SAN FRANCISCO, March 18, 2025 — Gigs, the operating system for mobile services, is proud to have been named to Fast Company’s prestigious list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025. This year’s list shines a spotlight on businesses that are shaping industry and culture through their innovations to set new standards and achieve remarkable milestones in all sectors of the economy. 

“We’re proud to be recognized as one of the world’s most innovative companies and excited for the year ahead. With our partners, we’ll continue to push the envelope of telecom automation through software and AI, launch next-generation mobile services that transform how consumers engage with their providers, and continue to drive innovation across the industry,” said Hermann Frank, Gigs CEO and Co-Founder. 

Gigs is democratizing access to the mobile services industry 

Over the course of the past year, Gigs has brought its operating system for connectivity to the mainstream. Gigs allows businesses to launch fully managed mobile services with a top quality consumer experience and the lowest cost to serve, leading to profitability from day one. 

In 2024, Gigs partnered with fintech leaders such as Nubank, the world's largest neobank with more than 110 million customers, to launch its own travel eSIM. Powered by Gigs’ connectivity operating system, the partnership enabled Nubank to provide its premium customers with a seamless, hassle-free solution to avoid unexpected roaming charges and stay connected when traveling abroad. The travel eSIM is usable in 160 countries across the globe, and activated with one tap through the Nubank app.

Gigs will continue to invest in its core verticals – fintech, HR tech, travel, and phone and smartwatch manufacturers – with industry-leading partnerships, and products and services that will dramatically improve the consumer experience. By providing everything tech leaders need to launch mobile services in one platform, including premium connectivity, a best-in-class connectivity API, a hosted checkout, a multi-currency payments suite, a tax engine, a subscription and analytics platform, and AI-powered customer service, Gigs will remove the complexity, time-to-market, and costs for its customers that have or plan to launch their own mobile services into their digital products and services.

“We’re honored to put telecom back on the map of tech innovation. Leading tech brands with large, highly engaged audiences are using Gigs’ connectivity platform to integrate phone plans into their core services, delivering unique and seamless product experiences. In 2025, more companies will launch their own mobile services powered by Gigs, bringing one of the world’s largest industries—telecom—into the internet economy,” said Dennis Bauer, Gigs Co-Founder and President.

The World’s Most Innovative Companies stands as Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year. To determine honorees, Fast Company’s editors and writers review companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world. 

About Gigs 

Gigs, the operating system for mobile services, empowers tech companies to seamlessly embed connectivity into their offerings in weeks. By bundling phone plans and travel data with their core services, Gigs' customers can increase stickiness and unlock a new recurring revenue stream with digital mobile experiences that meaningfully create value to consumers. Gigs' end-to-end platform provides everything brands need to launch and operate their own multi-market mobile service: premium wholesale connectivity, a hosted checkout, billing, subscription management, analytics, and AI-powered customer service. Backed by Ribbit Capital, Google, Y Combinator, Speedinvest and BoxGroup, Gigs was founded by Hermann Frank and Dennis Bauer in 2020 and now employs over 90 people across the US and Europe. For more information, visit gigs.com. 

About Fast Company 

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