{"slug": "best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category", "title": "Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026: AI, automation, and machine learning excellence category winners", "summary": "Fast Company named 20 companies, including Google, Lenovo, Match Group, and Williams-Sonoma, as winners in the AI, automation, and machine learning excellence category of its Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026 list, recognizing their efforts to empower employees through innovative technology use.", "body_md": "From global giants (Google, Lenovo) to household names (Match Group, Williams-Sonoma) to cheekily named upstarts (Kiss My Apps), these 20 companies impressed *Fast Company* judges with their efforts to empower employees through innovative uses of new technologies, and earned top recognition in the [AI](https://www.fastcompany.com/section/artificial-intelligence), automation, and machine learning excellence category.\n\n**Allstream Energy Partners**, Houston\n\n**Architech**, Toronto\n\n**causaLens**, London\n\n**CodeSignal**, San Francisco\n\n**Devoted Health**, Waltham, MA\n\n**Dexterity**, Redwood City, CA\n\n**Google**, Mountain View, CA\n\n**Kiss My Apps**, Kyiv, Ukraine\n\n**Lenovo**, Beijing and Morrisville, NC\n\n**Match Group**, Dallas\n\n**Minitab**, State College, PA\n\n**Nuvo**, San Francisco\n\n**The RealReal**, San Francisco\n\n**RHEI**, Vancouver\n\n**Syscon Information Systems**, Cave Creek, AZ\n\n**Techjays**, Menlo Park, CA\n\n**Traversal**, New York\n\n**Veho**, Claymont, DE\n\n**Waystar**, Louisville, KY\n\n**Williams-Sonoma**, San Francisco", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category", "canonical_source": "https://www.fastcompany.com/91590143/ai-automation-machine-learning-excellence-best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026", "published_at": "2026-09-08 11:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-08 12:00:34.163395+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning"], "entities": ["Fast Company", "Google", "Lenovo", "Match Group", "Williams-Sonoma"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026-ai-automation-and-machine-learning-category.jsonld"}}