Top Tech Companies Leading 2025 Tech Innovation With New Releases, AI Tools and Platform Updates

The rate of technological change is moving faster than ever. Some of 2025’s innovations seemed completely out of reach just a few years ago.

AI video is now so advanced that it’s difficult for many to distinguish it from real footage, while quantum computing reached new heights with advanced chips. Vibe coding keeps getting better, too, especially when combined with agentic AI. And, while not perfected just yet, humanoid robots are bringing us closer to a “Jetsons” reality than ever before. 

In the spirit of discovery, Built In found some of this year’s top tech companies with noteworthy or innovative tech — and highlighted the perks that make working on these teams great. 

 

 

What Magna International does: Magna International is a global mobility technology company that designs and manufactures automotive systems, assemblies and more. 

Meeting growing EV demands: Magna International is opening a new facility in China to keep up with the growing demand for electric vehicles. The production center will create 200 jobs and focus on offering Magna’s eDrive systems. “Wuhu offers a strong industrial foundation and an environment conducive to innovation,” said Diba Ilunga, president of Magna Powertrain, in a press release. 

 

What The Predictive Index does: The Predictive Index is an HR tech company that specializes in helping companies align their talent and business strategies.

Celebrating a huge milestone: The Predictive Index celebrated a large milestone this year:, 70 years of evolving product and service offerings to assist businesses during the hiring process. A press release from the company notes that The Predictive Index was founded in 1955 by Arnold Daniels, the creator of the "Behavioral Assessment” test. The company now uses 70 years of expertise to create a talent platform. 

 

What SharkNinja does: SharkNinja is an e-commerce company that brings everything from beauty products to robotics to market. 

Award-winning: SharkNinja was named to Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025, landing number two in the design category. “Our team is driven by a powerful, shared mindset and belief that anything is possible, enabling us to redefine existing categories while also breaking into new ones – all guided by our mission to positively impact lives around the world,” said Mark Barrocas, CEO of SharkNinja, in a press release. “This recognition from Fast Company belongs to our entire global team whose passion and dedication enables us to push boundaries each and every day.” 

 

What CPI OpenFox does: The OpenFox Suite supplies a network for federal and state agencies to manage and share criminal data.

Technology updates to help find the missing: CPI OpenFox recently worked alongside the Idaho State Police to set up a new missing person alert system. CPI OpenFox did this by updating the software to include better structured data intake forms with additional fields and processing logic. 

 

What HiBob does: HiBob helps modern, mid-size businesses transform the way they manage people, giving HR and managers what they need to connect, engage, develop and retain top talent.

Improving HR functions for U.S. businesses: In September, HiBob announced the launch of its native U.S. Payroll and Benefits Administration solution. “The intuitive platform delivers scalable, accurate workflows for payroll, benefits and HR,” said an early adopter of HiBob’s new payroll in an announcement. “It was the only platform our employees proactively requested, making the decision to switch even easier than the smooth implementation led by their onboarding team.”

 

What Tufin does: Tufin is a network security policy management company, managing and automating security changes across next-gen firewalls and network devices.

Increasing network security for the modern age: In November, Tufin announced a product update that would help with cloud and network security. “Organizations need a modern security platform that is engineered to handle this reality,” said Jeffrey Spear, Tufin CISO, in a press release. “With these updates to our unified control plane, Tufin does just that; helping teams to see more, automate more, and reduce more risk across their entire environment, no matter what that comprises.”

 

What Riskified does: Riskified is a fintech business focused on helping e-commerce companies combat fraud with an AI-powered risk intelligence platform. 

Growing with agentic AI: In August, Riskified announced a partnership with HUMAN Security to help secure agentic AI systems for sellers. “In a world where AI agents transact on behalf of individuals, resolving identity and trust becomes more complex,” said Assaf Feldman, CTO and co-founder of Riskified, in a press release. “By working with HUMAN and developing new agentic tools and capabilities, we give merchants a way to safely embrace this shift, turning what could be a threat into a new, profitable digital channel.” 

 

What Hinge does: Hinge calls itself the dating app that is “meant to be deleted.”

AI-assisted dating: Hinge makes a point to incorporate feedback from users. In January, the company launched “prompt feedback,” which is an AI-assisted option for profile prompts. A similar tool called “convo starters” is meant to help users with their messages to other users. “Dating today is about showing up as your whole self. We know that opening up, even just a little, can help turn a conversation into a real connection,” said Jackie Jantos, Hinge’s president and chief marketing officer, in a company blog on the updates. “As daters think through what to share and how much to share, we added new experiences to Hinge that help daters be more curious about each other. We want them to imagine, ‘There could be something here with this person.’”

 

What ZS does: ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that transforms ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes.

Scaling through smart acquisitions: ZS announced in October that the company would acquire Torrent Consulting, a Salesforce consulting partner. “At our core, we’re driven by helping our clients improve lives,” said ZS Managing Principal and Global Head of Digital and Technology Mahmood Majeed in a press release. “In life sciences specifically, that means bringing innovation and depth to every aspect of engagement, including patient, providers, payers and other healthcare value chain stakeholders. Torrent Consulting strengthens our Salesforce and Agentforce bench, bringing the tools and experience clients need to confidently deploy AI in commercial field, medical, service and contact center workflows.”

 

What Headway does: Headway helps people find quality in-network mental health care by removing historic barriers faced by mental health providers, payers and patients.

Going beyond billing: Headway announced the expansion of the company’s electronic health record system in September. The system will now include an AI-assisted platform. In an announcement about the new update, Headway stated: “Providers told us clearly: ‘I love how Headway handles insurance, but I’m still juggling multiple tools for documentation, scheduling, and client communication. I want it all in one place.’ This EHR is our direct response. By going beyond billing, we’re furthering our mission to make it easier for providers to take insurance and for patients to get care.”

 

What CrowdStrike does: CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity company that runs a cloud-native platform. 

Scaling for agentic AI: In September, CrowdStrike released the CrowdStrike Falcon platform, an agentic AI security system. The platform is meant to bring the defensive power of SOC to agentic AI systems. 

 

What Close does: Close is building the modern CRM for small, scaling businesses.

A Claude integration for CRM busywork: Close recently built a Claude integration that is meant to make a working interface with a company’s CRM. In a blog about the integration, Close noted the “why” behind the product: “For founder-led teams or admins managing larger sales orgs, the biggest burden isn’t always taking the sales call; it’s the dozens of CRM-related tasks that pile up every week. Every time you need to pull data, generate a custom report, or clean up records across multiple tools, you lose time and momentum.”

 

What Block does: Block, Inc. is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto, Block, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy. 

Real-time updates for financial health accessibility: Cash App, a part of Block, announced a pilot program in November that gives users visibility into their Cash App Score. "We've been using our near real-time underwriting models to power credit products for years," said Brian Boates, risk lead at Block, in a press release. "What the Cash App Score pilot does is give customers transparency into how their credit eligibility is determined. For the first time, customers in the pilot can see their scores, understand what factors are influencing them, and take specific actions to build their financial health within Cash App. It's really about making something that's traditionally been opaque much more accessible to people."

 

 

What Snap does: Snap is the technology company behind social media platform Snapchat. 

Looking ahead to AR glasses: Snap’s move into the realm of augmented reality is eagerly awaited. The company plans to publicly launch Specs, augmented reality glasses, in 2026. In a recent announcement the company noted: “We've overhauled the Spectacles Browser to make it faster, more powerful, and easier to use. With a new minimalist design that feels right at home in Snap OS, we’ve optimized page loading speed and power usage so you can navigate quickly and easily.” 

 

What Work & Co does: Work & Co is a design and technology company that partners with companies including IKEA, Apple, the PGA Tour, Gatorade, Google and more to launch digital products that transform businesses.

Revamping e-commerce experiences: Work & Co often works with companies as a design and technology partner. Recently, the team worked alongside JW Anderson to develop a website that takes the iconic design of the fashion brand and extends it to a digital experience. In a blog announcement, the company noted: “Visitors are invited to ‘wander’ the site, with moments of customer interaction sparked by carefully chosen and placed details. By favoring discovery over a typical category layout for the simple yet eclectic catalog, the site takes a bold approach to revamping a typical e-commerce experience.”  

 

 

What Samsara does: Samsara’s platform helps organizations that depend on physical operations to harness IoT data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations.

AI-powered safety tools: Samsara recently announced a new set of AI-powered safety tools that connect to wearable devices and keep drivers safer with AI multicams. “We’ve entered the age of intelligence, and AI is helping our customers operate smarter,” said Sanjit Biswas, CEO and co-founder of Samsara, in a press release. “We’re partnering with our customers to build products that help them run safer, more efficient operations and protect frontline workers while saving millions of dollars.”

 

What DFIN does: DFIN is a global risk and compliance solutions company. DFIN provides domain expertise, software and data analytics for clients’ businesses and investment lifecycles. 

Driving efficiency in client workflows: In November, Donnelley Financial Solutions launched a suite of AI tools called Active Intelligence. The tools are available across the DFIN software platform. “DFIN’s approach to AI is rooted in delivering measurable value to our clients while maintaining the highest standards of control, privacy, and security,” said Floyd Strimling, chief product officer at DFIN, in a press release. “Our Active Intelligence roadmap will be co-created with our clients to ensure our AI feature set solves actual pain points and drives efficiency in client workflows.”

 

What Benchling does: Benchling develops modern software to accelerate modern science. Think of Benchling as your central source of truth for biotech R&D. Its R&D Cloud helps scientists centralize data, improve collaboration and access insights, ultimately accelerating time to milestone and market. 

AI-equipped science: Benchling recently launched a platform that integrates AI into scientific workflows to help consolidate data for researchers. "The ability to instantly query our institutional knowledge, synthesize best practices, and design protocols that merge our proprietary methods with public research has fundamentally changed how we approach discovery," said Omar Abudayyeh, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School’s Abudayyeh-Gootenberg Lab, in a press release. “We're no longer limited by what any single scientist can remember — we're building on the full foundation of everything we've ever learned."

 

What Genius Sports does: Genius Sports creates solutions across a global sports ecosystem, all connected by big data and an artificial intelligence platform, GeniusIQ.

Building more transparent games: Genius Sports recently partnered with MEDIAPRO to provide and operate a semi-automated offside technology for the head of international football in South America. “GeniusIQ is rapidly becoming the operating system of world football, and we’re delighted to equip CONMEBOL with our world-leading SAOT across these two finals,” said Harry Lennard, head of officiating at Genius Sports, in a press release. “Fans deserve technology that enhances the accuracy of decisions while maintaining the natural flow of the game we all love, and our technology will provide them with transparent, fair and fast decisions for any offside call.”