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Fast Company
THE GHOST IN THE SHOPPING CART
Retailers are preparing for the $5 trillion moment when AI agents can shop for us. But teaching them taste is another matter.
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Summer 2026
Fast Company
AI 20
These 20 human beings are inventing new ways to harness the ever-accelerating cognitive power of agentic Al.
10+ min |
Summer 2026
Fast Company
HOW WE LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE AUTONOMOUS FUTURE
What better way to prepare you for the age of agents than... 40-plus pages of print journalism! When things are moving this fast, the only way to keep up is to slow down, read, and think. What follows is a guided tour of the AI vanguard: Fei-Fei Li's quest to blaze a trail beyond LLMs, Saronic's reinvention of naval might, and Uber's route into a robotaxi streetscape. Plus, 20 visionaries at the forefront of agentic innovation, autonomous shopping, tips on the best AI tools, advice from a dozen CEOs, and the surprising reason why the new autonomy is keeping one power user up at night.
6 min |
Summer 2026
Fast Company
THE 2026 FAST COMPANY GRILL SIZZLED FOR FOUR DAYS OF SXSW
VIBRANT, ENERGIZING, INSPIRING.
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Summer 2026
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World Changing Ideas
BIG PROBLEMS NEED CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, AND THESE PROJECTS DELIVER. SOME ARE TACKLING ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY, WHILE OTHERS ARE USING NEW TECH TO SOLVE OLD PROBLEMS (AND VICE VERSA!). ALL ARE AMBITIOUS ENOUGH TO GET EXCITED ABOUT.
10+ min |
Summer 2026
Fast Company
AI GETS PHYSICAL
The next frontier for AI? The real world, not just the digital one. As world models start to replace LLMs as the next wave of AI investment and hype, FEI-FEI LI'S WORLD LABS has first-mover advantage.
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Summer 2026
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IMAX’S EPIC MOMENT
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN DARED IMAX TO MAKE A CAMERA QUIET ENOUGH TO BE USED FOR A WHOLE FEATURE FILM. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
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Summer 2026
Fast Company
42 WAYS YOU SHOULD BE USING AI RIGHT NOW
AGENTIC AI CAN MAKE LIFE—AND WORK—EASIER. YOU KNOW THIS. BUT ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT? TIME TO GET OFF THE SIDELINES AND INTO THE GAME.
4 min |
Summer 2026
Fast Company
INSIDE THE RACE TO MAKE BATTERIES BETTER
AS DEMAND FOR ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES SURGES, THERE IS INCREASED URGENCY TO MAKE THESE PRODUCTS LAST LONGER AND PERFORM BETTER
2 min |
Summer 2026
Fast Company
Monster Hit
How Labubu took over the world-one unboxing video at a time.
3 min |
Summer 2026
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ROBOT, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR
The company that put millions of drivers on the road now faces a world without them. To survive in the autonomous future, Uber is banking on its super app. Beep beep!
10+ min |
Summer 2026
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THE ALGORITHMIC ARMADA
Founded by a former Navy SEAL, Saronic has a $9 billion plan to supercharge the Navy with drone boatsand prove that America can still build things.
8 min |
Summer 2026
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The New Nature of Change
IF ONE THING’S TRUE ABOUT THIS MOMENT IN TECH history, it’s that as soon as you think you’re keeping pace with the leading edge of AI—poof!—the edge moves.
2 min |
Summer 2026
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‘In Good Company’
FAST COMPANY AND TEXAS A&M HOST ‘IN GOOD COMPANY’ SPECIAL EVENT DURING SXSW 2026
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Summer 2026
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HOW CHILI'S GOT IT'S SIZZLE BACK
THE BIGGEST RESTAURANT TURNAROUND IN YEARS STARTED WITH 100 SMALL FIXES AND ONE VIRAL DISH. NOW CHILI'S IS THE LIFE OF THE PARTY, SERVING UP MARGARITAS, MOLTEN CHEESE, AND A RARE SENSE OF MASS-MARKET INDULGENCE.
10+ min |
Summer 2026
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HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER
Roger Bennett, America's most enthusiastic soccer evangelist, explains why the 2026 World Cup is a huge moment for his Men in Blazers Media Network and for U.S. fans of \"the beautiful game.\"
9 min |
Summer 2026
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TOMORROW.IO: FOR PREDICTING HYPERLOCAL WEATHER BEFORE IT'S A PROBLEM
MANY PARTS OF the world that are most vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as hurricanes and flash flooding, are also the ones that legacy weather-forecasting systems overlook.
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Spring 2026
Fast Company
ABRIDGE: FOR RELIEVING DOCTORS OF CHART-WORK DRUDGERY
ABRIDGE HAS CHANGED THE way thousands of doctors practice medicine.
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Spring 2026
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TBPN: FOR CREATING SILICON VALLEY'S GO-TO TECH NEWS NETWORK
PRODUCERS AT CNBC WAKE UP IN the morning and look at the public markets in order to plan the day's lineup.
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Spring 2026
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CADENCE OTC: FOR MAKING EMERGENCY FAMILY PLANNING CONVENIENT
IN 2024, CADENCE OTC LAUNCHED a low-priced morning-after pill and placed it somewhere no one else had: convenience stores, where people need it the most.
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Spring 2026
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DOORDASH: FOR DELIVERING A CUTE LAST-MILE ROBOT NAMED DOT AND REWARDS FOR DINING OUT
DOORDASH DElivers millions of orders every day, and its newest couriers are ready to roll.
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Spring 2026
Fast Company
SUBLIME SECURITY, CYERA, CHAINGUARD, HORIZON3.AI - FOR TRANSFORMING CYBERSECURITY'S BIGGEST PROBLEM INTO ITS MOST PROMISING SOLUTION
IT'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BE A HACKER. A STAGGERING NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS ARE such easy digital targets that the costs of all the scams, malware, ransomware, and nation-state attacks could top $10 trillion worldwide in 2026—and then there's incalculable political and reputational fallout that comes from high-profile hacks.
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Spring 2026
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TUBI: FOR REIMAGINING FREE, FAN-FOCUSED TV
IT'S ONE OF THE TRICKIEST QUESTIONS FOR ANY LEADER, ESPECIALLY IN TIMES OF TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE: WHEN TO FOLLOW THE HERD AND WHEN TO GO IT ALONE.
8 min |
Spring 2026
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REDDIT: FOR REMAINING AUTHENTICALLY HUMAN IN THE AGE OF AI
LAST FALL, CHIVES TOOK OVER REDDIT. IT STARTED WHEN A COOK WHO BELONGED TO THE MASSIVE SOCIAL SITE'S R/KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNITY PLEDGED TO PRACTICE his chive-cutting skills every day and post photos so that others could rate his technique.
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Spring 2026
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THE ONION: FOR PROVING THAT PRINT ISN'T DEAD - ESPECIALLY IF IT'S FUNNY
TODAY, THE GRIM MANTRA THAT “print is dead” seems all but a given.
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Spring 2026
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ROW 7: FOR INVENTING ENTIRELY NEW VEGETABLES AND RESHAPING THE FOOD SYSTEM IN THE PROCESS
ONE NIGHT IN JANUARY, CHEF DAN BARBER AND HIS TEAM ARE GATHERED IN THE KITCHEN, PLATING COURSE AFTER COURSE OF VEGETABLES.
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Spring 2026
Fast Company
RIMAS ENTERTAINMENT: FOR PUTTING AN ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD
PUERTO RICAN-BORN BENITO Antonio Martínez Ocasio, aka Bad Bunny, has long grounded his music in the island's culture.
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Spring 2026
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DIPLO'S RUN CLUB: FOR TURNING 5K RACES INTO THE HOTTEST PARTIES OF THE YEAR
DIPLO DIDN'T invent running events. He just gave them a new vibe—one so good that there are now Diplo's Run Club events in 10 U.S. cities.
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Spring 2026
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GAP: FOR REVIVING AN AMERICAN STAPLE BY ELECTRIFYING POP CULTURE
WHEN MARK BREITBARD WAS named president and CEO of the Gap brand in 2020, “the business was broken,” he says.
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Spring 2026
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FOR FUNDING AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES UNDER ATTACK
SINCE BEGINNING HIS SECOND term as president, Donald Trump has conducted an assault on higher education, from inundating universities with civil rights investigations to eliminating billions of dollars in research grants.
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