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Insights on the businesses behind the tools we use every day.

Most Innovative Businesses

The most innovative businesses behind our everyday tools are increasingly defined by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into every facet of life. From the furniture we sit on to the devices we wear, companies are embedding intelligence to make our homes more responsive, our health management more proactive, and our daily tasks more effortless.

LG Electronics (Seoul, South Korea):

At CES 2026, LG unveiled its “Zero Labor Home” vision through the LG CLOiD robot, an AI-powered home assistant designed to perform physical chores. Using advanced “Physical AI,” vision language models, and articulated arms with dexterous hands, CLOiD can undertake tasks like retrieving items from the refrigerator, starting the laundry, and even folding clothes . By automating time-consuming household work, it helps free people to spend their time on more valuable activities .

Samsung Electronics (Suwon, South Korea):

Samsung is transforming the kitchen with its Bespoke AI refrigerators, enhanced through a partnership with Google Gemini. A new AI Vision feature can recognize a wide variety of food items—including unlabeled and user-labeled foods—to manage inventory and suggest recipes . This helps reduce food waste and simplifies meal planning, making the kitchen experience more intuitive and personalized .

Sonic Fire Tech (USA):

Named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards Honoree, this company developed the Sonic Home Defense system, a residential wildfire protection solution that uses infrasound technology . Designed to detect and neutralize embers before they can ignite a home, it offers a new standard in safety for properties in wildfire-prone areas, addressing the cause of over 90% of home ignitions without using water or chemicals .

WeWalk (London, UK):

WeWalk produces the AI-powered Smart Cane 2, designed to enhance mobility and independence for people who are visually impaired . The cane integrates ultrasonic sensors for overhead obstacle detection, GPS navigation, and an AI-powered voice assistant. By providing haptic feedback and turn-by-turn guidance, it helps users navigate both indoor and outdoor environments with greater confidence and safety

IKEA (Delft, Netherlands):

The Swedish furniture giant made its CES debut in 2026 to showcase its vision of AI-integrated furniture . IKEA is embedding technology into everyday items, such as lighting that adapts to the user’s circadian rhythm and smart speakers that follow them around the house. This approach makes technology feel like a natural, unobtrusive part of the home, helping to create a more responsive and comfortable living environment .

Unilever (Hoboken, New Jersey, USA):

Unilever has reimagined its North American headquarters as a living product development lab . The building’s central “spine” features test kitchens, a salon, and a retail lab where new food and personal care products are developed, sampled, and refined in real-time. By putting the entire creation process on display and accelerating collaboration, this model helps bring better-tasting foods and more effective products to market faster .

Creator Economy

CapCut (Beijing, China / Global):

Developed by ByteDance, CapCut is the dominant AI-powered video editing platform for short-form content, deeply integrated with TikTok’s ecosystem. It offers smart templates, auto-captions, and background removal tools optimized for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. By providing a powerful, free-to-use editing suite, it helps creators of all levels produce professional-looking videos that perform well on social platforms.

Kajabi (Irvine, California, USA):

Kajabi is an all-in-one platform that enables creators to build, market, and sell digital products like online courses, memberships, and coaching program. It integrates website building, email marketing, and sales funnel tools into a single ecosystem, allowing creators to manage and monetize their expertise without juggling multiple software services . This helps creators turn their knowledge into a fully-fledged, revenue-generating business.

Karat (New York, New York, USA):

Karat provides tailored financial services specifically for content creators, including credit cards, banking, and business financing. Unlike traditional banks, Karat uses creator-specific data—such as social media metrics and brand deal history—to underwrite its financial products . This helps creators access capital, build business credit, and manage their finances based on their actual and often non-traditional earning potential.

LTK (formerly LIKEtoKNOW.it) (Dallas, Texas, USA):

As a leading social commerce platform, LTK connects over 40 million users with product recommendations from their favorite creators. Creators, particularly in fashion, beauty, and lifestyle, use the platform to create shoppable content and earn commissions on sales, building a sustainable income stream. By integrating seamlessly with social media, it helps creators turn their influence and product recommendations into a direct and reliable source of revenue.

Pocket FM (Bengaluru, India):

This audio entertainment platform is using its AI Suite to democratize storytelling for hundreds of thousands of first-time writers . The AI tools function as a “writers’ room,” helping with plot planning, maintaining narrative continuity across episodes, and refining pacing, which reduces the complexity of creating serialized fiction . With over 90% of its creators being first-timers, Pocket FM helps aspiring writers from all backgrounds build sustainable income streams and reach global audiences.

Fanvue (London, United Kingdom):

Fanvue is an AI-powered creator monetization platform that has rapidly grown to a $100 million annual run rate. It empowers over 250,000 creators with proprietary AI tools for analytics, content generation, and audience engagement, with more than 93% of its creators using at least one AI feature. This helps creators scale their content output and streamline revenue generation, moving beyond traditional ad-driven models to build direct-to-fan businesses.