{"id":24689,"date":"2025-03-21T13:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=24689"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T18:44:13","slug":"texas-am-university-named-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-companies-by-fast-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/21\/texas-am-university-named-one-of-the-worlds-most-innovative-companies-by-fast-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M University Named One Of The World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies By Fast Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Texas A&M University has been named one of Fast Company magazine\u2019s Most Innovative Companies for 2025, joining business icons including Nvidia, YouTube and EA Sports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the companies listed, Fast Company says, \u201cAs the world shifts and industries transform, the World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies aren\u2019t just keeping up. They\u2019re setting the pace. Fast Company\u2019s annual look at the most groundbreaking companies in every industry and across the globe offers a snapshot of innovation today and a playbook for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas A&M is the only university selected for the honor for 2025 and will be featured in the March\/April 2025 issue of\u202fFast Company\u202fmagazine, on fastcompany.com<\/a> and at Fast Company\u2019s Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala in New York City in June, where Texas A&M University leaders will take the Summit stage with Fast Company executives to discuss the recognition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose of us in Aggieland have known the impact this amazing university has had on the world for nearly 150 years,\u201d said General (Ret.) Mark A. Welsh III, president of Texas A&M. \u201cThis recognition from Fast Company is a testament to our faculty, staff and students, whose efforts are what keep us at the leading edge of innovation across disciplines, from agriculture to veterinary medicine, the arts, engineering, business, human health and visualization.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast Company<\/a> is a world-leading business media brand, with an editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, world-changing ideas, creativity and design. The magazine, launched 30 years ago by two former Harvard Business Review editors, chronicles how changing companies create and compete, highlights new business practices and showcases the teams and individuals who are inventing the future and reinventing business. The Most Innovative Companies list has, since 2008, been the definitive source for recognizing organizations that are transforming industries and shaping society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a world-class, research-intensive public institution, Texas A&M University\u2019s spirited scholars, innovators, students and graduates are a force for good and find energy, strength and unity from a shared duty: to lead, to serve and to solve society\u2019s greatest challenges together. More than 4,300 faculty members and researchers, spanning colleges, schools and disciplines, are discovering solutions for the good of Texas, the nation and the world, from the ocean floor, the factories and the fields, to outer space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas A&M University was honored in the Augmented and Virtual Reality sector<\/a> for its contributions to creating the future of tech-powered immersive experiences. Fast Company notes that these \u201cinnovative organizations are finding ways to make augmented and virtual reality a more efficient, and even more practical, way to interact with technologies and tools, including letting people learn complex skills through virtual training.\u201d Other companies listed in this area include Xreal, Varjo and FundamentalVR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a real honor for Texas A&M University to be named as one of Fast Company\u2019s most innovative companies of 2025,\u201d said Stephanie Mehta, chief executive officer and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, publisher of Fast Company. \u201cBeing on the list is a real sign that an institution not only is interested in innovation, is not only committed to innovation, but has demonstrable innovation that they can show. So, it\u2019s a real badge of honor for Texas A&M University to be able to say that they are a most innovative company, right alongside some of the world\u2019s most innovative institutions, tech companies, health care companies, \u2026 startups that are really transforming business and society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas A&M\u2019s use of visualization reaches far and wide across the university and illustrates how Aggies are shaping the future:<\/p>\n\n\n\n