MIT Technology Review’s 50 Smartest Companies 2015
When the editors of MIT Technology Review began their annual search for the smartest companies, they did not have trouble finding big ideas. To make the list, a company must have truly innovative technology and a business model that is both practical and ambitious.
*Indicates biotech companies.
1. Tesla Motors
2. Xiaomi
3. Illumina*
4. Alibaba
5. Counsyl*
6. SunEdison
7. Tencent
8. Juno Therapeutics*
9. SolarCity
10. Netflix
11. OvaScience*
12. Google
13. Amazon
14. AliveCor*
15. Gilead Sciences*
16. Apple
17. Voxel8
18. IDE Technologies
19. Amgen*
20. Aquion Energy
21. Baidu
22. SpaceX
23. Sakti3
24. Freescale Semiconductor
25. Universal Robots
26. Bristol-Myers Squibb*
27. Teladoc
28. Nvidia
29. Facebook
30. Alnylam*
31. Rethink Robotics
32. Philips
33. Cellectis*
34. Bluebird Bio*
35. ThyssenKrupp
36. Slack
37. Line
38. Improbable
39. Enlitic*
40. Coinbase
41. HaCon
42. 3D Systems
43. Generali*
44. Intrexon*
45. DNAnexus*
46. IBM
47. Snapchat
48. Microsoft
49. Imprint Energy
50. Uber