# Best Workplaces for Innovators 2026: AI, automation, and machine learning excellence category winners

> Source: <https://www.fastcompany.com/91590143/ai-automation-machine-learning-excellence-best-workplaces-for-innovators-2026>
> Published: 2026-09-08 11:00:00+00:00

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.

**Allstream Energy Partners**, Houston

**Architech**, Toronto

**causaLens**, London

**CodeSignal**, San Francisco

**Devoted Health**, Waltham, MA

**Dexterity**, Redwood City, CA

**Google**, Mountain View, CA

**Kiss My Apps**, Kyiv, Ukraine

**Lenovo**, Beijing and Morrisville, NC

**Match Group**, Dallas

**Minitab**, State College, PA

**Nuvo**, San Francisco

**The RealReal**, San Francisco

**RHEI**, Vancouver

**Syscon Information Systems**, Cave Creek, AZ

**Techjays**, Menlo Park, CA

**Traversal**, New York

**Veho**, Claymont, DE

**Waystar**, Louisville, KY

**Williams-Sonoma**, San Francisco