The Industry Categories goes as follows:
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Advertising:
The agencies, technologies, and ideas advancing the business of persuasion -
Agriculture:
The companies improving how we feed the world and creating less stress on the planet -
Applied AI:
The companies embracing artificial intelligence to reinvent how business is done -
Architecture:
Firms and commissions that are transforming the built world -
Artificial Intelligence:
Algorithmically powered products that are changing how humans interact with computers -
Augmented and Virtual Reality:
The firms creating the future of tech-powered immersive entertainment and experiences -
Automotive:
The cars making the roads greener, safer, and cooler -
Beauty:
The science and marketing of cosmetics -
Biotech:
The therapies and new solutions using biological science to solve medical problems -
Blockchain, Crypto, Metaverse, and Web3:
The organizations building the future of the internet -
Business Services:
The secret engines of corporate innovation, including consulting, legal, and other fee-based firms -
Consumer Electronics:
The new gadgets improving people’s lives -
Consumer Goods:
Pioneering products and brands that are transforming consumers' daily lives -
Corporate Social Responsibility:
Corporate initiatives that meaningfully make a positive contribution to a company’s community and stakeholders -
Data Science:
Companies building a competitive advantage through their unique cache of intelligence -
Design:
The companies and firms reshaping business through industrial design, design thinking, and new user experiences -
Dining:
The restaurants and food service companies adapting to changing customer demands -
Education
New approaches to improving learning -
Energy:
Novel initiatives that address climate change -
Enterprise:
Organizations offering software as a service and other technologies that make other businesses more efficient and effective -
Events and Live Experiences:
The businesses helping to create the museums, festivals, spaces, and more that bring people together to create indelible, shared moments -
Fashion and Apparel:
The companies influencing the future of clothing and how we express ourselves through style -
Film and Television:
The companies developing breakthrough programming—and rethinking how content is marketed and released -
Finance:
The products, technologies, and firms facilitating how businesses manage their fiscal assets -
Food:
Businesses that are developing the food products, distribution systems, and technologies that are transforming the way we eat -
Gaming:
Cutting-edge play that entertains, enlightens, and fosters new communities -
Healthcare
The systems, hospitals, and services delivering care, empowering patients, and lowering costs - Human Resources: The benefits, policies, and tech making employees happier
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Logistics:
The businesses doing their part to ameliorate supply-chain challenges for their customers -
Manufacturing:
The facilities reinventing their processes to promote flexibility, efficiency, and worker well-being -
Media:
The businesses inventing or reinventing the future of news -
Medical Devices:
Hardware and gadgets that are changing how healthcare is delivered -
Medicines and Therapeutics:
Advances in treatments, vaccines, and drugs that help people live longer, healthier lives -
Music:
The artists, labels, streamers, promoters, and anyone else making beautiful noise -
Not-for-Profit:
Fashioning the future of philanthropy -
Personal Finance:
The services powering wealth-building opportunities for everyone -
Public Relations and Brand Strategies
Firms exceeding their clients' expectations with creative, breakthrough ideas - Rapid Response: Innovative projects, products, or services created or deployed to react quickly to a major current event
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Retail:
Fresh approaches to selling goods and services -
Robotics:
The companies finding creative ways of integrating robotics into our lives and our work -
Security:
Keeping people and companies safe from the new digital warfare -
Social Good:
For-profit companies doing their part to make the world a better place -
Social Media:
Daring strategies and new platforms for meeting people where they live -
Space:
The startups and stalwarts commercializing the final frontier -
Sports
The teams, leagues, products, and off-the-field all-stars scoring in the business of play -
Sustainability:
Novel initiatives that address climate change -
Transportation:
Who’s driving new mobility solutions and clean alternatives to traditional conveyances -
Travel and Hospitality:
The businesses enabling new ways to explore the world and making people feel welcome wherever they are -
Urban Development/Real Estate:
The landscapes, properties, and thoughtful initiatives defining how we live today -
Video:
The players designing new platforms and novel ways to consume media -
Wellness and Personal Care:
The products and services redefining fitness and self-care -
Workplace:
Companies that have adopted services, policies, and programs that fulfill their employees’ needs—and make them happier -
Asia-Pacific:
Companies headquartered in the Asia-Pacific whose innovations embody the best ideals of the region and/or work to solve problems inherent to the area -
Europe, Middle East, and Africa:
Companies headquartered in EMEA whose innovations embody the best ideals of the region and/or work to solve problems inherent to the area -
Latin America
Companies headquartered in Latin America whose innovations embody the best ideals of the region and/or work to solve problems inherent to the area -
North America:
Companies headquartered in North America whose innovations embody the best ideals of the region and/or work to solve problems inherent to the area -
Small and Mighty: Under 50 Employees:
Organizations with less than 50 employees whose big ideas and drive are allowing them to outperform much larger rivals -
Small and Mighty: 51-200 Employees:
Organizations with 51-200 employees but big ideas that put them at the vanguard of the next generation of innovators
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