Fast Company South Africa

Fast Company inspires a new breed of innovative and creative thought leaders who are actively inventing the future of business. With engaging narratives as informative as they are entertaining, Fast Company motivates fans to think beyond traditional boundaries, lead proactively, and most importantly, embrace change. The South African edition will be along the same themes as the USA; initially 40% of the content will be South African and 60% will be from the USA. For the first time, the South African market will have the opportunity to read exclusive interviews with the CEOs of Facebook, Amazon, NIKE, Google and the top international and local trend-setters across a broad spectrum of industries. South Africans are crying out for a younger, hipper business title – and now they will have one!

Fast Company South Africa

Measuring the State of Technology

META’S FUZZY FUTURE • MARK ZUCKERBERG HAS REPEATEDLY TRIED (AND MOSTLY FAILED) TO TURN META’S AD-POWERED CASH MACHINE INTO SOMETHING WHOLLY NEW. NOW HE’S SPENDING BILLIONS TO BUY HIS WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE AI RACE. WILL THIS BE THE PLAY THAT FINALLY WORKS?

A MAN AND HIS MANIFESTOS • MARK ZUCKERBERG LOVES TO PUBLISH OPEN LETTERS ABOUT WHERE HIS COMPANY AND TECH IN GENERAL ARE GOING. BUT HIS RECORD FOR PREDICTING THE FUTURE IS SPOTTY.

How Far Can Vuori Stretch? • THE ATHLEISURE BRAND KNOWN FOR UNDERSTATEMENT IS ATTEMPTING A HIGH-PROFILE EXPANSION AS IT CONSIDERS A PUBLIC OFFERING.

SA VC exits are increasing in size and diversifying in path, with landmark exits achieved in the last two years

JOHN IMAH • The Operator at the intersection of AI and Fashion

LEADING FINTECH COMPANIES

HOW WE LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING* AND LOVE THE AUTONOMOUS FUTURE • What better way to prepare you for the age of agents than… 40-plus pages of print journalism! When things are moving this fast, the only way to keep up is to slow down, read, and think. What follows is a guided tour of the AI vanguard: Fei-Fei Li's quest to blaze a trail beyond LLMs, Saronic's reinvention of naval might, and Uber's route into a robotaxi streetscape. Plus, 20 visionaries at the forefront of agentic innovation, autonomous shopping, tips on the best AI tools, advice from a dozen CEOs, and the surprising reason why the new autonomy is keeping one power user up at night.

MY AI NIGHT SHIFT • An agentic AI power user explains how he's using the technology to ramp up his productivity—and the surprising challenges of finding himself completely caught up with his work.

THE ALGORITHMIC ARMADA • Founded by a former Navy SEAL, Saronic has a $9 billion plan to supercharge the Navy with drone boats-and prove that America can still build things.

THE GHOST IN THE SHOPPING CART • Retailers are preparing for the $5 trillion moment when AI agents can shop for us. But teaching them taste is another matter.

ROBOT, CAN YOU DRIVE MY CAR • The company that put millions of drivers on the road now faces a world without them. To survive in the autonomous future, Uber is banking on its super app. Beep beep!

The Four Principles: Multiply Your Impact in Life and Leadership Adrian Gore

FAST EVENTS

SKYDANCE • Here is a list of notable films, shows and franchises in the new Skydance portfolio, followed by its major studios, networks and other businesses.