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Fast Company

Finished op-eds, no pitches

Business and innovation magazine. Its submission address takes finished 750 to 900 word op-eds for the Work Life section with no self-promotion; other sections take pitches only through the editors on its masthead. It also runs awards with entry fees, such as World Changing Ideas.

Fast Company is a tech publication at fastcompany.com. It covers AI startups, with a rule: finished op-eds, no pitches. Listing is free. The link you get is dofollow: a company link in an article carries only rel="noreferrer noopener" (January 2026). Review: submissions are reviewed about once a week; no reply within a week means the piece was not selected. Terms read on fastcompany.com on 2 October 2026.

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Price: Free to submit; contributors are not paid
Link you get: A company link in an article carries only rel="noreferrer noopener" (January 2026)
Review: Submissions are reviewed about once a week; no reply within a week means the piece was not selected
Run by: Mansueto Ventures, LLC
Their rule: Finished op-eds, no pitches
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Where they say so: fastcompany.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000291906-How-can-I-submit-an-editorial-contribution ↗
Reach: HugeHuge reach: #2,015 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #163 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 2 October 2026, on its own pages

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Does Fast Company cover AI startups?: Only some. It covers AI startups, with a rule: finished op-eds, no pitches.
How much does a listing on Fast Company cost?: Listing is free.
What link does Fast Company give?: The link you get is dofollow: a company link in an article carries only rel="noreferrer noopener" (January 2026).

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3. Wait for the review. Submissions are reviewed about once a week; no reply within a week means the piece was not selected. Mark the result in your tracker yourself: our checks cannot read this site.

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