Alibaba. Reason: Qwen, open source work.
Meta. Reason: open source work (although this is love/hate due to privacy etc etc)
Google. Reason: Free services, open source work, creation of modern AI (including Transformers).
OpenAI. Reason: Chat GPT 4o, driving the industry forward (less so now)
BBC. For doing us proud.
Raspberry PI Holdings. Reason: Progressing education, affordable SBCs, following a proud tradition (Acorn, ARM, Sinclair)
Espressif. Reason: ESP series products (cheap, easy to use, feature Laden)
LONGi & Trina Solar: Reason: Perovskite solar panel innovations
Runners up (publicly funded so not companies as such):
CERN: Reason: Research and open source work.
NASA: Reason: Research.
Meta. Reason: open source work (although this is love/hate due to privacy etc etc)
Google. Reason: Free services, open source work, creation of modern AI (including Transformers).
OpenAI. Reason: Chat GPT 4o, driving the industry forward (less so now)
BBC. For doing us proud.
Raspberry PI Holdings. Reason: Progressing education, affordable SBCs, following a proud tradition (Acorn, ARM, Sinclair)
Espressif. Reason: ESP series products (cheap, easy to use, feature Laden)
LONGi & Trina Solar: Reason: Perovskite solar panel innovations
Runners up (publicly funded so not companies as such):
CERN: Reason: Research and open source work.
NASA: Reason: Research.