BrightFarms proprietary AI system, BrightOS, was listed as a Fast Company World Changing Idea in two categories:
- AI & Data (Projects that harness the power of data, machine learning or artificial intelligence to understand the world and empower change)
- Established Excellence (5-14 years in business)
From the magazine:
For the past five years, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards have honored the businesses and organizations driving change in the world. This year, the entries reflect a range of exceptional work helping to fight the pandemic and to support people during the crisis—and the necessity of rethinking how society emerges from the past year better than before. We received more than 3,000 entries, an all-time record. The 34 winners and hundreds of other finalists—selected by Fast Company’s editors and reporters—represent the kind of innovative thinking that will help us channel the optimism and hope of this moment into a better future.