Cariad, Inc.

At Salesforce, we believe trust is our #1 value and the foundation of everything we do. We call our community of employees, customers, and partners "Trailblazers" - people who reach across roles, companies, and industries to help one another learn, grow, and succeed. Since 1999, we've pioneered software as a Service (SaaS), bringing Customer Relationship Management to the cloud and continuously innovating to help our customers succeed. Our founders launched the 1-1-1 model, committing 1% of our equity, technology, and employees' time to improving education, equality, and the environment for everyone. We're not a typical company, and that's by design. Our core values - trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability - guide everything we do. We've been leaders in AI for over a decade, and with Agentforce, we're defining a new era of customer engagement where autonomous agents work alongside humans. When our customers succeed, we succeed, which is why over 150,000 companies worldwide trust Salesforce to drive growth. We believe business is the greatest platform for change, and we're passionate proponents of stakeholder capitalism, committed to doing well by all our stakeholders - customers, employees, partners, communities, the planet, and society as a whole.

Autodesk empowers the world's innovators, designers, engineers, builders, and creators to design and make a better world for all. Their Design and Make Platform provides the technology, tools, and insights that help professionals across architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media & entertainment industries solve the world's most pressing challenges. From sustainable buildings and clean energy vehicles to smart factories and blockbuster films, Autodesk software is at the heart of how the modern world gets created and built. As global industries confront unprecedented challenges like climate change, supply chain disruptions, and labor shortages, Autodesk is leading the digital transformation of how things are designed and made. Their cloud-connected platform integrates automation, AI, and data analytics to help customers work more efficiently, make better decisions, and deliver superior outcomes for their businesses and the planet. With a legacy of innovation spanning over four decades, Autodesk continues to push the boundaries of what's possible in design and manufacturing technology.

Vertex is the leading and most-trusted provider of comprehensive, integrated tax technology solutions. For over 45 years, Vertex has helped businesses around the world tackle the increasing complexity of indirect tax management. The rapid changes in global business, technology, and regulatory environments have created compounding effects on tax complexity, putting unprecedented pressure on corporate tax functions. Vertex exists to solve this problem with intelligent solutions that enable businesses to satisfy tax obligations and support growth opportunities. Headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, Vertex serves over 4,000 customers worldwide, including half of the Fortune 100. The company's software, content, and services address the complexities of global commerce by reducing friction, enhancing transparency, and enabling confidence in meeting indirect tax obligations. Vertex's solutions are fueled by over 300 million data-driven effective tax rules and support compliance in more than 19,000 jurisdictions globally. As a pioneer in tax automation since 1978, Vertex continues to innovate, helping enterprises transact, comply, and grow with confidence through cloud-based and on-premise solutions that integrate seamlessly with ERP, CRM, procurement, billing, POS, and e-commerce platforms.

We're Integrated Resources, Inc., a global staffing agency that's been helping Fortune 100 companies tackle their hiring challenges since 1996. When we started, we noticed that companies were drowning in resumes but still struggling to find the right people - it's a problem that's only gotten worse with today's saturated job market. Our mission is simple: make hiring the right person for any role feel effortless, whether you need a contract specialist for a three-month project or a full-time team member to grow with your organization. What really sets us apart is that we're an MBE-certified organization where diversity isn't just a checkbox - it's woven into everything we do. Our majority-female team works across healthcare, life sciences, IT, engineering, financial services, and beyond, connecting clients with talent from all backgrounds and walks of life. We've spent over 25 years building relationships and refining our process, combining modern technology with genuine human expertise to deliver candidates who actually fit your culture, not just your job description.

In 1983, founder David Evans Shaw started IDEXX with just five employees in Portland, Maine, responding to a new niche market: the detection of diseases in livestock and poultry. What began as a focused diagnostic solution provider for the agricultural industry has evolved into something far more transformative - a global leader in pet healthcare innovation. The company recognized early on that veterinarians needed better tools to deliver optimal care, and this insight drove expansion beyond livestock testing into companion animal diagnostics, software, and comprehensive veterinary practice solutions. Today, IDEXX serves veterinarians worldwide with an integrated ecosystem that includes reference laboratories, in-house diagnostic analyzers like Catalyst One and ProCyte Dx, practice management software such as Cornerstone, Neo, and VetConnect PLUS, and educational resources through the IDEXX Learning Center. The company's roughly 11,000 employees across 80+ countries are united by a single mission: helping pets lead longer, fuller lives by giving veterinarians the clarity and answers they need. From pioneering SDMA testing for early kidney disease detection to developing digital cytology platforms that connect veterinarians with pathologists globally, IDEXX has consistently pushed the boundaries of what's possible in veterinary diagnostics, making advanced care accessible to practices of all sizes.

In 2023, three founders with deep roots in engineering and logistics realized something profound: while AI was transforming consumer technology, the industries that move our physical world - supply chains, freight, logistics - remained stuck in manual, inefficient processes. Pablo Palafox, his brother Javier Palafox, and Luis Paarup saw that these real-economy businesses were drowning in repetitive communication tasks: endless phone calls to book loads, check shipments, and coordinate schedules. They understood the solution wasn't just better chatbots, but an AI-native operating system that could truly handle end-to-end work with human-like intelligence. So they built HappyRobot - an AI workforce platform that doesn't just augment human workers but autonomously manages complex operations across phone, email, messaging, and documents. Starting with logistics and industrial operations, HappyRobot has grown rapidly, deploying AI workers across over 150 enterprise customers including DHL and Ryder. With $62 million in funding from top-tier investors like Y Combinator and Andreessen Horowitz, the company is now expanding to redefine how the real economy operates, freeing humans to focus on strategy and creativity while AI handles the patterned work at scale.