Feedzai Named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026

Feedzai joins the ranks of Google, Nvidia, Adidas, Walmart, and more

NEW YORK, New York and LISBON, Portugal (March 24, 2026) — Feedzai is proud to have been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2026. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 720 honorees across 59 sectors and regions.

“We at Feedzai are honored by this prestigious recognition of our innovation and research in trusted AI to build a world of safer money,” said Nuno Sebastião, Co-Founder and CEO of Feedzai. “Trust underpins our financial lives, and our AI-native solutions are critical for financial institutions to safeguard people from fraud and scams. We’re constantly innovating and disrupting how we approach financial crime prevention to stay ahead of emerging threats.”

Feedzai has earned the No. 5 ranking in the Data Science category for this year’s award program. The recognition comes on the heels of considerable momentum for Feedzai over the past 18 months. The company opened a new US headquarters in New York City in March 2025 and acquired Demyst roughly a month later to unify data orchestration and risk management into a single platform for secure customer onboarding.

Its launch of Feedzai IQ™ in June 2025 represented a major step in enabling network-level fraud intelligence, allowing banks to collaborate securely without sharing sensitive data. Feedzai IQ™ connects insights across $8 trillion in payment volume and uses privacy-preserving federated learning to transform anonymized data into real-time global fraud intelligence.

And in October, the Company announced its $2 billion valuation, along with the conclusion of a framework agreement in ranking with the European Central Bank (ECB) as the first-ranked tenderer to provide the central fraud detection and prevention solution for the future digital euro.

The World’s Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To determine honorees, Fast Company’s editors and writers review companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world.

“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies is about spotlighting organizations that don’t just adapt to change—they drive it,” said Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. “The companies we honor this year are redefining what leadership looks like in 2026, pairing bold ideas with measurable impact and turning breakthrough innovation into real-world value. They are setting the pace for their industries and offering a blueprint for what sustained innovation can achieve.”

The full list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies honorees can now be found at fastcompany.com. It will also be available on newsstands beginning March 31, 2026.

Fast Company will host the Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala for honorees on May 19 in New York City. The summit features a day of inspiring content, followed by a creative black-tie gala including networking, a seated dinner, and an honoree presentation.