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Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Academy Bank Named One of America's Most Innovative Companies by FORTUNE for 2025
Honor recognizes companies driving industry transformation KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Academy Bank – a full-service community bank and wholly owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corp. – has once again earned national recognition for its commitment to innovation, landing a spot on FORTUNE magazine's prestigious list of America's Most Innovative Companies for 2025. This marks the second time in three years the Kansas City-based bank has been honored, having also received the accolade in 2023. Now in its third year, FORTUNE's annual list celebrates 300 U.S.-based companies that are transforming industries and setting new standards in innovation. Academy Bank is one of just 10 companies in Kansas and Missouri to be included in the 2025 rankings. "We're incredibly proud to be recognized once again by FORTUNE as an innovation leader," said Paul Holewinski, CEO of Academy Bank. "This award affirms our belief that forward-thinking solutions, both for our clients and within our internal operations, are key to long-term success." The America's Most Innovative Companies list, developed by FORTUNE in collaboration with global research firm Statista, is based on evaluations in three equally weighted categories: Product innovation – Examines a company's products and services for design, usability and more Process innovation – Looks at a wide range of processes in a company, such as procurement, sales and marketing Innovation culture – Measures the creativity and inherent sense of entrepreneurship within a company, primarily based on associate/employee evaluations According to FORTUNE, the 300 U.S.-based honorees on its 2025 ranking collectively generated over $12.6 trillion in revenue, with a median revenue of $22 billion. "This recognition is a direct reflection of our associates' unwavering commitment to fresh thinking and finding better ways of serving our communities," Holewinski added. Academy Bank joins a distinguished group of innovators across various industries on the Fortune Most Innovative Companies list, reinforcing its dedication to providing a superior banking experience through fast, easy and personal service. Academy Bank's innovative approach to banking emphasizes convenience, security and providing a seamless client experience. Investments in AI and automation, including robotic process automation, translate to cutting-edge banking solutions that are accessible, secure and simple. Academy Bank is consistently recognized for excellence in banking by a variety of respected local and national organizations. Recent Academy Bank accolades include a 2025 HCM Distinction Award for Talent at Work from global human capital management technology provider ADP, Fortune's Best Business CDs" and "Top Mortgage Lender" from the Kansas City Business Journal. The institution also won a Silver Stevie Award in the 2024 American Business Awards for the redesign of the Academy Bank website. About Academy BankAcademy Bank is a full-service commercial bank with $2.9 billion in assets and more than 75 banking centers in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri. Academy Bank provides a wide range of financial solutions for business and individuals, including commercial and business banking, treasury management and mortgage services. Academy Bank is privately held and family-owned by Dickinson Financial Corporation, a $4.3 billion holding company headquartered in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. Academy Bank's sister bank, Armed Forces Bank, headquartered in Leavenworth, Kansas, proudly serves active and retired military and civilian clients around the world with more on-base locations than any military bank in the country. For more information, visit Member FDIC View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Academy Bank
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
How Yahoo built AI-driven content discovery into its revamped news app
In April 2024, Yahoo acquired Artifact, a tool that uses AI to recommend news to readers. Yahoo folded Artifact's—which was cofounded by Instagram cofounders Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom—into its revamped news app to help surface and curate content for readers. 5 Navy SEAL strategies to turn stress into success in any situation Going 'AI first' appears to be backfiring on Klarna and Duolingo Rite Aid closing stores update: See the list of 68 pharmacy locations that will shutter across 7 states Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone came on the Most Innovative Companies podcast to talk about the acquisition, the company's approach to news curation, and what the future could hold for the private equity-owned company. This interview has been edited and condensed. This embedded content is not available in your region. Yahoo acquired news discovery platform Artifact last year. Now, the technology is used in Yahoo's revamped news app. Why did you acquire the platform? Artifact had come up as a startup founded by the Instagram cofounders. It used AI and advanced algorithms to pull in really great content and also do a great job of surfacing it. When we read that they were going to shut it down, I reached out to Kevin Systrom immediately to say we should talk about acquiring it. We basically took the backbone of the Artifact app and made it the Yahoo News app. We look to acquire companies if they can fill a gap for us. We're not in the game of acquihires. It has to be a product fit. We're the No. 1 news publication in the U.S. in terms of total traffic. We got to that point by being an aggregator. We're aggregating thousands of sources and then using algorithms to surface the right ones for each of our millions of users. With Artifact, how are you using AI to personalize a user's newsfeed? We hope the end user doesn't think about it at all. It's just about the Yahoo News app getting smarter at delivering the right content to you at the right time. We're very pro publisher and we are a big part of the ecosystem. We send them traffic and give them revenue as part of it. We've been doing that for over 20 years. That is, in some ways, pro publisher, but AI summaries come up on search and articles get summarized via bullet points. That means users may not actually read the articles, and media companies will get fewer page views. I would think about it a little bit differently. If you go back to the beginning of how Yahoo has always worked with publishers, we're a huge part of the ecosystem in sending traffic out. It's very important to us to keep the ecosystem very healthy, at least how it historically was. I understand your point, and certainly that's a new factor for publishers to worry about in terms of AI companies sucking in all their data. Everything we do is with the publisher. We brought all of our publisher relationships to Artifact. Even when there's a summary, it's not trying to [stop people looking at] the article, it is trying to pull out the highlights of [the article]. We will also summarize a topic across publishers just for helpful understanding. But again, it all goes back to sending people down the funnel to [media] properties. But they would only go down that funnel if they want to learn more, right? I don't know how much time you've spent with any of these apps, but I'd say they're bullet points, short tidbits at the top. They're really not summarizing the whole article. A news algorithm designed for people can contribute to their biases. Yahoo's role is nonpartisan, but how do you think about balancing the goal of providing a customer service with preventing the information that only reinforces a reader's beliefs? We think a lot about it. We try to be very nonpartisan. It's a hard job. One of the signs we're getting it right is I get nasty emails from people on both sides. Part of our job with the algorithm is to make sure readers don't go too [far] into the rabbit hole and that [they] actually can continue to see a balance of things. At the same time, our job is to customize for them as an individual, so the algorithms take that into account. But there are a couple other things happening. We also balance [AI curation with] human curation, which is part of Yahoo being the trusted guide for all these years. Then of course, we are working with trusted publishers that we have long standing relationships with—not sharing user generated content. How does the app fit into Yahoo's business strategy? In any given month, we are usually the No. 2 ranked property on comScore in the US multiplatform or in the top five across desktop and mobile. We're in the top five with Gen Z, and 90% of internet users in the US touch Yahoo in any given month. So monetization of one property is not our issue. We monetize very well. Most of it's through advertising, like with any major freemium publisher or product. A certain percentage of our users subscribe to our more premium offerings in given categories like sports or finance or email. News is just a part of that. You've said job No. 1 is making every one of these products and brands under Yahoo superstrong on their own within the categories in which they operate. There've been news reports saying you might want to spin off different products and take them public. There've been other reports saying you might want to take the company public as a whole. I guess I'm trying to get a sense of what you think the future is for Yahoo. I would answer that maybe two ways. It's our job to create value and grow the business, which 30 years old. But for those who don't know, we were spun out of Verizon by Apollo, the world's largest private equity firm in September 2021, then I came in as CEO. Most private equity firms want returns. There are two ways to get a return. If you're a private equity firm, you could go public or you can sell. It is also possible that your investors feel that they have a tiger by the tail and want to hold out longer. I've founded startups, I've worked at big public companies. It doesn't matter the size of your company, the name of the game is growth either way. That's also a sign of a healthy company. It's a sign that you're delivering for users. We'll create a very valuable company, whether it's us stand-alone going public, or it's someone acquiring the company. That said, we definitely have inbounds all the time, especially because it is owned by private equity of people trying to pick off part of our pieces of our company. Part of the private equity game is probably to listen to everybody and understand what your options are. Every search engine tech company that puts out any kind of content or that aggregates content is partnering with LLMs like Open AI or Anthropic. Who are you partnering with? Going back to the late 2000s, Yahoo has had a longstanding relationship with Microsoft, which led to an easy relationship with Microsoft copilot. We have the second largest email platform after Gmail, it's in the hundreds of millions of users. Even a year before Apple announced this Apple Intelligence series of products that would show up in their mail product, we announced AI in Yahoo Mail, helping you search mail, summarize it, write, edit, and more. That partnership was done with OpenAI. We also are partners with Anthropic, with Google, and others on other products that we have. We work with everybody so far and we'll continue to do so. We're also internally building a bunch of our own AI products. I think it's too important to leave it purely to third parties. We have to have our own expertise there. 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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Ameriprise Financial Named by Fortune as one of "America's Most Innovative Companies" in 2025
MINNEAPOLIS, April 23, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP) has been named by Fortune as one of "America's Most Innovative Companies" in 2025. This list ranks the top 300 U.S. public companies with the highest achievement across three categories, including product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture. "At Ameriprise, we prioritize delivering innovative solutions and experiences to our employees, advisors and clients," said Gerard Smyth, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Ameriprise. "Innovation is core to our culture and our investments in new capabilities and processes help us deliver our advice value proposition to clients in a rapidly evolving environment. Our forward-looking culture is a real differentiator in the marketplace, and it's an honor to be recognized by Fortune." Fortune, in partnership with Statista, evaluated U.S.-based companies from a wide range of industries, including 17 different sectors, to determine the ranking. Chosen companies performed consistently well across the three main innovation categories as represented by customers, employees and public data, including patent information. The full list of Fortune's "America's Most Innovative Companies 2025" can be found at To learn more about Ameriprise's integrated technology capabilities, visit About Ameriprise Financial At Ameriprise Financial, we have been helping people feel confident about their financial future for more than 130 years1. With extensive investment advice, asset management and insurance capabilities and a nationwide network of approximately 10,000 financial advisors, we have the strength and expertise to serve the full range of individual and institutional investors' financial needs. 1Company founded June 29, 1894 Fortune partnered with Statista to recognize America's Most Innovative Companies 2025 — the top 300 U.S. companies based on analysis of product innovation, process innovation and innovation culture. Statista surveyed over 40,000 U.S. employees and 2,500 experts in various fields, evaluated patent data, and gathered input from an innovation expert advisory board. Surveys were conducted in Q4 2024. Ameriprise did not pay a fee to be evaluated, but did pay a fee to publicly cite the results. Find more information at Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ameriprise Financial cannot guarantee future financial results. Investment products are not insured by the FDIC, NCUA or any federal agency, are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed by any financial institution, and involve investment risks including possible loss of principal and fluctuation in value. Investment advisory products and services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC, a registered investment adviser. Securities offered by Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. Member FINRA and SIPC. © 2025 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. All rights reserved. View source version on Contacts Stephanie Siegle, Media Sign in to access your portfolio
Associated Press
31-03-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Intetics Ranks Among America's Most Innovative Companies for 2025 – A True Tech Leader
Intetics, a leading global technology company, has once again been recognized by Fortune as one of America's Most Innovative Companies in 2025. NAPLES, Fla., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- America's Most Innovative Companies honors 300 companies headquartered in the United States that are reshaping industries from the inside out. The list is determined based on independent scores in three key categories — product innovation, process innovation, and innovation culture — all of which are at the heart of the services we provide to our clients. To create this esteemed list, Fortune collaborated with market research firm Statista, which evaluated over 10,000 companies across the U.S. The evaluation included input from more than 40,000 survey participants and a panel of 2,500 industry experts. The top 300 companies with the highest overall scores were recognized, and we are proud to be among them. 'Intetics has once again been recognized as one of Fortune's Most Innovative Companies in America! My head is spinning from such an honor. This recognition reaffirms our commitment to creating groundbreaking solutions and driving meaningful impact. A huge thank you to our incredible team, partners, and clients who make an innovative part of our DNA every day. We're proud to be on this list and will keep pushing forward.' Boris Kontsevoi, CEO & President of Intetics Intetics entered the Top 43 global leaders in the Technology category, standing alongside significant industry players such as Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Cisco Systems, Intel, eBay, and others. This remarkable achievement underscores our role as a leader in technological innovation. For more than 30 years, innovation has been the cornerstone of Intetics, fueling our position as an AI-driven tech leader. From pioneering a revolutionary team formation model to introducing our AI-powered Enterprise Knowledge Assistant, we've consistently pushed the limits of technology. With a deep focus on understanding our clients' unique challenges, we provide cutting-edge, cost-effective IT solutions that leverage AI, Machine Learning (ML), AR/VR, Blockchain, geospatial technologies, and other tech competencies. Whether creating sophisticated enterprise software or building intuitive mobile applications, we collaborate closely with clients to deliver tailored solutions that meet both engineering and business objectives. Discover more about how you can help your business thrive by leveraging innovative tech and efficient dedicated development teams. About Fortune Fortune is a global media organization dedicated to helping its readers, viewers, and attendees succeed big in business through unrivaled access and best-in-class storytelling. About Statista Statista is an online platform specialized in market and consumer data, which offers statistics and reports, market insights, consumer insights and company insights in German, English, Spanish and French. About Intetics Inc. Intetics Inc. is a leading American technology company providing custom software application development, distributed professional teams creation, software product quality assessment, and 'all-things-digital' solutions built with SMAC, RPA, AI/ML, IoT, blockchain, and GIS/UAV/LBS technologies. Based on proprietary pioneering business models of Offshore Dedicated Team® and Remote In-Sourcing®, an advanced Technical Debt Reduction Platform (TETRA™) and measurable SLAs for software engineering, Intetics helps innovative organizations capitalize on global talent with our in-depth engineering expertise based on our Predictive Software Engineering framework. At Intetics, our outcomes do not just meet clients' expectations, they have been exceeding them for a quarter of a century. Intetics is ISO 9001 (quality) and ISO 27001 (security) certified and a Microsoft Gold, Amazon, and UiPath Silver partner. The company's innovation and growth achievements are reflected in winning prestigious titles and awards, including Inc5000, Software 500, CRN 100, American Business, Deloitte Fast 50, European IT Excellence, Best European BPO, Stevie People's Choice, Clutch and ACQ5 Awards, IAOP Global Outsourcing 100 and Fortune Innovative 300 lists. You can find more information at
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Rodale Institute joins Microsoft, YouTube, Nvidia on list of world's most innovative companies
Rodale Institute has joined the ranks of Microsoft, OpenAI and YouTube on Fast Company's annual list of the world's most innovative companies. The Maxatawny Township-based nonprofit was ranked fourth in the agriculture section of the 2025 list by the popular business magazine. This year's list recognizes 609 organizations across 58 sectors and regions. It showcases companies shaping the future through bold ideas, groundbreaking research and measurable impact, Rodale said in a release. Fast Company ranked robotaxi pioneer Waymo and GPU producer and tech giant Nvidia as first and second, respectively, on its 2025 overall list. 'Rodale Institute continues pioneering work in regenerative organic agriculture through scientific research, farmer training and education that demonstrates how agriculture can be a powerful solution to climate change, biodiversity loss and food insecurity,' the company said in a release. 'As the birthplace of the modern organic movement, Rodale Institute is filling the massive void of American land-grant institutions by revolutionizing farming and aiming to fix what is broken in our food system.' Jeff Tkach, chief executive officer of Rodale Institute, said innovation is central to the institute's mission. 'For more than 77 years, we have been leading the charge in regenerative organic farming and proving that agriculture can heal people and the planet,' Tkach said in the release. 'Being recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies affirms that our work is shaping the future of food and farming, offering real solutions to the global climate crisis while ensuring healthy, nutrient-dense food systems for people across the U.S. and beyond.' Through its 40-year Farming Systems Trial, farmer consulting and educational programs, Rodale Institute has equipped thousands of farmers across the country with the knowledge and resources needed to adopt regenerative organic practices, officials said. Rodale said it aims to transition 1 million acres of farmland to regenerative organic agriculture by 2035. In conjunction with this award, Tkach joined the Fast Company Impact Council, an exclusive, invitation-only collective of innovative leaders, Rodale said. The World's Most Innovative Companies is one of Fast Company's most anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To determine winners, Fast Company's editors and writers evaluate thousands of submissions from start-ups to some of the world's most valuable companies to determine, the release said. 'Our list of the Most Innovative Companies offers both a comprehensive look at innovation today and a playbook for the future,' Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan said in the release. 'This year, we recognize companies that are harnessing AI in deep and meaningful ways, brands that are turning customers into superfans by overdelivering for them and challengers that are introducing bold ideas and vital competition to their industries.' For more information about Rodale Institute, visit The full list of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies can be found at
