(San Jose, CA) – RealCall, the AI-based app that effectively protects users from spam and scam calls and texts, has been named a gold winner in the Consumer Product of the Year category in Best in Biz Awards, the only independent business awards program judged each year by prominent editors and reporters from top-tier publications in North America.
RealCall has been recognized for its efforts and achievements in providing innovative spam-blocking solutions. As an AI-powered app that automatically blocks unwanted calls and texts before they reach users, RealCall has consistently pushed the boundaries of innovation since its inception in April 2022. Except for RealCall’s AI-based algorithm, the app also employs cutting-edge GPT-4 integration to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of spam-blocking. Empowered by a vast and ever-evolving database, encompassing a staggering 1.3 billion phone numbers, and fueled by a cutting-edge AI-based model, RealCall boasts top-notch accuracy in blocking spam calls and scam texts.
RealCall’s commitment to user empowerment also shines through in its advanced, user-centric features. In addition to robust spam call and text blocking, RealCall offers a sophisticated caller ID reverse lookup feature, equipping users with essential caller information and the means to effortlessly distinguish between critical communications and spam or scam messages. Going a step further, RealCall’s specially designed customization system enables personalized blocking regulations. Users can craft tailored rules, ensuring RealCall adapts to their individual preferences and needs.
The 13th annual program saw intense competition among more than 600 entries from public and private companies, representing all industries and regions in the U.S. and Canada and ranging from some of the most iconic global brands to the most innovative start-ups and beloved local companies. This year’s judges highlighted the winning companies’ breadth and depth of innovation, their novel approaches to employing new technologies, impressive workplace benefits and employee diversity and inclusion programs, as well as continued community involvement and critical investments in environment and corporate social responsibility programs.
“We are honored to be recognized by the Best in Biz Awards judging panel in the Consumer Product of the Year category, and we take immense pride in our remarkable achievements in spam and scam blocking,” said Matthew Keefer, co-founder and CEO at RealCall. “In an age marked by rapid technological advancements, the emerging threat of phone scams looms larger than ever before. With impressive advancements in generative AI, sophisticated techniques like voice-mimicking impersonation and AI-generated scam messages make the need for robust countermeasures paramount. Rising in response to the conditions, RealCall invests in technological innovations to provide relief to millions of users harassed by spam calls, fraud, and other unwanted incoming calls or texts.”
Since the program’s inception in 2011, winners in Best in Biz Awards have been determined by independent judging panels assembled each year from some of the most respected national and local newspapers, TV, and radio outlets, and business, consumer, technology, and trade publications in North America. Thanks to the unparalleled expertise and experience of the editors and reporters serving as judges and the impressive diversity of outlets they represent, Best in Biz Awards judging panels are uniquely suited to objectively determine the best of the best from among the hundreds of competitive entries. The 2023 judging panel included, among others, writers and contributors to Ad Age, Computerworld, Fast Company, Forbes, Inc., Portland Tribune, and Washington Post.
“As in years past, determining winners in some categories was a matter of selecting the very best from among the very good and came down to the smallest details,” said Best in Biz Awards staff. “Each year, the judges are impressed by the innovations, growth, and change emanating from the winning companies and permeating across layers of society, from their employees through clients to local and global communities.”
For a full list of gold, silver, and bronze winners in Best in Biz Awards 2023, visit https://www.bestinbizawards.com/2023-winners/.
About Best in Biz Awards
Since 2011, Best in Biz Awards has been the only independent business awards program judged by a who’s who of prominent reporters and editors from top-tier publications from North America and around the world. Over the years, judges in the prestigious awards program have ranged from the Associated Press to the Wall Street Journal and winners have spanned the spectrum, from blue-chip companies that form the bedrock of the global economy to some of the world’s most innovative start-ups and nimble local companies. Each year, Best in Biz Awards honors are conferred in two separate programs: North America and International, and 100 categories, including company, team, executive, product, CSR, media, PR, and other categories. For more information, visit: http://www.bestinbizawards.com.