Awards program recognizes Q4’s IR-focused AI, along with its AI agent, Q — helping investor relations teams streamline workflows, deepen investor relationships and strengthen valuations

Q4 Inc., the leading provider of AI-driven IR Ops software, today announced it is a winner in the inaugural Global AI Awards, a program honoring excellence in artificial intelligence. The company earned top recognition in the “AI in finance & banking” category for its innovative, secure and agentic AI — which helps public companies target investors more effectively, strengthen financial communications, streamline earnings preparation, and support end-to-end investor relations (IR) workflows.

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Q4 was named “Best in AI for Finance & Banking” in the Global AI Awards.

The awards program, hosted by Global Tech Media, “celebrates groundbreaking achievements in artificial intelligence that are transforming industries and shaping the future,” while recognizing “the very best in artificial intelligence.” A global panel of AI experts and industry leaders evaluated solutions on their design, impact, creativity and ease of use.

“The organizations recognized this year are leaders in shaping the responsible and groundbreaking future of AI,” said Sirisha Lanka, managing director of the Global AI Awards. “They have demonstrated extraordinary innovation, technical excellence, and meaningful real-world impact across essential areas of artificial intelligence. Congratulations to Q4 on its AI leadership in finance and IR: showing how agentic, domain-specific AI can drive smarter decisions and stronger outcomes in capital markets.”

AI that works the way IR and finance teams do

IR and finance professionals operate in complex, high-stakes environments — where every communication counts, timelines are tight, and the cost of errors is steep. Generic, off-the-shelf AI doesn’t cut it: These teams need intelligence that understands their workflows, their data, and the decisions they are accountable for.

With AI that’s purpose-built for investor relations, Q4 is redefining how public companies operate across the IR lifecycle. Its platform, trusted by more than 2,600 companies, including half of the S&P 500, supports critical IR workflows spanning earnings preparation and disclosure, to investor engagement, targeting and shareholder analysis, all in one integrated platform.

At the heart of Q4’s innovation is Q, the industry’s first AI agent built specifically for IR. Acting as an always-on team member, Q helps IR pros anticipate analyst questions, track investor behavior, generate earnings content, and surface actionable insights in seconds — freeing teams to focus on strategy, not spreadsheets.

Recognition is growing… and so are the results

The Global AI Awards win adds to a growing list of accolades for Q4. In 2025, the company was honored in the American Business Awards^® in the best “New Product: Financial Services” and best “New Technology: AI Solution: Financial” categories — with judges praising Q4 for “making IR operations smarter and more strategic” with AI.

In addition, a 2025 Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Q4 showed Q4’s AI-powered platform delivered 212% ROI.

“Investor relations teams are under constant pressure to move faster, reduce risk, and deliver clearer insight to leadership and the market,” said Darrell Heaps, founder and chief strategy officer of Q4. “By automating routine work and embedding intelligence directly into IR workflows, we help teams operate with greater confidence, clarity and control, ultimately enabling stronger engagement with investors and better valuation outcomes.”

About Q4 Inc.

Q4 Inc. is the leading provider of IR Ops software with the world’s largest set of proprietary investor data, purpose-built to remove obstacles between public companies and their investors. Q4 gives investor relations leaders, C-suite executives, and their teams the tools to attract, manage, and understand investors, all in one place. The Q4 Platform is powered by Q, the industry’s first AI-powered IRO Agent™, and boasts applications for website and event management, engagement analytics, and overall lifecycle management, including AI Earnings Co-Pilot to generate draft scripts based on historical data, and AI earnings call summaries to understand peer sentiment. The Q4 Platform also includes a streamlined investor CRM and shareholder intelligence with enhanced metrics to elevate investor targeting strategies. Q4 delivers the data, insights, and workflows that give IR teams the power to focus on what really matters: strategy, relationships, and driving premium valuations for their companies.

Headquartered in Toronto, with offices in New York and London, Q4 is a trusted partner to more than 2,600 public companies globally, including many of the most respected brands in the world. The company maintains an award-winning culture where team members grow and thrive. Learn more at www.q4inc.com.

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