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

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, automation, and machine learning excellence category.

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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