Hello!

I'm Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief at Fast Company, and I'm writing because we have not received your submission to be considered for our 2025 edition of Fast Company's Next Big Things in Tech Awards. The final deadline to apply is tomorrow, Friday, June 27, at 11:59 p.m. PT.

Applying for the Next Big Things in Tech awards is a great way to tell Fast Company—and the world—about your technology breakthroughs that will define the future of the industries they serve. We're looking for products, services, features, research, and other technological efforts that are on their way to having a positive impact for consumers, businesses, or society at large in the next five years.

This year, we've introduced several new categories including Tech Visionaries of the Year, which will celebrate the individuals responsible for spearheading efforts that lead to tech breakthroughs, from conception to market.

Innovation is central to Fast Company's mission, and we created Next Big Things in Tech to highlight technological breakthroughs that are changing the way we work and live. In the words of our global technology editor, Harry McCracken, our aim is to honor projects based not only on what they've already achieved, but where they're poised to go. Whether breakthroughs are still in the lab or already on the market, they're driving progress in tangible ways on an array of fronts.

Honorees will be featured on fastcompany.com this fall.

The application is easy, just four questions. Go to fastcompany.com/apply/nbt to submit online before tomorrow's deadline. 

If you have any questions at all, just reply directly to this email and someone on my team will get right back to you.

We look forward to reviewing your submission!

Cordially,
Brendan Vaughan
Editor-in-Chief
Fast Company