Nectir Named to Inc.’s 2025 Best in Business List in Best AI Implementation, Small and Mighty

Los Angeles, CA, December 2, 2025 -- Nectir is proud to announce its inclusion on the Inc. Best in Business list in the Best AI Implementation and Small and Mighty (10 – 49 Employees) categories. Inc.’s annual Best in Business Awards celebrate the exceptional achievements and contributions of companies that have made a profound impact on their industries.

The recognition honors companies that, through exceptional execution, have achieved significant milestones and core business wins, like customer expansion, key product launches, increased market share, and industry-defining accomplishments. Companies from a wide range of industries – such as technology, health care, finance, and retail – have been recognized for their success and their positive influence on the business world.

The full list can be found on Inc.com and in the upcoming winter print edition of Inc. magazine.

“Each Best in Business honoree achieved a breakthrough moment this year. Some unveiled groundbreaking innovations while others launched savvy marketing campaigns or strategically implemented AI in their companies,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “No matter what their business win looked like, their projects and initiatives had a sizable impact on their company and even on their industry at large, making them worthy of this honor.”

Inc.’s Best in Business Awards are open to companies of all sizes and types, in all industries and locations. Public, private, nonprofit, subsidiary, U.S.-based, and international companies are all encouraged to apply. Inc. editors and reporters hand-review every application and select Best in Business honorees that, in each of the award categories, have had an outstanding influence on their communities, their industries, the environment, or society as a whole.

“Being named to Inc.’s 2025 Best in Business list for Best AI Implementation is a reflection of how we’ve reimagined what accessible, human-centered AI can do for education,” says Kavitta Ghai, CEO & Co-Founder at Nectir. “We’re proving that small, mission-driven teams can drive real transformation—helping community colleges and universities use AI not to replace people, but to empower them to teach, learn, and connect in entirely new ways.”

For more information or to see the complete list, please visit inc.com/best-in-business.

About Nectir

Founded by two students at UC Santa Barbara, Nectir is on a mission to reinvent how we teach and learn with AI. Its platform is already used by around 80,000 students across 100 leading schools and is backed by leading investors, including Long Journey Ventures, Entrada Ventures, Precursor Ventures, and Behind Genius Ventures. Nectir AI provides FERPA-compliant, LMS-integrated conversational AI infrastructure that empowers educators and students to build customizable AI Assistants. Learn more at www.nectir.io.

About Inc.

Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.