Sysco Wins Prestigious 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Award 📈

Sysco Corporation has been honored with a 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Award for its enterprise-wide AI platform, the Sysco Agentic Ecosystem (SAGE). The recognition highlights the company's success in scaling AI beyond experimentation into core business operations. • Award Category: Recognized in "AI Brand and Retail – Best Outcomes" for driving measurable operational impact. • Core Innovation: SAGE serves as a model-agnostic, scalable AI layer that integrates with internal data to optimize supply chains, sales productivity, and customer e-commerce experiences. • Strategic Impact: The platform enables automation and data-driven decision-making across global functions, including inventory management, demand forecasting, and personalized digital sales. • Local Contribution: ICT/BPM professionals at Sysco LABS in Sri Lanka were instrumental in engineering the SAGE architecture, showcasing the country’s growing capability in high-value global tech innovation. This achievement follows other notable milestones for the firm, including wins at the Presidential Export Awards and SLASSCOM National Ingenuity Awards, further cementing the role of local talent in shaping Sysco’s global digital transformation.