AI excellence team awards

CCC Wins AI Excellence Award


CCC has been named a winner in the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards, highlighting our “exceptional advancements in AI and the value it brings to stakeholders and the broader community.”

The Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards celebrate the most innovative companies, technologies, and professionals in AI innovation. Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts who evaluated nominees based on their creativity, impact, and measurable success in AI-driven solutions. Russ Fordyce, CEO of the Business Intelligence Group said CCC’s work “exemplifies the kind of innovation and leadership shaping the future of artificial intelligence.”

“CCC is honored to receive this accolade in recognition of our voluntary opt-in collective licensing solutions that were specifically designed to meet the needs of businesses and rightsholders alike and to further expand the functioning AI rights licensing marketplace that exists today…Responsible AI is good business practice and is the key to unlocking AI’s untapped potential”
– Tracey Armstrong, President and CEO, CCC

Copyright is central to high quality outcomes as copyrighted material is the fuel for AI systems. Licensing is an effective solution enabling the use of copyrighted material as society realizes the benefits promised by AI systems. Learn more about AI, Copyright & Licensing.

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Author: Craig Sender

Craig Sender is the Senior Director of Public and Analyst Relations at CCC. With 30 years of experience in the media industry, he has held various marketing communications roles at the Disney Internet Group, Perkins School for the Blind, Dan Klores Communications, Ruder Finn, and eMarketer. Since 2012, Sender has served as an Adjunct Professor at Boston University's College of Communication. He earned his master’s degree in communications management from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University, where he also completed his undergraduate studies in public relations.