CNBC Disruptor 50 winners by year
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CNBC Disruptor 50 2025
Announced Jun 10, 202550 of 50 companies
| Rank | Winner | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril | - | |
| 2 |  OpenAI | - | |
| 3 |  Databricks | - | |
| 4 |  Anthropic | - | |
| 5 |  Canva | - | |
| 6 |  Ramp | - | |
| 7 |  Flock Safety | - | |
| 8 |  AlphaSense | - | |
| 9 | Octopus Energy | - | |
| 10 |  Stripe | - | |
| 11 | Revolut | - | |
| 12 | Thrive Market | - | |
| 13 | Metropolis | - | |
| 14 | Transcarent | - | |
| 15 | Lead Bank | - | |
| 16 | Carbon Robotics | - | |
| 17 | Virta Health | - | |
| 18 | Fruitist | - | |
| 19 | Saronic Technologies | - | |
| 20 | GrubMarket | - | |
| 21 | MoonPay | - | |
| 22 |  Writer | - | |
| 23 | ŌURA | - | |
| 24 | Einride | - | |
| 25 |  Abnormal AI | - | |
| 26 | Iambic Therapeutics | - | |
| 27 | Perplexity | - | |
| 28 |  Scale AI | - | |
| 29 |  Rippling | - | |
| 30 | Gecko Robotics | - | |
| 31 | Footprint | - | |
| 32 | Harvey | - | |
| 33 | Apptronik | - | |
| 34 |  Notion | - | |
| 35 |  Waabi | - | |
| 36 | Zum | - | |
| 37 | Formation Bio | - | |
| 38 |  Shield AI | - | |
| 39 |  Navan | - | |
| 40 |  VAST Data | - | |
| 41 | Rad AI | - | |
| 42 |  Glean | - | |
| 43 | ElevateBio | - | |
| 44 | Exotec | - | |
| 45 |  Figma | - | |
| 46 | Zipline | - | |
| 47 |  Abridge | - | |
| 48 |  Sierra | - | |
| 49 | Esusu | - | |
| 50 |  Runway | - |
Source: cnbc.com/2025/06/10/2025-cnbc-disruptor-50-see-the-full-list-of-companies.html
About this award
A ranked list of 50 venture-backed private companies, published once a year.
| Edition | Announced | Winners |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | May 19, 2026 | 50 |
| 2025 | Jun 10, 2025 | 50 |
| 2024 | May 14, 2024 | 50 |
The next date is an estimate from the months past editions were announced (May or Jun); it changes when CNBC announces one.
| Item | What changed | |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2026 | CNBC Disruptor 50Sep 25, 2026 | Next dateMay 2026 to May 2027 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | CNBC Disruptor 50Sep 25, 2026 | Next dateMay 2025 to May 2026 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | CNBC Disruptor 50Sep 25, 2026 | Next dateMay 2027 to May 2025 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | CNBC Disruptor 50Sep 25, 2026 | kindlists to list |
| Sep 25, 2026 | CNBC Disruptor 50Sep 25, 2026 | urlhttps://www.cnbc.com/disruptor-50/ to https://www.cnbc.com/cnbc-disruptors/ |
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