For years, Fast Company has been tracking ideas and technologies that promise to transform the world but seem just out of reach. As this year’s list of the Most Innovative Companies illustrates, they’re now firmly in our grasp.
There’s generative AI, of course, which is being built atop the chips and platforms of this year’s No. 1 company,
@Nvidia , and popularized by the likes of
@OpenAI and
@Microsoft .
But while new technologies fuel innovation, our rankings of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies—and the 58 lists that chronicle forward-looking organizations in sectors from advertising to video—showcase deeply human stories.
@taylorswift Productions,
@Beyonce ’s
@Parkwood Entertainment, Sphere Entertainment (
@spherevegas ), and
@Mattel have demonstrated the power of collective, in-person experiences. The United Auto Workers (
@uaw.union ) is pushing companies to center labor even as they pursue innovation.
The challenges facing business and the planet are immense, but the process of selecting these winners gave us optimism. Welcome to the future.
#FCMostInnovative
[Illustration: Andy Gilmore
@a__gilmore ]