Congratulations to the 2025 Winners

The Elevate Awards celebrates bold innovators embracing open source and AI/ML to scale their software development, while defending against malicious code and security vulnerabilities. These organizations are at the forefront of DevSecOps realizing the value of software supply chain management at-scale. 

Thank you to everyone who submitted for the 2025 Sonatype Elevate Awards. This year’s finalists represent a global group of innovators leading in software supply chain security and open source excellence. We’re proud to celebrate all who submitted and would like to congratulate our 2025 winners: 

• HSBC for Tech Debt Destroyer, celebrating leading organizations that eliminate technical debt to spark innovation, creating developer environments where productivity and software quality thrive.
• Nomura for Software Supply Chain Impact, honoring the team with the most holistic approach to security and performance. 
• Commerzbank AG for Leader of the Year, recognizing outstanding industry leaders across the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• DCAI for Fastest Time to Value, celebrating the team that achieved rapid, measurable gains through clear goals, smart prioritization, and fast, high-quality execution.
• A global financial services organization for DevSecOps Trailblazing Team of the Year, honoring leaders redefining DevSecOps by harnessing AI, SBOM management, and more to set new industry standards for innovation.
• Swift for Collaboration Catalyst, recognizing the team’s ability to unite security, development, and operations to drive enterprise-wide impact.