Arm Ranks Number Seven on Fast Company’s 2025 ‘Most Innovative Companies’ in AI List
Since 2008, the ‘Most Innovative Companies’ list has been a benchmark for companies worldwide that are transforming industries and shaping society. We are proud to be recognized as the seventh most innovative company in the artificial intelligence (AI) category in Fast Company’s 2025 rankings.
Our entry into the coveted top ten reflects nearly 35 years of groundbreaking work, driving technology evolution worldwide, including our role in the AI transformation. This accolade reinforces Arm’s position at the center of technology and AI advancements.
Today, the ubiquitous Arm compute platform touches 100 percent of the connected population, with over 300 billion Arm-based chips powering devices and solutions from cloud to the edge, including:
- The entire mobile landscape, with Arm powering 99 percent of today’s smartphones used by billions worldwide;
- The complete spectrum of IoT devices, from low-power small sensors to high-performance industrial applications;
- The next-generation of software-defined vehicles, with 94 percent of global automakers using Arm technology in their latest vehicle models; and
- Today’s AI-powered datacenters.
With 100 billion Arm-based devices expected to be running AI by end of 2025, Arm’s ubiquitous compute platform will remain at the center of ongoing AI innovation. This aligns with our mission to build the future of computing on Arm, in collaboration with our ecosystem, for the benefit of everyone.
For more details about Arm’s entry into Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list, visit here.
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