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The Innovative Team of the Year recognizes groups of employees at Best Workplaces for Innovators that have gone above and beyond, driving important innovations in their workplace. Winner: Badge Lewes, DE Cofounded by Tina P. Srivastava and Charles Herder, cybersecurity startup Badge aims to revolutionize biometric authentication with its trademarked Identity Without Secrets system, which eliminates the need to store user credentials. The companys cryptography team worked with a CISO Council of outside experts to reduce the time for user authentication from multiple seconds to 22 milliseconds, a latency reduction that not only enhances user experience but also places less stress on computer resources. Since 2024, the team has secured more than 15 patents, and Badge technology is used by Microsoft, Cisco, Okta, and Ping Identity. Finalists: Hebbia, New York Hebbias engagement team is redefining what it means to serve enterprise customers in the age of AI. The team helps customers scale usage across functions and regions, customizing AI strategy from the ground up. Match Group, Dallas Operating a portfolio of dating sites (including Tinder, Match, OkCupid, and Hinge), the company combines design and technical experimentation in its Art x Science Lab, innovating everything from prototyping systems to user games. This story is part of Fast Companys 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators Awards. Explore the full list of companies that are key hubs for fostering innovative talent. Read more about the methodology behind the selection process.
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The AI, automation, and machine learning excellence category recognizes best workplaces for innovators that have thrived through innovative uses of new technologies. Adobe, San Jose The company’s Adobe Incubations, launched in 2024, develops and scales new products, such as a multiplayer mood board to enhance the conceptual process. Alibaba Group, Hangzhou, China Trade innovations, such as a new B2B AI search engine called Accio, help Alibaba Group move toward its mission to make it easy to do business anywhere. Architech, Toronto The cloud software firm held a three-month, company-wide hackathon where employees from different groups created AI-powered solutions to inefficiencies in their processes. Generate:Biomedicines, Somerville, MA Using generative AI models to program biology, the biotech company’s collaborative team aims to tackle diseasesand parts of virusespreviously considered undruggable. IBM, Armonk, NY A longtime leader in computing, IBM has spent the past year advancing its quantum computing technology and Granite, an artificial intelligence model that prioritizes open access and responsibility. Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ The 139-year-old company invested $17 billion in R&D last year, which funded its internal incubators and innovation hubs. Lenovo, Morrisville, NC Last year, Lenovo invested 3.6% of revenue in R&D, maintaining 18 R&D facilities and four AI innovation centers around the world. Pella, Pella, IA The centenary window and door company pushes employees at every level to innovate solutions, for instance, an engineer that made a new quality-control camera to make manufacturing more efficient. Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati After more than 185 years of innovation, Procter & Gamble has revolutionized its molecule discovery and product development process with its AI-powered Molecular Discovery Suite (MDS). RIOS Intelligent Machines, Menlo Park, CA The first AI platform for industrial engineering, developed by RIOS Intelligent Machines, aims to incorporate perceptive and focused technology solutions to help improve the work experience for engineers. This story is part of Fast Companys 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators Awards. Explore the full list of companies that are key hubs for fostering innovative talent. Read more about the methodology behind the selection process.
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The international category recognizes best workplaces for innovators based in regions beyond North America that have invested in human capital and innovation infrastructure in their home markets. BandLab, Singapore Generous time-off policies protect space for ideation, helping employees develop products for the companys music-creation platform. Carbonaires, London Leveraging internal innovations and outside expertise, the climate fintech company created a tool to customize investment portfolios for businesses pursuing decarbonization. ESR, Shenzhen, China The real estate asset management company tripled the size of its R&D team last year to continue nurturing new ideas, such as its new MagSafe wireless mouse. FibreCoat, Aachen, Germany A high-tech spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, the materials technology company employs students from that university, one of whom innovated a new product and eventually became the companys R&D lead. Henkel, Düsseldorf, Germany An ERG for people with disabilities at the global conglomerate led to the first laundry detergent with smart codes that people with low vision and blindness can scan to find product information. Itaú Unibanco, So Paulo In its 100th year, Brazil’s largest private bank continues to cultivate innovation, most recently with a “super app” for customers to manage their finances and transactions. Laborit, So Paulo Transcending traditional problem-solving, Laborits Círculo method brings employees together for a multiday immersive innovation session that uses principles of philosophy, neuroscience, and social psychology to solve todays challenges. Ledger, Paris Collaborative employee teams at the crypto hardware company developed Ledger Voucher, a reward mechanism that recognizes internal talent making waves in crypto. Omnea, London A hybrid policy and the ability to work from anywhere two weeks per quarter help inspire employees to find innovative solutions to complicated procurement processes. Sanofi, Paris Last year, the multinational pharmaceutical and healthcare company unveiled a state-of-the-art facility to manufacture next-generation vaccines and medications. Siemens, Munich One of just two companies that has made the Best Workplaces for Innovators ranking all seven years, the German engineering giant operates Siemens Educates America with 70 training partners, and last year it generated 5,250 inventions and 2,900 patents. Uncommon Creative Studio, London The global creative agency offers benefits that encourage creativity and freedom: flexible work schedules and generous parental leave, for example. Xero, Te Aro, New Zealand The global accounting software company offers a range of leave benefits, including a 90-day work-from-anywhere policy. This story is part of Fast Companys 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators Awards. Explore the full list of companies that are key hubs for fostering innovative talent. Read more about the methodology behind the selection process.
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The flexible workplace for innovation category recognizes best workplaces for innovators that adapt to employees needs to foster creativity. Cirrus Logic, Austin In addition to formal recognition, employees at the semiconductor company who secure patents receive a custom guitar or a donation to their chosen charity. Elastic, San Francisco Rather than sifting through mountains of data to find what they need to do their jobs, Elastic employees use ElasticGPT, an internal AI search platform developed during an employee hackathon. Gamefam, Los Angeles To empower game creators on platforms like Roblox and Fortnight, Gamefam added a creator fund to bring the next big ideas in games to its Gen Alpha and Gen Z audiences. Instrument, Portland, OR The design and tech company allows employees to work anywhere in the U.S. and offers stipends for wellness and professional development. Scribd Inc., San Francisco A series of cross-functional teams called pillars replace the traditional hierarchical model at Scribd, where employees collaborate in a variety of ways that work best for them. Tailscale, Toronto An engineer frustrated with VPN and firewall configurations worked with teams across Tailscale to create tsnet, a tool that embeds the companys secure network into other apps, saving time for employees and customers alike. Tractor Beverage Co., Greenwood Village, CO Employee-owned beverage company Tractor Beverage brings its remote employees together each year at Farm Camp, an immersive retreat that fosters innovation through shared experiences on the farm. Uplight, Boulder, CO Eight legacy energy companies joined to create Uplight, and its employees have worked to unify and build unique solutions, like a new system that forecasts energy usage a day ahead and staggers its dispatch. This story is part of Fast Companys 2025 Best Workplaces for Innovators Awards. Explore the full list of companies that are key hubs for fostering innovative talent. Read more about the methodology behind the selection process.
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To earn Best Workplaces for Innovators recognition, all of this years winners completed an application that addressed questions about projects, investment, company-wide programs, and workplace culture. Fast Company editors evaluated every application and conducted additional research to generate a score for each company. A separate judging panel reviewed the 125 top-ranked companies to select the overall winner. The judging panel included Tomas Chamorro-Prémuzic, chief innovation officer, Manpower Group; Jana Rich, founder, Rich Talent Group; Stefan Seiler, group head of human resources, UBS; Jordan Taylor, cofounder and CEO, Medley; and Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief, Fast Company. Applications for categories were judged solely by Fast Company editors.
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