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.

Nominations open Feb 10, 2025.

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May 29, 2025

May 29, 2025

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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 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.

Explore past years to see the full list of winners and their achievements.

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.

Explore past years to see the full list of winners and their achievements.

2024 HardTech Award Winners

CEO & Co-Founder at Elroy Air

Revolutionizing middle-mile logistics with the world’s first turbogenerator-hybrid VTOL aircraft capable of long-range flights without a runway or pilot.

CEO at Wing

Completing over 350,000 commercial done deliveries globally, offering a fast, reliable, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional delivery methods.

VP of R&D at imec

Pioneering development of smart ingestible pills as a less invasive and cost- effective alternative to endoscopes.

Founder at Clarius Mobile Health

Commercializing handheld ultrasound scanners that improve access to high-quality medical imaging in remote areas.

CTO & EVP of Engineering at Starkey Hearing

Leading development of next-generation hearing aids that integrate AI and sensor technology to enhance health monitoring and communication.

Founder at KryoTek Systems

Providing critical climate adaptation tools and sensors that detect multiple hazards and issue natural disaster warnings in remote locations.

Senior Research Engineer at Microsoft

Powering Microsoft’s FarmBeats and influencing new FCC regulations on IoT communication through innovations in digital agriculture and space IoT.

President at Nelson Environmental Group Inc.

Destroying toxic organic compounds through on-site thermal remediation for hydrocarbon-contaminated soil.

VP & GM, Robotics and Embedded IoT at Qualcomm

Launching robotics platforms that enable manufacturers and developers to innovate in advanced robotics and IoT solutions.

Staff Robotics Systems Software Engineer at Triton Medical Robotics

Developing a fully flexible medical robot that enhances the accuracy and efficacy of endoscopic procedures.

CEO & Founder at Embodied Inc.

Transforming early childhood learning and emotional development with empathetic interactive robots.

CTO & Co-Founder at Exo

Democratizing access to high-quality, low-cost, AI-assisted portable imaging for medical diagnostics.

Senior Technical Program Manager at ŌURA

Launching the Ōura ring, an advanced sensor technology that collects over 20 biometrics to offer personalized health insights.

CTO at Aclima, Inc.

Commercializing advanced air quality monitoring products that provide detailed air pollution data.

Senior Principal Engineer at Collins Aerospace

Developing technology for heart-implantable circulatory ventricular assist devices and next generation avionics and aerospace systems.

President & CEO at Solid Power, Inc.

Leading the commercialization of sulfide-based solid-state batteries to enable safer electric vehicles.

CEO at Axolotl Biosciences

Developing a xeno-free bioink that uses patient-derived cells to accelerate targeted therapies for hard-to-cure diseases.

CTO at Artyc

Commercializing the Medstow Mini, an innovative, refrigerant-free solution for cold shipping and storage.

Founder & CEO at OpenBCI

Making brain-computer interface technology widely accessible with products like EEG headsets and the Galea project.

Senior Research Fellow, AI at AI 2030

Commercializing AI and cloud technologies at Microsoft, as well as advocating for AI democratization and digital literacy.

SECTION 0: YOUR DETAILS

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SECTION 1: NOMINEE DETAILS

If shortlisted for a Misties award, the nominee will be asked to provide the following assets for use in promo materials: headshot, brief bio, social media handles, and additional websites or media links.
 

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

400+

Nominations have been received since launching the Misties.

>$35K

In cash and prizes have been awarded to select Top 20 winners.

July 18

Will be the 2024 Misties Awards virtual ceremony. 

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SOME PAST WINNER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Reducing textile production cost and textile waste with 100% real-time inspection for manufacturers.

Commercial application of the subsurface geophysics technique muon tomography.

The first FDA-cleared smartwatch used for detecting and sending alerts of potentially life-threatening seizures.

NOMINATE A JUDGE

JUDGE CRITERIA

  • Fortune 1000 executive experience or post-Series A startup experience
  • 2+ years of experience working on or with intelligent and connected devices
  • Cannot be currently nominated for a Misties award
  • 6 to 12 hours time commitment to holding adjudicate

If selected to be a judge for the Misties awards, I acknowledge that I will be asked to provide the following assets for use in promotional materials: headshot, brief biography, social media handles, and additional websites or media links.

 

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

NOMINATIONS

May 15

Nomination Deadline

June 7

Nominees will be down-selected and our shortlist notified

June 14

The judges will vote to select the Top 20 winners

July 18

Winners will be publicly announced in the Misties Virtual Awards Ceremony

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ELIGIBLE CRITERIA

1. Deployed commercial products at scale and made prolific contributions through their work in intelligent and connected devices.

2. Working to make the world a better place, as measured by the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals 

3. Inspiring others with really cool and groundbreaking tech that has the potential to shift the technological landscape.

DISQUALIFYING CRITERIA

1. Previous Mistie s Winners

2. Current Misties Judges

What are you waiting for? Nominate yourself or a colleague by filling out the form below.

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.

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