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Innovation Agents

Meet the people and discover the personalities driving the world's most radical, disruptive, and creative companies.

This relief agency will stay running during disasters because of its new Tesla microgrid

Direct Relief needs a reliable power supply to keep medicine refrigerated, even during fires or earthquakes. Now it’s ditching its polluting diesel generator for solar panels and batteries.

This relief agency will stay running during disasters because of its new Tesla microgrid

This tool helps you make sure your 401(k) is supporting gender equality

Do you know if your retirement funds are supporting companies with pro-women policies (or even women on the board)? Gender Equality Funds can help you move your money to support your politics.

This tool helps you make sure your 401(k) is supporting gender equality

Exclusive: NPR gets first-ever iHeartRadio Podcast Pioneer award

The commercial publisher has made a non-commercial choice

Exclusive: NPR gets first-ever iHeartRadio Podcast Pioneer award

Qapital has helped millennials save money. Now it wants to help them invest.

Today the company is rolling out three new products.

Qapital has helped millennials save money. Now it wants to help them invest.

Jony Ive has gone from designing iPhones to diamond rings

And Ive’s diamond ring is made entirely from diamonds.

Jony Ive has gone from designing iPhones to diamond rings

Most Innovative Companies

This Drybar of acupuncture wants to destress America

WTHN has national ambitions to bring the ancient alternative medical practice to a new audience: wellness-obsessed millennials.

This Drybar of acupuncture wants to destress America

Your Netflix subscription could get cheaper

The company will test a brand-new fourth tier to lure in new subscribers.

Your Netflix subscription could get cheaper

Twitter is considering an “edit” button–but for typos only

An edit button on Twitter could be a dangerous thing.

Twitter is considering an “edit” button–but for typos only

China’s Singles’ Day brings in a record-breaking $30 billion

Alibaba says it processed $1 billion in sales this year in just one minute and 25 seconds.

China’s Singles’ Day brings in a record-breaking $30 billion

This new, small Kind bar offers an alternative to other snack-size treats

Kind branches into the tiny snack market.

This new, small Kind bar offers an alternative to other snack-size treats

Richard Branson just launched a $3 million prize for a better air conditioner

When people move out of poverty, one of the first things they buy is an air conditioner–and the world can’t handle the emissions that are going to come from an air conditioning boom.

Richard Branson just launched a $3 million prize for a better air conditioner

Turn trash into toys with this maker kit for kids

Toyi uses water bottles and juice boxes as the base for a making your own playthings.

Turn trash into toys with this maker kit for kids

How Albert Einstein, Picasso, and Elon Musk revived National Geographic TV

Innovator Courteney Monroe talks about teaming up with iconic producer Brian Grazer to make smart and entertaining content.

How Albert Einstein, Picasso, and Elon Musk revived National Geographic TV

Kingmaker: Meet the animatronics wizard behind Broadway’s King Kong

Fast Company talks with Sonny Tilders about creating the star of the Great White Way’s new musical—its one-ton, lifelike, chest-thumping ape.

Kingmaker: Meet the animatronics wizard behind Broadway’s King Kong

Exclusive: Little Mix is powering Sony Music’s most ambitious Alexa skill to date

The world’s biggest girl band just came to Alexa.

Exclusive: Little Mix is powering Sony Music’s most ambitious Alexa skill to date

Parents are donating dirty diapers to give babies a head start in life

The majority of babies born today are missing a vital strain of gut bacteria. One medical company may have found the solution.

Parents are donating dirty diapers to give babies a head start in life

This tech could blast heat into space to keep buildings cool

Instead of investing in more energy-hogging air conditioners, radiative coolers combined with rooftop solar panels could harvest energy while also keeping buildings from overheating.

This tech could blast heat into space to keep buildings cool

This co-op solar project will be owned by the community members it benefits

On top of the redeveloped Brooklyn Army Terminal, a solar array will bring collectively owned clean energy to a historically underinvested neighborhood.

This co-op solar project will be owned by the community members it benefits

This new Florida neighborhood has zero emissions, tons of smart tech, and is hurricane-proof

Using solar, batteries, and Google Home, the Hunters Point neighborhood outside of Tampa is a model for how smart buildings can lower emissions and create a clean grid.

This new Florida neighborhood has zero emissions, tons of smart tech, and is hurricane-proof

Ford is buying e-scooter startup Spin

Spin is only two years old, yet Ford will spend $200 million to acquire the company.

Ford is buying e-scooter startup Spin

Tech

Small nuclear reactors finally get the nod from regulators, but they still have a lot to prove

This one tool can help you tame your email inbox

Doctors are taking to TikTok to offer guidance on monkeypox—and to dispel harmful myths

News

This bold new Vans collection aims to spotlight African surfing and culture

Coinbase stock price: COIN sinks after $1.1 billion net income loss

Serena Williams is retiring from tennis to focus on other businesses. Here’s a look at her empire

Co.Design

MIT scientists have developed a new kind of camera—from a crab

The war in Ukraine has damaged thousands of buildings. This plan could save them

The worst idea in food? Expiration dates

Work Life

A good job and a healthy mind aren’t mutually exclusive. Here’s how to find both

Why a ‘skip-level meeting’ is key to building your career

Your inability to ‘quiet your mind’ isn’t due to lack of effort. It’s the wrong goal