bernadette Nixon’s recognition for a second consecutive year is a testament not only to her leadership, but to Algolia’s continued momentum at the forefront of AI innovation. As the industry evolves toward an agentic future, her vision has guided our teams to deliver technologies that make search and discovery more intelligent, autonomous, and impactful for our customers. This award underscores the culture of innovation and excellence she inspires across Algolia.”

Nicknamed the Stevies for the Greek word for “crowned,” the awards were presented to winners last night during a gala event attended by nominees and their guests at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.  The event was broadcast via Vimeo.

Maggie Miller, president of the Stevie Awards, said, “In its 22nd year, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business received its most varied and diverse body of nominations ever, and that’s reflected in the caliber of this year’s winning nominations. We are gratified by how meaningful it is to women to win a Stevie Award, and how impactful it can be on the futures of their careers and their organizations.  We congratulate all of this year’s Grand, Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners for their achievements.”

Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 190 business professionals around the world, working on seven juries. 

​​More than 1,500 entries from organizations and individuals in 48 nations and territories were submitted this year for consideration in more than 100 categories, including Executive of the Year, Entrepreneur of the Year, Company of the Year, 

Startup of the Year, Women Helping Women, and Women Run Workplace of the Year.  Bernadette Nixon won Gold in the Best Female Entrepreneur category for Consumer Products for companies with 11 to 2,500 employees. 

Details about the Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the list of winners in all categories are available at www.StevieAwards.com/Women. 

Entries for the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business will open in May. 

About Algolia  
Algolia is an AI Retrieval AI platform, powering over 1.75 trillion searches a year for more than 18,000 businesses and millions of developers worldwide. Built on a developer-first, API-first foundation, Algolia combines keyword, vector, and hybrid retrieval with powerful rules, personalization, and analytics to deliver the world’s fastest, most scalable AI search technology.

Backed by more than a decade of innovation, Algolia is redefining how businesses and builders create agentic, retrieval-powered experiences — from Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to LLM-based applications through its MCP server and next-generation tools like AskAI and Agent Studio. With unmatched speed, trust, and simplicity, Algolia is shaping the future of intelligent discovery and AI agents.

Learn more: www.algolia.com.   

About the Stevie® Awards 
Stevie Awards are conferred in nine programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service, the Stevie Awards for Technology Excellence, and the Stevie Awards for Women in Business.  Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations and territories. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Persistent Systems sponsored the SheShapesAI categories in the 2025 competition.

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