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In 1925, engineer Irving M. Hayward founded what would become Hayward Industries, starting as a small machine shop focused on specialty metal valves and industrial flow control. Over the past century, the company evolved from humble beginnings into the world's leading manufacturer of residential and commercial pool equipment. Hayward's journey represents a continuous commitment to innovation - transforming from making precision valves to pioneering energy-efficient pumps, smart automation systems, color-changing LED lighting, and sustainable sanitization solutions that redefine the outdoor living experience. Today, Hayward stands at the forefront of pool and outdoor living technology, driven by a mission to build better so customers can backyard better. The company delivers exceptional products, outstanding service, and innovative technology that transform the experience of water. From their global headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, and operations across the United States, Australia, Canada, China, France, and Spain, Hayward's $1 billion in revenue reflects their position as the #1 products brand among U.S. pool professionals. As Hayward celebrates its 100-year anniversary in 2025, the company continues prioritizing sustainability through energy-efficient products that help pool owners reduce maintenance and energy costs while enjoying their outdoor oases more fully.

HackerOne is the global leader in Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM), pioneering a revolutionary approach that combines agentic AI with the world's largest community of ethical hackers. Since 2012, HackerOne has facilitated the discovery and remediation of over 200,000 vulnerabilities, paying more than $230 million in bounties to security researchers worldwide. Their platform connects organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense and General Motors to Goldman Sachs, Coinbase, and GM with a global network of over one million registered hackers who continuously test, validate, and help fix security weaknesses before adversaries can exploit them. HackerOne's comprehensive offensive security platform includes bug bounty programs, penetration testing as a service, vulnerability disclosure management, AI red teaming, and expert code security reviews. The company has been recognized by Gartner for leadership in AI Security Testing and named a Most Loved Workplace for Young Professionals. In 2024 alone, HackerOne paid $81 million in bug bounties, a 10% increase in critical and high-severity reports, demonstrating the platform's effectiveness in the face of evolving AI-driven threats. Their customers report reducing vulnerability remediation time from months to mere days, with some resolving critical vulnerabilities in just 56 hours through their AI-powered Hai Insight Agent.

We're building the future of AI compute at Graphcore, where our team of semiconductor, software and AI experts is creating the complete AI compute stack from silicon to datacenter infrastructure. We developed the Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), a groundbreaking processor specifically designed for machine intelligence that delivers leading-edge AI performance with unprecedented efficiency. Our silicon engineers are doing pioneering work, including being the first company in the world to bring a Wafer-on-Wafer AI processor to market, while our software and AI teams build new tools and optimize popular AI models to lead the market for performance, efficiency, and usability. We're optimistic about a future where people live healthier, fairer, more informed, and more sustainable lives. Our AI technology aims to bring democratized intelligence that everyone can benefit from. Now as a wholly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group, backed by significant long-term investment, we're expanding our teams around the world to solve the toughest problems in AI computing. We're bringing together the brightest minds in a place where everyone has the opportunity to make an impact on the company, our products, and the future of artificial intelligence.

UPSTART ist der Katalysator für die KI-gesteuerte Geschäftsentwicklung. In einer Welt, in der künstliche Intelligenz zur entscheidenden Kraft hinter der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit wird, unterstützt UPSTART Unternehmen dabei, ihr Geschäftsmodell neu zu denken, Wachstumspotenziale zu erschließen und sich nachhaltig für die Zukunft zu positionieren. Das Unternehmen arbeitet nicht mit einer kompletten Neuerfindung, sondern mit der intelligenten Neuausrichtung von bestehenden Stärken, Strukturen und Daten. UPSTART bündelt seine Expertise in zwei komplementären Bereichen: Business Model Engineering und Business 5.0. Mit über 100 Corporate Clients, 1000+ Workshops, Partnerschaften mit 20+ Hochschulen und 16 Innovation Hubs hat sich UPSTART als vertrauenswürdiger Partner für etablierte Unternehmen wie BMW, Lufthansa, Deutsche Bank, Bosch und Daimler etabliert. Die Firma arbeitet an 6 Standorten und verbindet agile Methoden mit einer klaren, transformatorischen Vision für die Unternehmensentwicklung der nächsten Generation.

Rootshell is an international IT consulting and solutions company that has been driving digital transformation for businesses since 2000. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California with additional offices in Pennsylvania, India, and Canada, Rootshell partners with organizations across Communications, Utilities, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Media industries to deliver innovative technology solutions. The company specializes in CPQ, CRM, DevOps, SAP services, and digital transformation, with a proven track record of helping clients launch faster, sell more, and fulfill products seamlessly throughout the entire customer lifecycle. What sets Rootshell apart is their philosophy of mutual success - they only succeed when their clients do. This customer-centric approach has earned them trust from major enterprises including Virtusa, NTT Data, Dell EMC, Equinix, and AmeriGas. Their service portfolio includes managed services, offshore development, and proprietary products like Subcontract.com (vendor management platform), HowTube (curated video platform), and CricFantasy (gaming platform). With industry-focused consultants, round-the-clock global support, and flexible sourcing models, Rootshell delivers accountable, pragmatic solutions that increase scalability and competitive advantage for dynamic businesses worldwide.

Horizon Media is the largest independent media agency in the world, founded in 1989 with a singular, powerful philosophy that guides everything they do: business is personal. This isn't just a slogan - it's the foundation of how they approach client partnerships, employee relationships, and the marketing strategies they build. When most agencies were chasing technology and automation, Horizon bet on human connection, believing that understanding people - their motivations, their behaviors, their dreams - is the key to building brands that matter. Today, with over $8.5 billion in media investments and more than 2,400 professionals across New York, Los Angeles, and Toronto, that human-first approach has made them the third-largest U.S. media agency and a trusted partner to some of the world's most ambitious brands. What makes Horizon different is their relentless focus on outcomes over outputs. They don't just buy media - they engineer business growth through data-driven insights, cultural intelligence, and creative strategies that actually move people. Their specialized divisions - including Night Market for commerce, Blue Hour Studios for influencer marketing, 305 Worldwide for multicultural audiences, and their newest venture, One Horizon, a full-service creative agency - give them unparalleled depth and agility in solving complex marketing challenges. Recognition has followed: named Media Agency of the Year multiple times by MediaPost, Adweek, and Ad Age; ranked among Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies; and consistently celebrated as a best workplace for diversity, women, and millennials. But the real measure is in the results they deliver and the culture they've built - one where 93% of employees say it's a great place to work, compared to just 57% at typical U.S. companies.