Release: Trajektory is Named Winner of the 24th annual Chicago Innovation Awards
November 14, 2025
Chicago, IL— Trajektory of Chicago has been named one of the winners of the 24th annual Chicago Innovation Awards.
The winners were announced at this year’s event held on Thursday, November 13th at the UIC Forum. The annual Chicago Innovation Awards is the Chicago region’s foremost recognition of the most innovative new products or services brought to market each year.
Trajektory is the world’s first fully contextualized sponsorship intelligence platform, built to unify fragmented data and transform how sponsorship value is measured and optimized. The platform aggregates and analyzes exposures across TV, social, digital, in-venue, and more, layering in real-world context like geo-location, spend, demographics, and purchase intent. Through AI-powered tools including computer vision, natural language querying, and anomaly detection, Trajektory goes beyond reporting to deliver predictive, decision-grade insights.
“The Chicago region leads the charge in innovation across many industries” said Luke Tanen, President and CEO of Chicago Innovation. “The 2025 winners are solving unmet needs and making an impact in B2B, B2C, healthcare, industrial, food and beverage, advertising, sports, entertainment, electronics, agriculture, climate, energy, workforce development, health & human services, and journalism.”
“This award belongs to our Engineering, Product, and Data Ops.They are the ones who took Trajektory from a sketch on a whiteboard to a platform shifting how an industry thinks. They’re the ones who solved the impossible problems, created the magic under the hood, and quietly built something different and innovative.” – Alex Kerr (CEO & Founder)
The winning organizations receive a variety of honors including the opportunity to ring the Nasdaq Bell in New York City.
315 organizations were nominated for this year’s awards. As a group, these nominees are responsible for generating over $4.2 billion in new revenues and creating over 2,300 jobs.
The complete list of this year’s Chicago Innovation Award winners can be found at www.chicagoinnovation.com.
Chicago Innovation is supported by over fifty sponsors, including Diamond Sponsors Accenture, Molex, the UL enterprise and Gold Sponsor Comcast Business.
