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The biggest technological shifts rarely fit neatly into a single category.
AI is changing how companies hire workers, secure their networks, design buildings, and manage energy use. At the same time, advances in computing hardware, energy, transportation, and other fields are opening up new possibilities of their own.
This year’s Next Big Things in Tech honorees show how quickly those changes are moving from the lab into the real world. The winners range from large companies pushing into new areas to young startups pursuing ideas that would have seemed far-fetched only a few years ago.
At the link in bio, read more about the 145 innovations shaping the future of business—and life in general.
06 Oct 2026
Fast, faster, fastest.
That's how Editor in Chief Brendan Vaughan prefaces his Editor's Note for the Fall 2026 issue of Fast Company.
The subject of speed was of particular importance in our special summer issue on the autonomous future. "That theme of acceleration continues this fall," Vaughan writes.
The issue's cover story featuring Walmart CEO John Furner reveals how the leader is rapidly deploying AI at scale, while managing some real employee anxiety. Meanwhile, the honorees on our Best Workplaces for Innovators and Innovation By Design lists move briskly to produce internal tools turned marketable products (see Anthropic's Claude Code) or to design record-breaking running shoes (looking at you Adidas).
"The sense of emerging confidence, even swagger" among the companies and leaders featured in this issue prove the value—and pitfalls—of velocity.
Read the stories from the Fall 2026 issue before it hits newsstands at the link in bio.
[Photo: Andrew White]
15 Sep 2026
What does great design look like?
This year's Innovation By Design Awards prove outstanding design can take the shape of a laundry-folding robot, a record-setting running shoe that weighs less than a bar of soap, or even an advertising campaign across New York City's subway system.
What unites the 300 projects and 31 companies recognized on Fast Company's 2026 list is a commitment to using design as the differentiator in the way they bring ideas to life.
At the link in bio, check out the full list of #FCDesignAwards honorees—and how they snagged their spots.
Slide 1: [Illustration: Bjørn Lie]
Slide 2: [Photo: Jessica Chou]
Slide 3, 5, 7, 10: [Illustration: Zeni Tainaka]
Slide 4, 6: [Photo: Heami Lee]
Slide 8: [Illustration: An Chen]
Slide 9: [Illustration: Kürşat Ünsal]
14 Sep 2026
Is it finally Gen Z's turn for some millennial optimism?
A blue tsunami swept the 2026 midterm elections, prompting supporters to flood social media with nostalgia for a bygone era of hope and possibility.
At the link in bio, read more about the trend and the wave of nostalgia it's inspiring.
06 Nov 2026
Skipping down a red-carpeted Tudor-style staircase while balancing a delicate cup of tea, a red-haired man with a bob by the username of Duke of Ashcombe seems ecstatic as a smiling woman sweeps in to join his dance in a video.
The charming content isn't real—but the AI-generated videos are almost exact replicas of content created by Kjetil Krogstad, a popular creator and keynote speaker on Instagram with 1.9 million followers across platforms.
AI-generated copycat accounts are on the rise, and it's not clear if copyright laws will protect creators' content.
As IP expert Joe Bogdan told Fast Company, “The central challenge for the industry at this time is that AI technology is advancing faster than the legal framework governing it."
Read about the legal blurriness at the link in bio.
Slide 1: [Photo: Getty Images]
06 Nov 2026
Since President Trump returned to office, some of the nation’s best-known historic sites, from the White House’s ill-fated East Wing to the imperiled Kennedy Center, have come under attack.
Preservationists are gearing up for a prolonged legal fight to safeguard not only the landmarks themselves but the foundational protections of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), passed in 1966. The National Trust’s president and CEO, Brent Leggs, calls today’s threats “generational and existential.”
In late September, at the 2026 National Preservation Summit, Leggs announced the Historic Preservation Defense Fund, a campaign to raise $10 million over the next three years to support the National Trust’s legal defense, public advocacy, and community action “where and when historic places are threatened.""
Read more about the initiative at the link in bio.
[Photo: Getty Images]
05 Nov 2026
Generosity is in the air, or so it would seem.
The Trump administration recently mailed a round of $500 checks to almost a million users of Healthcare.gov. AI rivals OpenAI and Anthropic have promised to share their (eventual) wealth with the public. And, never to be outdone, Elon Musk promptly pledged to give “every kid in America” a share in SpaceX.
What explains the abrupt rise of these largesse Olympics among some of our most powerful institutions?
Presumably there’s actual generosity involved. But let’s face it: Each of these schemes doubles as reputational marketing.
Will the gambit work? Click the link in bio.
[Source Illustrations: Adobe Stock and Getty Images]
05 Nov 2026
Growing up in the early 2000s, only celebrities got to be multihyphenates, Kuan-lin F. Liu writes; but nowadays, it seems to describe him and many of his friends.
"We’re working a 9-to-5, doing a project on the side, and documenting our journeys along the way," Liu says. "Some people call it chaotic, but a lot of us find it cathartic."
Liu notes that having multiple outlets to channel your energy can be extremely rewarding.
At the link in bio, read more about Liu's case for making your life bigger than your job.
05 Nov 2026
Most corporate outreach fails because brands insist on lecturing their audience rather than engaging them.
Ziad Ahmed, VP Head of Next Gen at United Talent Agency, founded a youth-led agency to bridge this gap and argues that the current disconnect stems from a refusal to include young voices in the creative process.
To stay relevant, companies must transition from one-way messaging to active partnership with the demographics they're targeting.
Watch the full interview at the link in bio.
04 Nov 2026
Midterm elections often fail to bring the enthusiasm that surrounds a general election, but this was no ordinary year.
Americans across the country went to the polls and delivered a significant rebuke of President Trump and candidates who support him.
Democrats took back the House and the Senate, flipping long-standing red states like Texas along the way.
Some historic milestones include: California electing its first modern Latino governor, Xavier Becerra; New Hampshire’s Chris Pappas becoming the first openly gay man elected to the U.S. Senate; and Tennessee electing its first woman governor Marsha Blackburn.
Click the link in bio for the full list of generational and diversity milestones.
From left: Chris Pappas, Gina Hinojosa, Keisha Lance Bottoms, Abdul El-Sayed, David Crowley [Source photos: Getty Images, Adobe Stock]
04 Nov 2026
For a while now, Sheryl Sandberg has drawn attention to the cultural shift embodied by the rise of tradwife and manosphere content.
“The problem with the romanticized vision of the tradwife is that it signals to women that to be a good wife, partner, or mother, you have to do it full-time,” she wrote online in March.
Aside from the unrealistic nature of these ideas, and the guilt that Sandberg says they may instill in working mothers, there are other harms that await working women as manosphere ideals take hold and revive outdated notions about who belongs in the workforce.
New research from Sandberg’s feminist organization Lean In is making a connection between the surge in conservative and outright sexist viewpoints across the internet and its impact on the workplace, where women have notched hard-won gains over the last half century.
Read more about Lean In's findings at the link in bio.
[Source images: Adobe Stock]
04 Nov 2026
In 2020, Airbnb formalized the creation of Airbnb.org, an independent nonprofit to provide emergency housing to families in crisis. Last week, the company made an even bigger financial commitment.
“We were just getting a huge amount of demand,” Brian Chesky, Airbnb cofounder and CEO, says of the decision to create a new funding model for the nonprofit.
This year, as Airbnb.org’s capabilities have accelerated, the organization is responding to a disaster a day.
Going forward, a small portion of the revenue from every Airbnb booking—10 cents—will go toward free, temporary stays that are facilitated by Airbnb.org and its partners.
At the link in bio, read more about how AirBnB is committing $500 million over five years to expand its housing efforts.
[Photos: Airbnb]
03 Nov 2026
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