Formerly known as The Misties Awards
The HardTech Awards are recognizing the engineers, designers, and visionaries who are driving real-world impact through commercialized hardware innovation.
The first award of its kind, the HardTech Awards are on a mission to become the largest recognition platform in intelligent and connected hardware development.
Nominate someone today.
SAVE THE DATE
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
This year, we are going high-def with an in-person awards ceremony during Web Summit Vancouver. This event will be a definitive gathering of technical excellence and the “home for hardware” during Web Summit.
Formerly known as The Misties Awards
The HardTech Awards are recognizing the engineers, designers, and visionaries who are driving real-world impact through commercialized hardware innovation.
The first award of its kind, the HardTech Awards is on a mission to become the largest recognition platform in hardware development.
Nominate someone today.
SAVE THE DATE
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
This year, we are going high-def with an in-person awards ceremony during Web Summit Vancouver. This event will be a definitive gathering of technical excellence and the “home for hardware” during Web Summit.
HardTech Award Nominations
Eligibility Criteria
- They’ve deployed commercial hardware products at scale.
- They’re working to make the world a better place, as measured by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
- They’re inspiring others with really cool and groundbreaking tech.
Thanks for your HardTech Award nomination.
If selected as a finalist, we will be following up through the email address provided by March 30th, 2025 to provide more details.
HardTech Award winners are…
Commercializing advanced air quality monitoring products.
Reducing textile production cost and waste.
Leading development of next-gen hearing aids.
Making brain-computer interface technologies.
Advocating for AI democratization and digital literacy.
Commercializing the application of muon tomography.
Enabling anyone to collect environmental data anywhere on the planet.
Developing technology for heart-implantable circulatory ventricular assist devices.
HardTech Award winners are…
HardTech Award winners are...
Commercializing advanced air quality monitoring products.
Reducing textile production cost and waste.
Leading development of next-gen hearing aids.
Making brain-computer interface technologies.
Advocating for AI democratization and digital literacy.
Commercializing the application of muon tomography.
Enabling anyone to collect environmental data anywhere on the planet.
Developing technology for heart-implantable circulatory ventricular assist devices.
HardTech Award Nominations
Eligibility Criteria
They’ve deployed commercial hardware products at scale over their career.
They’re working to make the world a better place, as measured by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
They’re inspiring others with really cool and groundbreaking tech.
Thanks for your Misties award nomination.
If selected as a finalist, we will be following up through the email address provided by June 7th, 2024 to provide more details.
2024 MISTIES SEMI-FINALISTS
Co-Founder at Neurable
CEO at Wing
CEO & Co-Founder at Ambient Photonics
VP of R&D at imec
Founder & CEO at OpenBCI
President at Nelson Environmental Remediation
CTO & Co-Founder at Cibotica
President at Baleen International
CEO & Co-Founder at Elroy Air
VP & GM, Robotics and Embedded IoT at Qualcomm
CTO & EVP of Engineering at Starkey
CEO at Axolotl Biosciences & Professor of Biomedical Engineering at University of Victoria
Director of BD at BlueMarvel AI
Ex CEO & Founder at MissionNet
Staff Robotics Systems Software Engineer at Triton Medical Robotics
CEO & Founder at JoyLabz
Founder at Kryotek Arctic Innovation
Senior Global Product Manager at LB Foster
President & CEO at Solid Power
VP Global On Product Technology & Chair of the Board of the RAIN RFID Alliance
VP & Senior Engineer at Accelerated Tech
Ex ASIC Architect at NVIDIA
CTO at Sakuu Corp
CEO & Founder at Haven IAQ
CEO & Founder at WãVv
Senior Technical Program Manager at ŌURA
Founder at Clarius Health
Director of Engineering & Operations at MarineLabs
VP of Engineering at Saleae
CTO at Artyc
CTO at Aclima
VP Technology & Standards at Consumer Technology Association
VP of Technology at Electrify America
Sr. Manager – Design for Reliability at Rivian
COO & Co-Founder @ Pontosense
CEO at Snipe
CEO & Founder at FIGUR8
CEO at Mojo Vision
Chief AI Officer at Fifty One AI
Senior Research Fellow, AI at AI 2030
CEO & Founder at Mimiq
Senior Principal Engineer at Collins Aerospace
CEO & Founder at Embodied
Director of Firmware Engineering at Tonal
CEO & Founder at Numina
Senior Research Engineer at Microsoft
CTO & Co-Founder at eXo Imaging
Our Community
Our Community
The HardTech Awards are more than just our winners.
Our judges are VCs, product owners, founders and technologists who are passionate about creating an inclusively abundant future. Our sponsors are helping bridge the gap between vendors and builders to drive innovation forward, offering in-kind support to our winners to advance their product development.
More than just an award, our ecosystem is a platform for recognition, collaboration, and long-term industry impact.
The HardTech Awards
May 29, 2025
The 2025 HardTech Awards are happening during Web Summit Vancouver. They’ll include a FOUNDERS + FRIENDS-style cocktail hour and networking reception with individual leaders who are shaping the future of intelligent and connected devices.
NOMINATE A JUDGE
Thanks for your submission!
If selected to be a judge, we will be following up through the email address provided.
Some of our 2024 Judges
Some of our 2024 Judges
Adam Benzion
CXO at Edge Impulse
Sherry Huss
Co-Founder of Maker Faire, Head of Community at Freeman
Chuck Martin
Editorial Director AI & IoT at Informa Tech
Eric Migicovsky
Founder of Pebble, Co-Founder & CEO at Beeper
Sponsors of the HardTech Awards
Sponsors of the HardTech Awards
PLATINUM
Memfault is the first embedded observability platform that empowers teams to build more robust devices with software at scale.
GOLD
From initial R&D and prototyping to proof of concept and MVP, Intent act as partners to their clients, helping them create innovative product concepts and make their vision a reality.
Edge Impulse is the leading development platform for machine learning on edge devices, empowering developers to create and optimize solutions with real-world data.
SILVER
Nordic Semiconductor plays a key role in the realization of the wireless future. Their award-winning Bluetooth Low Energy solutions pioneered ultra-low power wireless, making them the global market leader.
Formerly known as The Misties Awards
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