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

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.

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