Awards

Architects Newspaper

The Architects Newspaper

FreePower Named Technology Category Winner for The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Products Awards

The 10th edition of The Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of Products Awards continues the program’s quest to elevate the well-designed products serving the architecture and design community. The awards bring a well-deserved celebration and recognition of the manufacturers, designers, engineers, and collaborations that are behind the trusted tools and systems that make up our built environment.

Kitchen Product of the Year

KBB Product of the year

FreePower Named Kitchen Product of the Year & Smart Innovation Winner

KBB’s 2024 Product Awards winners were all about sustainability, health and wellness and accessibility. Water- and energy-efficient offerings were abundant, as were selections made with a high percentage of recycled materials. All the winning products achieved the goal of fulfilling today’s market needs – for both homeowners and design professionals – and all were worthy of the honorable award.

IIDA Product Design Award

IIDA Product Design Award at HD Expo 2024

FreePower Wins Prestigious IIDA Product Design Award at HD Expo 2024

IIDA is the commercial interior design association with global reach. They support design professionals, industry affiliates, educators, students, firms, and their clients through their global network of members across 58 countries. IIDA advocates for advancements in education, design excellence, legislation, leadership, accreditation, and community outreach to increase the value and understanding of interior design as a profession that enhances business value and positively impacts the health and well-being of people’s lives every day. IIDA.org.

HD Awards Finalist

Hospitality Design

FreePower named finalist in Hospitality Design Product Awards technology category for 2024

The finalists for the 20th annual HD Awards are honoring the best in design across 30 project categories and 13 product categories.Lauded as the most prestigious awards for the hospitality industry, the yearly event recognizes the best and most innovative achievements in design from around the globe, as well as the creative teams behind them.

Best in show KBIS

KBIS Best in Show 2024

FreePower for Countertop Wins Top Honor in the Kitchen and Bath Industry - Best in Show at KBIS 2024

The wireless charging pioneer took the coveted Best in Show after KBIS 2024 debut, as well as finalist nominations in three “Best of” KBIS categories and the People’s Pick Award in the DesignBites competition.

Best of KBIS

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FreePower named as finalist in 3 Best of KBIS categories for 2024

KBIS is a global leader in the Kitchen & Bath industry and holds its coveted Best of KBIS awards each year. FreePower was named a finalist in 3 categories: Game-Changing Innovation, Best in Show, and Style Statement: Kitchen.

Innovation Awards

Embedded Technologies
Smart Cities
Smart Homes
Vehicle Intelligence
Embedded Technology

FreePower receives three CES Innovation Awards for 2024, bringing its total to six

FreePower for Countertop has received three CES Innovation Award Honoree recognitions for 2024: a new wireless charging integration for residential and commercial surfaces. We received awards in categories recognizing innovation in Smart Cities, Smart Homes, and Embedded Technologies.

In 2021, we brought home one innovation award in Embedded Technologies, plus a bonus one by way of the Nomad Base Station Pro in Consumer Electronics. In 2022, we added another award for the work we’ve done in Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation. In total, that's six nods to our innovative excellence – one for each year since our founding.

30 Under 30

30 Under 30

FreePower founder and CEO Jake Slatnick named Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient

This award is considered one of the most prestigious for movers and shakers under the age of 30. Some of the most important entrepreneurs and iconic people of our generation have received the recognition – from Mark Zuckerburg to Lebron James and Miley Cyrus.

Next 1000

Next 1000

FreePower Founder and CEO Jake Slatnick honored among the first class of 250 standouts for Forbes’ NEXT 1000 in 2021

The recognition underlines FreePower’s electrifying growth – from an idea to an innovative startup challenging the notion and pushing the limits of wireless charging technology.

Slatnick was featured alongside founders of three fellow Arizona-based start-ups, including Trainual, Viable Research Management and The Mayfair Group.

Small businesses account for more than 30 million U.S. businesses and two-thirds of the net new jobs in the market. Forbes created The NEXT 1000 to highlight these businesses and the creative minds behind them. The NEXT 1000 is a year-round initiative that showcases the ambitious sole proprietors, self-funded shops and pre-revenue startups in every region of the country.

World's Most Innovative

Most Innovative Companies

Aira recognized among the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021 by Fast Company

FreePower was named on Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2021, placing fifth in the Consumer Technology category.

The list recognizes pioneering businesses that are transforming their industries and shaping our society with groundbreaking innovations. Some others in the top ten names include Apple, Samsung, Google, and AMD.

FreePower continues to be propelled by this incredible momentum, truly embodying its status as one of the “World’s Most Innovative Companies” with its category-defining free-placement wireless charging technology.

PacePilot Award

2021 Finalist

FreePower receives PACE Pilot recognition for its innovative approach to automotive wireless power

For 26 years, the Automotive News PACE Awards have heralded the industry’s best commercialized game-changing innovations. The increased tempo of change has been driving vast innovation in processes, products and systems that are through the pilot phase, but have not been brought to market.

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