Introducing the 2026 TIME Trailblazers

Among them: Aicha Evans of Zoox, who imagines a future where our roads are dotted by safe, and time-efficient, robotaxis. Bjarke Ingels, a visionary architect who helped design The Dryline, the U.S.’s largest urban climate adaptation project. Mike Schultz, a gold-medalist whose company, BioDapt, creates prosthetics used by many athletes in the Paralympics. And Jason Ballard, the CEO of Icon, which 3D prints homes he hopes “will become a part of humanity’s toolkit”—and potentially help solve the growing housing crisis.