🚀 AWARD 06 OF 10 · TEAM OF THE YEAR 2026

Most Innovative Company 2026

For the tech team building the products and technology people find most exciting. Voted by women in tech who meet these hiring teams in person at OutGeek events in 38 cities.

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OUTGEEK Award 06 ★ 2026 ★
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WINNER REVEALED JANUARY 15, 2027
Voting closes December 31. One vote per award.
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WHAT THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES

The team building work people want in on

This award goes to the company whose work makes people lean in: new products, hard problems and technology that changes how something gets done. It’s about what they build, and whether people get to build it.

AWARD
06 of 10, OutGeek Team of the Year 2026
VOTED BY
Women in tech with OutGeek Plus, and OutGeek team accounts
VOTING
August to December 31, 2026
WINNER
Revealed January 15, 2027
NOMINEES
33 teams on the 2026 ballot
WHAT VOTERS LOOK AT
01

What they build

Products and technology people find new and exciting.
02

The problems they take on

Hard, useful problems, not just a new coat of paint.
03

How fast ideas ship

Whether good ideas get built, tested and released.
04

Room to experiment

Time and support to try new things, including ideas that fail.
05

Who gets to innovate

Whether new ideas come from everyone, not only senior staff.
⚖️ FAIR AND OPEN

How the winner is picked

1

Members vote

OutGeek Plus members and team accounts vote from August to December 31.
2

One vote per account

One vote in this award per account, and one in each of the other nine. Votes are final once cast.
3

Every vote is tied to an account

Each account votes once in each award: 10 votes in all, one per award.
4

Most votes wins

The team with the most votes on December 31 wins. We reveal the winner on January 15.
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💬 BEFORE YOU VOTE

Questions to ask a hiring team

Ask them at an OutGeek event, or in Threads, where hiring teams answer members' questions.

  1. 1What have you shipped in the last six months that you’re proud of?
  2. 2How does an idea go from someone’s head to production?
  3. 3What’s the hardest problem the team is working on?
  4. 4Is there time to experiment, and what happens when it fails?
  5. 5How are you using AI in your products and your own work?
  6. 6Who came up with your last big idea?
🗣️ IN VOTERS' WORDS

Why they'd join a team

“Their five-minute pitch was the only one where I actually wanted to know more about the product, not just the job.”
OutGeek event attendee
“She showed me something they’d built in the last few months and I was honestly a little jealous I wasn’t working on it.”
OutGeek event attendee
ON THE 2026 BALLOT · 33 TEAMS

The 2026 nominees

Every team on the ballot for this award, A to Z. The leader stays hidden until January 15 so early results don't sway the vote.

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👑 LAST YEAR

2025: the top tech companies, voted by women in tech

In 2025, before the ten awards, voters picked one overall top 10. 2026 is the first year of the Most Innovative Company award.

🚀 FOR HIRING TEAMS

Nominate your team for Most Innovative Company

Nominate your company from an OutGeek team account. The $129/month account includes one category. Extra categories are $199 once and go on the ballot as soon as payment clears.

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About this award

FAQ

Voting is open until December 31, 2026, and the winner is revealed on January 15, 2027. Until then the leader stays hidden so early results don’t sway the vote. 2026 is the first year of this award.

OutGeek Plus members and team accounts. Each account gets one vote in this award, and one in each of the other nine. Votes are final once cast.

It looks at one thing: what a company builds. Best Company to Work For is the overall award, and each of the other awards looks at something else.

Most lists rely on employee surveys or data companies send in. This award is voted by women in tech who meet these hiring teams in person at OutGeek events in 38 cities, plus OutGeek team accounts.

Yes. Each award is voted on separately, so one company can win more than one.

Voting closes December 31, 2026. The winner is revealed on January 15, 2027, on this page and on the winning team’s company page.

In 2026 the ballot lists companies OutGeek has worked with, plus any company that nominates itself from a team account. The $129/month team account includes one category. Extra categories are $199 once.

Winning teams get a feature in the OutGeek Journal, their open roles in our newsletter blast, their jobs featured on OutGeek, and social media support from our team.

No. The team with the most votes in an award wins.

Yes. A team account's vote counts like anyone else's: one vote in each award.

The other nine awards

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