Credo AI named No. 6 in Applied AI on Fast Company's world's Most Innovative Companies of 2026. Fast Company recognized Credo AI among 720 honorees across 59 sectors worldwide, alongside Google, Open AI, Anthropic, Adidas, and Walmart. March 24, 2026 Tara Shankar Jana Credo AI was founded on a conviction that felt both obvious and radical: if AI is going to transform business, trust has to be built into that transformation from the start. Not bolted on afterward. Built in, from day one, at every layer of the organization. Fast Company's decision to rank Credo AI No. 6 in Applied AI reflects something bigger than any single company: the category of AI governance is accelerating. It's a competitive capability and differentiation. And the enterprises investing in it now are the ones that will deploy AI boldly and responsibly as the landscape accelerates. "When we started Credo AI, our conviction was simple: if AI is going to transform business, trust has to be built into that transformation from the start. The Fast Company Most Innovative Companies award celebrates innovation that is not only bold, but consequential. We're working with the world's leading enterprises and helping them embrace a new reality - trustworthy AI governance is what enables scale, speed, and confidence. This recognition reflects the criticality of the category, our customers leading the way, our unparalleled partner ecosystem and the Credo AI team working at the frontier every day to make trusted AI possible. As AI agents reshape what's possible, the organizations that can govern them with rigor and confidence will be the ones that lead and reap the economic and business benefits. That is the opportunity we are building toward." - Navrina Singh, Founder and CEO, Credo AI Six years of building for the hardest problem in enterprise AI. Credo AI founded in 2020, when enterprise AI was mostly predictive ML: credit scoring, fraud detection, recommendation engines. The governance problem was already real, but the tooling was entirely manual. Credo AI built the first platform purpose-built for that complexity, adaptive to the accelerating AI capabilities and meeting the customers where they were in their AI journey - Fortune 500 organizations adopted it fast. Then GenAI changed the scale of the challenge entirely. Suddenly every employee had access to AI, and enterprises lost visibility overnight. Shadow AI exploded. Credo AI responded with industry-first GenAI guardrails and third-party AI registries, helping customers regain control as the landscape accelerated beneath them. The agentic era is a different problem again. AI agents are autonomous: they make decisions, take actions, and interact with other agents without human intervention. The governance challenge is fundamentally unlike anything that came before. Credo AI's answer is the Govern AI Assistant, which brings intelligent, scalable oversight to agentic deployments at enterprise scale. PLATFORM EVOLUTION 2020-2023 - Foundation First-to-market AI governance platform for ML risk. Automated evidence, policy engine, adopted by Fortune 500 pioneers. 2024-2025 - Expansion Industry-first GenAI guardrails, third-party AI Registry, Forrester Wave Leader with 12 Perfect Scores. 2026+ - Agentic Era Govern AI Assistant, Agent Registry, runtime governanc. Measurable trust for autonomous AI at enterprise scale. Credo AI's growing roster of Global 2000 customers includes Mastercard, PepsiCo, Cisco, Autodesk, and Chevron, organizations operating AI at massive scale across financial services, healthcare, insurance, energy, government, and retail. These aren't experimental deployments. These are mission-critical systems where AI decisions carry real consequences. What these organizations share: they can't afford to get AI wrong, and they've found that governance done right is an accelerant to their AI transformation. The ability to prove an AI system is trustworthy is what unlocks the confidence to move faster. GLOBAL 2000 CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS Mastercard, PepsiCo, Cisco, Autodesk, Chevron, Microsoft, IBM, Databricks, McKinsey, Booz Allen What the platform actually does. The Credo AI platform is the centralized control plane for enterprise AI governance. It connects across every AI system in an organization - models, agents, applications, and datasets - and delivers continuous oversight simultaneously. PLATFORM CAPABILITIES Policy Intelligence Engine Automated policy packs aligned to EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and SOC 2. Organizations stop building compliance from scratch and operate against a live, maintained framework instead. AI Registry and Discovery Full visibility across every model, agent, and third-party AI system in the organization. The registry auto-discovers, catalogs, and continuously monitors the entire AI portfolio. Shadow AI can't hide. Govern AI Assistant An AI-powered governance assistant that transforms intake from hours to minutes, surfaces risks intelligently, and scales human oversight across thousands of AI systems without burning out governance teams. Runtime Governance for Agentic AI Real-time observability and trace-level policy enforcement for autonomous agents. The first governance platform built to keep pace with agentic AI as it actually operates. Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list isn't about the boldest ideas. It's about measurable impact. Being recognized in Applied AI - not just 'enterprise software' or 'compliance tech' - is a signal about how the market is beginning to understand AI governance: not as a regulatory burden, but as applied infrastructure for safe, scalable deployment. The enterprises that govern AI well are the ones positioned to deploy it fastest, with the least risk, and the greatest confidence. That is the case Credo AI has been making for six years. Fast Company's recognition suggests the market has arrived at the same conclusion. "The companies we honor this year are redefining what leadership looks like in 2026, pairing bold ideas with measurable impact and turning breakthrough innovation into real-world value. They are setting the pace for their industries and offering a blueprint for what sustained innovation can achieve." - Brendan Vaughan, Editor-in-Chief, Fast Company What's coming in 2026. The Govern AI Assistant moves to General Availability in 2026. The agent registry is expanding to handle the full complexity of multi-agent networks. The partner ecosystem is deepening across Microsoft Azure, IBM watsonx, Databricks, and 30+ partners aligned around a shared conviction: AI at enterprise scale requires governance at enterprise scale. The regulatory environment is accelerating in parallel. The EU AI Act is in force. NIST AI RMF is updating. Emerging agentic AI frameworks are taking shape globally. The organizations that build governance capability now will be the ones that can move decisively when requirements become mandatory. ABOUT CREDO AI Credo AI is the leading AI governance platform purpose-built for the enterprise. The company helps Global 2000 organizations manage AI risk, enforce compliance with the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, and internal policy, and deploy AI with confidence at scale. Credo AI is a Forrester Wave Leader with 12 Perfect Scores, a Fast Company Most Innovative Company (No. 6 in Applied AI, 2026), a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, and a Gartner Cool Vendor. For more information, visit credo.ai.

G42 joins forces with Credo AI to advance Responsible AI adoption across Global South. * Business Wire * Feb 20, 2026 NEW DELHI-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Feb 20, 2026- G42, the Abu Dhabi-based global technology group and Responsible AI champion, and Credo AI, a leader in AI governance and trustworthy AI solutions, today announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance Responsible AI across the Global South. The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, bringing together world leaders, policymakers, innovators, and industry leaders focused on translating AI progress into real-world outcomes. As AI adoption accelerates globally, both organizations share a conviction that Responsible AI must move beyond principle-based commitments toward operational practice, particularly in regions characterized by diverse regulatory environments, institutional capacities, and societal priorities. As such, the MoU reflects a shared leadership perspective on how Responsible AI can be scaled, adapted, and embedded as a core principle across emerging markets. "AI innovation and AI governance must advance together," said Dr. Andrew Jackson, Group Chief AI Officer at G42. "When trust is engineered into the system from the start, innovation accelerates, deployment is smoother and adoption happens faster at scale. Building on G42's experience of deploying AI at a national and global scale, this partnership with Credo AI is about accelerating trusted AI so innovation can move faster, adoption can be responsible, and AI can deliver meaningful impact across economies and societies." "Enterprises scaling AI need more than ambition - they need speed with control, and governance they can measure," said Navrina Singh, CEO of Credo AI. "Our partnership with G42 gives organizations across the Middle East and Global South the capability to deploy AI faster, govern it at scale, and turn responsible adoption into genuine competitive advantage. This matters even more as AI becomes agentic. When your AI is making autonomous decisions, the enterprises that govern it best will be the ones that deploy it furthest and fastest." Over the years, G42 has demonstrated its leadership through initiatives such as the establishment of the Responsible AI Future Foundation, launched with Microsoft, its Frontier AI Safety Framework, and participation in global efforts including the Frontier AI Safety Commitments, the WEF AI Governance Alliance, and the Bletchley Declaration. G42 has also issued its Responsible AI Transparency Report and Responsible AI Compendium, demonstrating how its commitment to trusted, secure AI is put into practice. Since pioneering the AI Governance category in 2020, Credo AI has established itself as the standard for Trusted AI by building the industry's first continuous, contextual AI governance platform and the largest repository of codified AI policies, risk controls, and regulatory mappings. Credo AI is used by Fortune 500 companies to implement governance aligned to frameworks such as the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001, and has engaged with policymakers and standards communities across the U.S., Europe, and Asia to advance practical approaches to trustworthy AI. The collaboration will consider the design of practical governance frameworks, risk monitoring tools, and education programs that empower policymakers and professionals to put responsible AI into action. The partnership aligns with the India AI Impact Summit's mission of translating AI advances into real-world outcomes that serve diverse global populations. G42 is a technology holding group and a global leader in creating visionary artificial intelligence for a better tomorrow. Born in Abu Dhabi and operating worldwide, G42 champions AI as a powerful force for good across industries. From molecular biology to space exploration and everything in between, G42 realizes exponential possibilities today. To know more, visit www.g42.ai. G42 Media contact About Credo AI Credo AI is the leading AI governance and trust platform, enabling Fortune 500 and governments to scale Generative and Agentic AI with confidence, control, and accountability. Built for regulated environments and national AI platforms, Credo AI helps organizations manage AI risk, enforce controls, and align with frameworks such as the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001. Recognized as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer and a Leader in Forrester's AI Governance Solutions WAVE report, Credo AI powers trusted AI at global scale. Jill Harding Command for Credo AI KEYWORD: INDIA ASIA PACIFIC MIDDLE EAST INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PUB: 02/20/2026 04:30 AM/DISC: 02/20/2026 04:30 AM

Credo AI and Carahsoft partner to accelerate AI adoption through purpose-built AI governance. LOS ALTOS, Calif. and RESTON, Va., Jan. 07, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Credo AI, the leader in AI governance software for enterprises, and Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider(R), today announced a partnership. Under the agreement, Carahsoft will serve as Credo AI's Master Government Aggregator(R), making the company's AI governance platform available to the Public Sector through Carahsoft's reseller partners and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions - Software 2 (ITES-SW2), National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) ValuePoint, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) and OMNIA Partners contracts. "Partnering with Carahsoft is a significant step forward in our mission to bring measurable, trustworthy AI to the Public Sector," said Alok Panigrahy, Head of Channel Sales and Partnerships at Credo AI. "As Government agencies increasingly adopt AI technologies, they face mounting pressure to demonstrate measurable trust, risk management and accountability across AI systems. This collaboration enables us to provide AI governance and risk management capabilities to the agencies navigating these challenges, empowering them to deploy AI responsibly, transparently and with auditable oversight aligned with Federal guidance and standards." Credo AI provides a comprehensive platform purpose-built for AI governance, risk management and compliance. Designed to align with emerging regulations and standards such as the NIST AI RMF and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) guidance, Credo AI enables Public Sector agencies to audit AI systems, ensure accountability and maintain regulatory compliance. The platform allows agencies to codify and enforce AI policies, monitor model usage across departments and manage the AI lifecycle with continuous oversight and defensible controls. With built-in tools for bias detection, fairness evaluation and transparency reporting, Credo AI helps agencies move beyond aspirational principles toward evidence-based AI governance, supporting explainable, accountable AI that aligns with public values and mission objectives. Credo AI's deployment in the Public Sector can help ensure that expectations to adopt agentic AI are met with precision and control. "The addition of Credo AI's platform to our portfolio will enable faster AI adoption, stronger risk management and measurable business value for Government agencies," said Michael Adams, Program Executive for AI Solutions at Carahsoft. "We are dedicated to driving demand for this platform through our reseller partners and ensuring our joint customers have the information and support they need to effectively deploy and leverage these solutions." Credo AI's solutions are available through Carahsoft's SEWP V contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B, ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042, NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement #AR2472, TIPS Contract #220105 and OMNIA Partners Contract #R240303. For more information, contact the Carahsoft Team at (571) 591-6040 or [email protected]; or learn more about Credo AI's solutions and company here. About Credo.AI Credo AI is a pioneer and global leader in AI governance, trusted by the world's most iconic brands to turn governance into a strategic advantage across the enterprise. Credo AI's governance platform and advisory services enable organizations to adopt and scale AI responsibly, with measurable trust, auditable oversight, across the entire AI lifecycle. Recognized by Gartner, Forrester, Fast Company, and the World Economic Forum, Credo AI is defining the future of trusted AI governance at scale. About Carahsoft's AI Portfolio Carahsoft's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Portfolio includes leading and emerging technology vendors that are enabling government agencies and systems integrators to harness the power of AI and ultimately meet mission needs; from creating efficiencies within agencies to bolstering national security and defense. Supported by dedicated AI product specialists and an extensive ecosystem of resellers, integrators, and service providers, Govcloudnetwork help organizations identify the right technology for unique environments and provide access to technology solutions through its broad portfolio of contract vehicles. Its AI portfolio spans solutions for AI Infrastructure, Generative and Agentic AI, Autonomous Systems & Robotics and more. Learn more about Carahsoft's AI Solutions for Government here. About Carahsoft Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider, supporting Public Sector organizations across Federal, State and Local Government agencies and Education and Healthcare markets. As the Master Government Aggregator for its vendor partners, Govcloudnetwork deliver solutions for Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, MultiCloud, DevSecOps, Customer Experience and Engagement, Open Source and more. 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