Turnitin, a global leader in academic integrity and assessment solutions, has been named a TIME100 Industry Leader in Education and recognized as one of America’s Top EdTech Companies of 2026. These awards highlight Turnitin’s 25-year legacy of championing authentic learning and its recent innovations in bringing responsible AI use and transparency to classrooms and lecture halls worldwide.
TIME100 Industry Leader in Education
The TIME100 Industry Leader list is a new distinction within TIME’s annual celebration of the world's Most Influential Companies. This honor celebrates 200 organizations making an extraordinary global impact. Chosen from a competitive field of nominees, evaluators assessed the company on its impact, innovation, ambition, and success in navigating the rapidly changing educational landscape.
America’s Top EdTech Companies of 2026
Turnitin also earned recognition as one of America’s Top EdTech Companies of 2026, placing #41 on a list curated by TIME and Statista. This ranking honors the top 250 companies among 2,500 U.S.-based organizations, based on financial strength (70%) and industry impact (30%). Turnitin’s seamless integration of solutions into educators’ workflows and its contributions to fostering learning integrity were key factors in its ranking.
The rise of generative AI in education has created an urgent need for tools that promote ethical and transparent use. Turnitin is at the forefront of this conversation, providing solutions that enable schools, universities, and institutions to transition from AI identification to responsible AI integration.
“Being named both a TIME100 Industry Leader and Top EdTech Company for 2026 is a tremendous honor,” said Chris Caren, CEO of Turnitin. “This recognition affirms our commitment to supporting learning integrity during a pivotal time in education, by empowering educators with the tools that support transparency and guardrails needed to focus on teaching and preparing students to succeed in an AI-driven world.”
Turnitin’s innovations have cemented its reputation as a trusted partner in education. By providing tools that offer visibility into AI usage, the company helps institutions foster learning integrity and empower students to create original work.
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In 2025, the company launched Turnitin Clarity, enhanced Turnitin Feedback Studio, pioneered AI bypasser detection, and published its first global research study on AI in education, all while earning a spot on TIME’s list of the World’s Top EdTech Companies and Turnitin Clarity being named to TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2025.
Turnitin is a global company dedicated to ensuring the integrity of education and meaningfully improving learning outcomes. For more than 25 years, Turnitin has partnered with educational institutions to promote honesty, consistency, and fairness across all subject areas and assessment types. Turnitin products are used by educational institutions and certification and licensing programs to uphold integrity and increase learning performance, and by students and professionals to do their best, original work.
Over 16,000 academic institutions, publishers, and corporations use Turnitin services: Turnitin Clarity, Gradescope by Turnitin, iThenticate, Turnitin Feedback Studio, Turnitin Originality, Turnitin Similarity, ExamSoft, ProctorExam, and Ouriginal.
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